The House Next Door (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
By Todd VanDerWerff What is it about science fiction that makes it a genre uniquely qualified to concern itself with ideas and questions about the afterlife? There’s something about it that makes the metaphysical bullshit that a show like, say, CSI or even Mad Men wouldn't be able to get away with somehow palatable and even understandable. When Tony Soprano spent an episode or two in something
What's Alan Watching? (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
"Battlestar Galactica" spoilers coming up just as soon as I subscribe to the podcast version of Baltar's radio show... Well, I don't think anybody can complain about the lack of plot movement and revelations this week, can they? Lots to digest, and even more to enjoy, in the second half of this two-parter.(*) The rag-tag fleet now has its very own rag-tag Basestar as an uneasy ally. Kara's visions...
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
European Films on the great Catherine Deneuve's new project. She will have now worked with Andre Techine more than any other auteur Paste Magazine Scarlett Johansson's 5 father figures. Interesting piece The House Next Door has a fine recap of the most recent Battlestar episode "Faith" which gave longtime fans a lot to speculate on. Have I told you recently that 'Six' is fast becoming my favorite character?...
