Director Zack Snyder’s limp stab at girl-power fantasia wusses out on divine delirium
Top 10 Kids’ Book Series We Miss
The writers at TIME are not as old as you think. Here are the kids’ and young-adult books we cherished in our younger years.
Tuned In
TV Weekend: Mildred Pierce
As a director, Todd Haynes (Safe, I’m Not There) sometimes seems less like a filmmaker than an enthusiast: a collector, say, of a certain brand of out-of-production figurine (he cast his early Karen Carpenter biopic, Superstar, with Barbie dolls) or a passionate fan of a highly particular out-of-fashion design genre. His 2002 film Far …
Tuned InUncategorized
Best of Both Universes: Fringe Renewed! (But Lights Out for Lights Out)
Strawberry milkshakes for everyone! Fringe, whose ratings have not exactly been keeping pace with its creative growth, was officially picked up for a full fourth season yesterday. I was modestly optimistic the show would be saved—though it’s ratings have fallen off, arguably they’ve fallen less than you would have guessed when it …
Tuned InUncategorized
Idol Watch: Don't Need No Doctor?
Quick spoilers for last night’s American Idol coming up:
File under “Sentences I never thought I’d type”: Last night’s American Idol results episode was really worth watching. In perhaps the highest compliment I can pay to a results show, my ratio of parts-fast-forwarded to parts-actually-watched approached 1:1 last night, possibly an …
Tuned InUncategorized
The Morning After: That's What She Said
I’m back in town, but as I’m catching up and working through several days’ Tivo backlog, I don’t expect to be doing a lot of morning-after reviewing this morning. I did, however, catch last night’s episode of The Office, which was unspectacular as an episode overall but did build to a delightful moment as (spoiler ahead)…