Jumping the shark is the ultimate death knell for any television show, the surefire, single-phrase description that lets everyone know the expiration date on the milk carton has come and gone. For those few who don’t instantly recognize the phrase, it was born decades ago from Happy Days when Fonzie was on waterskis and literally […]
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Can Any Show Survive Jumping the Shark?
January 15th, 2012 
Geoffrey Geib 
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CARNAGE. A Battle of Wits then War
January 12th, 2012 John Delia Bizarre and yet a tasty morsel, Carnage is one of those ‘fly on the wall’ films where in this case you get to watch the decay of one’s social skills and can laugh without them hearing you. It’s four stellar actors in a room with a very wacky script and a tall order […]
IRON LADY, a Gifted Performance as Thatcher
January 12th, 2012 John Delia With a genuinely gifted performance, Meryl Streep depicts Margaret Thatcher one of the world’s greatest leaders in The Iron Lady. Thatcher served as the longest serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and during some of the most trying times. If you like biographies, real life stores and historical happenings, The Iron Lady […]
JOYFUL NOISE, A Heavenly Concert
January 12th, 2012 John Delia If you have some time, want some cool entertainment and like updated gospel music then sit-in on Joyful Noise, a very entertaining musical. Director Todd Graff keeps the story simple, predictable yet enjoyable with a glowing cast, hip tunes and amazing vocals.
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CONTRABAND, Fuel for Action Addicts
January 12th, 2012 John Delia I can see why Contraband has been set for release in January, with December being action/adventure month this gem would have been buried in their dust. And that would have been a shame, because this gritty story has a lot going for it. With non-stop thrills, chills and spills this film entertains big time.
TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY its Mind Numbing
January 5th, 2012 John Delia The British movie Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is not for everyone. It’s a mind-numbing film for audiences that crave an involving storyline, can deal with British accents and are into the underpinning of espionage that fueled The Cold War in the 1970’s. I am not a big fan of films like this one, but […]
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Guilty Pleasures and the Films of Robert Rodriguez
January 2nd, 2012 Geoffrey Geib Film critic Pauline Kael famously once wrote/said[1], “Movies are so rarely great art, that if we cannot appreciate great trash, we have very little reason to be interested in them.” One man’s treasure is another man’s Indiana Jones and the One With the Alien Ending, and so in honor of all the great trash […]
