Tag Archives: Video

The shoe has finally fallen in the Janet Jackson Super Bowl halftime exposure affair, with the FCC fining CBS $550K for “allowing” the indiscretion (I’m not sure how they could have prevented it short of divine intervention). Does anyone remember what happened? It seems years ago, the halftime show at …

See it even if you don't follow, or even like, indie rock.

Our Robert Nagle has written a fine piece decrying the squandering of precious resources and viewer-time on filmic bloodbaths. In general I agree with him, and for me, screen violence – and certainly gore – have no inherent appeal unto themselves. But I disagree with him about the merits of …

So how many Las Vegas teleseries do we need, anyway?

This is the sickest, most twisted, funniest sociopathic animation since South Park, ridiculing the wretched air of unreality prevalent in “reality” television, character stereotypes, and the whoring of senationalism, as well as a deft parody of animation styles and writing. Eight cartoon characters, from all over the animated universe, live …

Another look at J.J. Abrams' new teledrama Lost. . .

Skinflick meister Russ Meyers passes on. . .

Someone on C.S.I.: Miami dies. We say who. . .

Is the Miss America Competition – which airs tonight on ABC – an institution still relevant in the 21st century? I don’t really know but they are sure trying: Speedo today announced a two-year sponsorship making it the official swimsuit of the Miss America Competition. The 2004 Miss America contestants …

With Oliver Stone’s Alexander (click for trailer) lurking on the filmic horizon, this interview from Archaeology magazine with the film’s chief historian Robin Lane Fox (pictured above with star Colin Farrel) – who teaches Greek and Latin literature, Greek, Roman and early Islamic history at Oxford, AND who appears in …