Barbarians at the gateTo the National War Museum, then, for the launch of Michael Petrou’s Renegades: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War . An...
I Like the Earl-y Episodes BestI haven’t seen tonight’s episode as of this writing, so maybe it’ll be good. Still, this season has been uneven enough to bring up...
Worst Debate Ever… So FarLast night’s ABC debate was like a really bad parody of all that is worst in TV journalism: the moderators took 50 minutes to ask...
Confounding expectations: ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall,’ ‘Young@Heart,’ ‘Young People Fucking,’ ‘Emotional Arithmetic’As a critic, it’s hard to ignore your own physical reaction to a movie. When watching a serious drama, it’s possible to sit...
Heartbreak Resort & Suites (up the road from the hotel)Twenty minutes before game time at last night’s Senators-Penguins playoff matchup, and the atmosphere was electric! – by which...
Development Deals Are Back, Baby!So you thought we were past the age of lavish TV Development Deals (tm) for writers who hadn’t created a show before? Think again:...
Ben Silverman Ruins World, LifeABC won the rights to revive "Circus of the Stars," but now they’re killing the project. Why? Because NBC, having lost the bidding...
Give. Me. A. Freaking. Break.From Blatch : "Leaving the job, he said, is akin to the pain of ’a sucking chest wound.’ "Can you imagine anyone but a...
Neither Defeat, Nor Dignity, Is An OptionIt’s tough being an Ottawa Senators fan right now. The team barely made the playoffs after a 15-2 start. They’re down three...
Because I’m Late In Discussing EverythingThis article on female TV writers by Gayle MacDonald provoked some controversy , but others seemed to like it and I did too. I...