‘Coyote Ugly’ review
“Coyote Ugly” — Aspiring songwriter Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo) takes a job at the titular Big Apple bar. Along with attractive women dancing on bar counters, the film also features a sweet romance, a nice […]
Comedy
‘Orange County’ review
NDSU Spectrum: Movie review Black and White can’t save ‘Orange County’ By JOHN HANSEN Jan. 11, 2002 Somehow Jack Black has become one of today’s biggest box office draws. I guess it isn’t too surprising, […]
First episode impressions: ‘Kevin (Probably) Saves the World’ (TV review)
“Kevin (Probably) Saves the World” (8 p.m. Eastern Tuesdays on ABC) is both the most original show of the fall TV slate and very familiar. Let me explain: On one hand, there’s nothing else like it […]
‘The Big Sick’ is the year’s feel-better comedy (Movie review)
I used to listen to Kumail Nanjiani’s “X-Files Files” podcast, and occasionally he’d reference the time when his girlfriend was in a coma. Although it registered with me as an unusual thing to have in one’s […]
10 funniest moments in ‘Family Guy’s’ ‘Blue Harvest’
TV review: Ten years after its initial airing, “Family Guy’s” “Blue Harvest” episode remains one of the funniest “Star Wars” parodies.
Rob Thomas’ ‘Cupid’ (1998-99) hits romance bullseye
TV shows lost to history (Review): Rob Thomas’ 14-episode series deserves a spot on the short list of great shows about romance.
Silverstone’s ‘Miss Match’ (2003) deserved better verdict
TV shows lost to history (Review): Alicia Silverstone’s bid for a post-“Clueless” TV hit deserved more than 17 episodes.
‘Blood Drive’ brings grindhouse style to TV
First episode impressions (TV review): “Blood Drive” captures the glorious B-grade grit and fun.
Ricky Gervais’ old ‘Office’ humor still lands in ‘Life on the Road’ (Movie review)
Following up on BBC’s “The Office” – which aired back in “Two Thousand and cough-cough” (actually 2001-03) – Ricky Gervais finds there’s still plenty of room to pound the joke into the ground in “David Brent: […]
16 years before ‘Riverdale,’ there was ‘Josie and the Pussycats’ (Movie review)
The Archie Comics gang debuted in 1941 and still hold their place as American high school archetypes. They made the leap to cartoons in the ’60s, to a TV movie in 1990 (“To Riverdale and […]