Idiot Box: "Shameless" On Showtime "Shameless" On Showtime There have been some memorable characters to come out of Chicago’s South Side Irish community. Published in the 1930s, James T. Farrell’s Studs [...] Sam Adams \ Mar 17, 2011 Read More
Idiot Box: “Taking On Tyson” On Animal Planet “Taking On Tyson” On Animal Planet We all knew fallen boxing idol Mike Tyson would end up on a reality show. It was inevitable. The only question was: Which [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 10, 2011 Read More
Week In Sloth: Fish Warriors, Repo Men And Donald Trump The Week In Sloth “Fierce Funny Women” (Showtime 6:30 p.m.) Funny, sure. But fierce? Who are they, Beyoncé? “Fish Warrior” (National Geographic 6 p.m.) And this week’s [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 10, 2011 Read More
Reel World: Directing School, Nm Wild Benefit And “Ecologuing” Get Schooled Los Angeles-based writer/producer/director Darin Scott will be coming to Albuquerque this weekend to host his patented 2-Day Directing Workshop. Scott wrote Tales From [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 10, 2011 Read More
Idiot Box: A Post-Oscar Analysis A Post-Oscars Analysis For all the talk about 2011 being the year of the “hip, young” Oscars, the 83 rd Annual Academy Awards telecast seemed as [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 03, 2011 Read More
Week In Sloth: Ice Sculptors, Image Awards And America’s Next Great Something-Or-Other The Week In Sloth “Ice Brigade” (Food Network 8 p.m.) A few weeks back, I thought the Wheel of Blue Collar Jobs That Don’t Have Reality Shows [...] Alibi \ Mar 03, 2011 Read More
Reel World: Oscar Contest Winners, $40 Film School And Audition Workshops Winner, Winner! We had over 1,000 entries in our Regal Entertainment Group / Alibi Oscar contest. We asked you to pick the winners in the [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 03, 2011 Read More
Idiot Box: Albuquerque Little Theatre Hosts Oscar-Watching Shindig Watching The Oscars In Style Certain television events demand not merely your attention, but a modicum of ceremony as well. You can’t just casually flip on the Super [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 24, 2011 Read More
Week In Sloth: “Camelot” Gets Sexy, The Independent Spirit Awards Get Handed Out And Joan Rivers Disses The Dresses The Week In Sloth “Wipeout” (KOAT-7 7 p.m.) It’s “family night” on ABC’s wacky-violent game show. And you know what that means. Yup, network-television-sanctioned child abuse! Or [...] Alibi \ Feb 24, 2011 Read More
Reel World: The Alibi And Regal’s Oscar Contest Oscar Contest Hopefully, you’ll all be watching the Academy Awards telecast this Sunday night out of your pure, unadulterated love for the filmic medium. But [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 24, 2011 Read More