The Highs & Lows of Fall TV’s Week 1 – GooseRadio Review

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Author’s note: This list would have been in earlier and been more comprehensive if not for an illness and a computer breakdown. Please accept the slightly shorter list. Spring 2010 marked something of an oasis’ end for me, TV-wise. “Flashforward” fizzled, then was canceled. “V’s” acting, writing and production values all steadily declined. “Lost” was [...]

Taking ‘Shelter’: Jars of Clay continues its slide

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Everybody hits a rough patch. And I mean everyone. It’s true, whether you like it or not. Sometimes the patches are short (Ronald Reagan hamstringing Gerald Ford, “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” the Minnesota Twins and June 2010), and sometimes they’re long (Barack Obama in 2009, Kate from “Lost,” the Minnesota Twins and [...]

Inception: Where does it stand and why does it matter?

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I’m not here to tell you whether “Inception” is good or not. Nor am I here to tell you whether or not you should watch it. That would be rather pointless by this point, wouldn’t it? You’ve no doubt already made your mind up about whether to see it or not, based on excessive Internet [...]

Not So Fast on MLB Instant Replay

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There’s been a lot made this past week over June 2nd’s Perfect Game That Should Have Been. I am, of course, referring to the Wednesday game between the Tigers and the Indians, in which Armando Galarraga pitched what should have been the 21st perfect game in 135 years of Major League Baseball. We’ve all heard [...]

Does “Iron Man 2″ Live up to its Pedigree? – GooseRadio Review

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Superhero movies are an odd breed. The modern era of the genre, which had its origins in Tim Burton’s oddball 1989 production of “Batman” and came into its own with the likes of, among others, “Blade,” “X-Men” and “Spider-Man,” has been as varied in quality as the quality of the comic book avatars the genre [...]