Yes, you read the title right. Someone named ‘Stoker’ wrote a book titled Dracula. No, it’s not the same Stoker as Bram, but close: it’s his great grand-nephew. And yes, it is the same Dracula, but 25 years later. Like an old pair of pants you slip back on, the book seems oddly familiar and… Read More Book Review: Dracula the Un-Dead, by Dacre Stoker & Ian Holt
The thrilling ride that is going to be Season 5, as humanity continues to fight the rule of the Observers (and, hopefully, win), continues in this, only the second episode of the season. I say “only” because so much has happened in the span of a mere three episodes – “Letters of Transit” from Season… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 5, Episode 2: In Absentia
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The episode “Alone in the World”, the third of Fringe’s fourth season, is mostly a study on this timeline’s Walter, bringing out aspects of his personality previously explored in both of the previous timelines’ universes (wow, all these timelines and universes are really complicating things!). But, typical of this show, light is shed very differently… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 4, Episode 3: “Alone in the World”
Back in December 2010, the first posthumous album featuring all new Michael Jackson songs was released. The album, named simply Michael, fit quite seamlessly with the narrative associated with the last months of his life: wanting to make a comeback, Michael was planning his “This is It” series of concerts, which was to be one… Read More Michael Jackson’s “Behind the Mask” Music Video
As Aaron would say, there are no plot holes in Fringe. Now while this is not always the case (and Aaron might have been a little sarcastic), “White Tulip” certainly doesn’t seem to have any plot holes, which is rather unusual for a story about time travel. It’s a normal evening; harried workers are heading… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 2, Episode 18: White Tulip
Weddings are stressful enough already without having something kill off 14 guests and bridal party members. Unfortunately, this is what happens to the Milton-Staller couple in the beginning of this episode of Fringe. The only clue we have as to the identity of the perpetrator of the crime is a young man, somewhere in his… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 2, Episode 14: The Bishop Revival
A man walks into the offices of a petroleum company; first, his nose starts bleeding, then he starts sweating profusely, soon he becomes disoriented; a few moments later, he falls to the floor, dies, and before anyone around him can react, what looks like blood sprayed out of his mouth, falling on all those gathered around him.… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 2, Episode 13: What Lies Below
Ugly Betty used to be at the very top of the TV game, consistently delivering amazing episodes week after week. But, although it’s episodes do display a certain level of quality that is lacking in many other shows, it’s last season delivered too many lackluster episodes for it to be able to surpass the high… Read More TV Review: Ugly Betty, Season 4, Episode 3: Blue on Blue
Unlike many of the other shows I follow, Ugly Betty didn’t leave us hanging before the winter break, which made me wonder: were they certain of their fanbase’s loyalty, or had they run out of ideas? Only the quality of episode 10 would give us an idea of the thinking that went behind that decision,… Read More TV Review: Ugly Betty, Season 4, Episode 10: The Passion of the Betty