by Chris East on December 20, 2011
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010) is a nutty, energetic diversion that sustains a simple, trope-bending conceit into a fun, silly film. The set-up is a cliché right out of the Horror Movie Handbook: a group of partying college kids, ring-led by aggressive asshat Chad (Jesse Moss), venture into the West Virginia woods on a [...]
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by Chris East on July 27, 2011
The last couple of weeks have been dominated by work, writing, and wrangling cats. All well and good, but with the drawback that I’ve been accumulating blog topics faster than I can write about them. I know most people probably don’t read big honking round-up posts like this, but for my own sake I need [...]
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Chew,
Christian Ehrhoff,
Dean Lombardi,
Don Malarkey,
Hope Solo,
Jenn Reese,
Los Angeles,
Los Angeles Kings,
Michael Handzus,
Mike Richards,
Oscar Moller,
Robyn Regehr,
Rogue Souls,
Ryan Smyth,
Simon Gagne,
Stephen Ambrose,
Subnetworks,
Terry Murray,
Terry Pegula,
The Last Airbender: The Legend of Korra,
Tina Fey,
Ville Leino,
Wayne Simmonds,
Women's World Cup
by Chris East on May 8, 2011
I’ve been following more shows lately than I’ve taken the time to blog about, so it’s time for another TV round-up: Most consuming for me lately has been Mad Men. Over the past few weeks I’ve been plowing through seasons three and four, both of which are rich enough to warrant full-season reviews. But since [...]
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NYPD Blue,
Peter Dinklage,
Rome,
Sean Bean,
Shawn Ryan,
The Big Bang Theory,
The Chicago Code
by Chris East on December 3, 2010
It’s been a while since I’ve dumped a bunch of TV-viewing bulletpoints in this blog’s general direction. Some recent observations: I was very impressed with the pilot for Walking Dead. Even as I found its story kind of predictable and unchallenging, the execution was just terrifically compelling: very, very suspenseful, creepy, and graphic. However, I [...]
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Terriers,
The Sandbaggers,
Walking Dead,
Zachary Levi
by Chris East on December 27, 2009
A few brief viewing notes from the past week or so: I meant to write up a full review of the film Hero (2002) when I watched it last weekend, but the trip swept in I never managed to finish it. It’s a spectacular film, an exciting martial arts epic with Jet Li and Maggie [...]
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Maggie Cheung,
Ricky Gervais,
Stephen Merchant,
The Office,
Tina Fey
by Chris East on August 10, 2009
For weeks now I’ve been meaning to write up a comprehensive review of all the random TV shows I’ve been sampling and, in some cases, following over the last several months. But the longer I procrastinated, the longer the blog post threatened to be, and the hypothetical task of writing it just got too daunting. [...]
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Pushing Daisies,
Rescue Me,
The Big Bang Theory,
The Riches,
Torchwood,
True Blood,
Warehouse 13,
Weeds