New season, same old Jack.  Normally you can't believe the ridiculous leaps of logic shows hurdle in a season to make the plots work, but here they do it in a fraction of a day and we're supposed to be okay with it since Jack Bauer is a super hero.  What the hell though; I'm going to watch is for the Asperger's chick with the computers because I'm weird like that.

In spite of a cast that includes Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, and a young Robert Forrester (and directed by John Houston, no less), this is only worth sitting through to watch one of the most over-the-top examples of camera work in cinema history at the film's none-too-soon conclusion.

Even fans of the band will have had their fill for a while by the end of the two (TWO!) hours of discussion of this album which, oddly enough, doesn't even feature any recent interviews with the actual members of the band.  There are some stock interviews, but mostly it's anyone else they would wrangle: recording engineers, guitarists from AC/DC cover bands, etc.

Not only to do I love this show, I think it's fucking beautiful.  Seriously, I'm pretty sure this is what you would get if Steinbeck wrote a sitcom.

Corny.  And wouldn't Will Smith be happyier (sp?) fighting aliens?  I know I'm supposed to be rooting for the character, but I'm thinking the same thing I was during March of the Penguins: Why the hell don't you move someplace more hospitable?

I can't believe I like this one, but I do.  I mean, we all pretty much know this story, yet I found myself completely engrossed by it beyond what's you'd expect even from a guy with a crush on Helen Mirren (guilty!).

This show manages to defy expectations, but not the way you think I'm getting at.  With most tv you want to say, "Hey, less talk and how about some plot developments!"  Here we have the one show where the plot developments always seem artificial and just distract from witty dialog and my enjoyment of the scenes where them mom's wearing jeans.

Great documentary about the events for more than a decade preceding 9/11 that led to that day, then another documentary about the events of 9/11 itself.  I haven't seen anything that presents the timeline so effectively, but it's by National Geographic, so you kind of expect quality here.

Cheesy horror movie that actually doesn't have a bad premise, but runs out of material faster than a mutant bear on a rampage in the woods should run out of victims.  Okay, yes, that's the premise, but they so sell it fairly well.  No, really.  Awww, forget it.

Worst actress of all time: Heather Graham.  If anyone but the hardcore fans would have made it this far in the series the first time around, she wouldn't have had a career.  Come to think of it, just what has she been up to these days?

Honestly, I still don't have any idea what's going on, and this is in spite of the fact that this version tries to spell it out for you more than it probably should.  If you haven't seen either cut of the film yet, start with the original so you won't feel like you're being insulted.

Robert Altman's attempt to turn the '80s teen flick trend on its ear doesn't really do much more than present a disjointed version of what would have been a decent teen flick.  Ironic, considering Altman spent his career rebelling like a teenager.

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