“CSI” Thursday 9pm, CBS When it launched eight years ago, who’d have thought that “CSI” would become one of the biggest juggernauts in 21st century TV? But a juggernaut it is, spawning two successful spin-offs and standing largely responsible for CBS’ practically all-cop-shows-all-the-time line-up. Season 9 starts tonight, and change is in the air. In […]
“CSI” Thursday 9pm, CBS When it launched eight years ago, who’d have thought that “CSI” would become one of the biggest juggernauts in 21st century TV? But a juggernaut it is, spawning two successful spin-offs and standing largely responsible for CBS’ practically all-cop-shows-all-the-time line-up. Season 9 starts tonight, and change is in the air. In […]
Have you ever watched a windshield crack? Often, the break stems from one small, central hole—made by a bottle, a rock, a bullet.
An American Carol (PG-13, 83 minutes) Director David Zucker of Airplane! fame and Scary Movie 3 infamy helms this tale of a Michael Moore-ish filmmaker (Kevin Farley) who crusades to abolish our July 4 holiday and is visited by spirits who try to persuade him that he’s an idiot. With Jon Voigt as George Washington […]
Is it weird that so many fall movies are turning racial charges into high concepts? Gary Fleder’s The Express could be just another college-football drama, except it’s about the first black man to win the Heisman Trophy. Spike Lee’s Miracle at St. Anna could be a standard-issue World War II movie, except it’s about black […]
“90210” Tuesday 8pm, CW We’re now a month into the new “90210,” and I remain conflicted about the show. On the one hand, I enjoy all of the adult characters, from OG West Bev kids Brenda and Kelly to the new versions of the Walsh parents, including Jessica Walters’ feisty grandma. (No, I don’t care […]
To hear vocalist Andy Deane tell it, Bella Morte sounds like it was always a goth rock goliath, a band that brought hordes of local fans to Tokyo Rose
An American Carol (PG-13, 83 minutes) Director David Zucker of Airplane! fame and Scary Movie 3 infamy helms this tale of a Michael Moore-ish filmmaker (Kevin Farley) who crusades to abolish our July 4 holiday and is visited by spirits who try to persuade him that he’s an idiot. With Jon Voigt as George Washington […]
Brendan Fitzgerald also writes Feedback, c-ville.com’s music blog, and Curtain Calls, C-VILLE’s weekly arts and music column.
One thing that may not have occurred to you about the Heimlich Maneuver is that, during a crisis, it is at the very least a reliable way of being held. That’s how Choke’s Victor Mancini (Sam Rockwell) sees it, anyway. And just because Victor is a fatherless, sex-addicted med school dropout who solicits bankable pity […]
“The Mentalist” Tuesday 9pm, CBS Simon Baker is drop-dead gorgeous, and he’s got a sexy accent. But for whatever reason, he can’t quite make the A-list thing happen. He starred in the short-lived lawyer drama “The Guardian,” had a supporting role in Ray Liotta’s megaflop caper show “Smith,” and now he’s giving TV another try […]