Boardwalk Empire Episode 8 Recap James Schumacher, November 9, 2010November 14, 2010 Hold Me in Paradise Last week we had a fairly slow episode apart from the the introduction of an awesome new character Rick Harrow, the one-eyed mask-wearing sniper who Jimmy befriends. This week all hell breaks loose when Nucky heads to Chicago for the Republican National Convention. Nucky’s brother sits… Continue Reading
What do you want to read about or discuss? James Schumacher, November 9, 2010 So, the blog has gone a little bit television crazy of late. This is only of course because some exceptional shows are in new seasons, and others have debuted to great success. I am currently following Dexter, Boardwalk Empire and The Walking Dead. The rest of my television time is… Continue Reading
Conan Returns on TBS – A Recap James Schumacher, November 9, 2010November 11, 2010 Conan O’Brien made his long awaited return to the late-night talk-show scene this Monday evening on basic cable channel TBS. For many the question was would Conan live up to the constant media hype and coverage since the debacle that NBC created over the Tonight Show, which now rests again… Continue Reading
Dexter Season 5 Episode 6 Recap – Everything is Illumenated James Schumacher, November 1, 2010November 1, 2010 Back with a Dexter recap after missing an episode. Episode 6 of Season 5 is entitled Everything is Illumenated. We start out with Dexter packing up his stuff at the old home, and Deb insists he take the apartment back as she is “staying” with Quinn. Meanwhile, Lumen is preparing… Continue Reading
The Walking Dead Episode 1 – Days Gone By – Recap James Schumacher, October 31, 2010October 31, 2010 There do be spoilers ahead, so be aware! The Opening There is a brief opening sequence which deviates from the graphic novel. The character of Rick Grimes played by Andrew Lincoln walks among the skeletons of abandoned vehicles along the highway and has to face a zombie-fied little girl. With… Continue Reading
Boardwalk Empire Episode 6 Recap James Schumacher, October 31, 2010October 31, 2010 So, a busy week keep me from re-capping last week’s episode 5, but here I am finally ready to discuss episode 6 at the last-minute. Boardwalk Empire Episode 6 to me was the by far the strongest episode of the series after the pilot episode. I would go even as… Continue Reading
Dexter Season 5 Episode 4 Recap James Schumacher, October 20, 2010October 22, 2010 Sorry for being a little late with this one, things have been hectic. Didn’t actually get to watch the episode until last night, and what a good episode it was. Dexter dealing with the trapped woman at the killer Boyd’s home has kept him up all night, and Deb worked… Continue Reading
Sherlock BBC Season One Review – Blu-ray Preview James Schumacher, October 12, 2010October 16, 2010 The brilliant re-imagining of Sherlock Holmes on the BBC this past year, simply titled Sherlock will be making it’s American debut shortly. The Sherlock Blu-ray release seems to have gotten a rapid release due to the huge buzz in it’s native UK, and will be released on November 9th, 2010…. Continue Reading
Boardwalk Empire Episode 4 – Dexter Season 5 Episode 3 James Schumacher, October 11, 2010October 27, 2010 Boardwalk Empire Episode 4 Things are changing rapidly for our main characters. Jimmy has gone in to business with Al, that’s Capone to you and me in Chicago and things are getting messy already. People are going after those close to Jimmy both in Chicago and Atlantic City in very… Continue Reading
Boardwalk Empire – Dexter – The Walking Dead – Good TV Returns James Schumacher, October 5, 2010October 14, 2010 Almost 3 years ago to the day, I write a few posts discussing some of Television that was into, on was titled Good TV Returns. I preface this post and the old one by saying, I don’t watch much TV. Back then, school and life were a distraction, now life… Continue Reading
Autobiography Craig Ferguson – American on Purpose – A Book Review James Schumacher, September 22, 2010January 23, 2019 American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot is the autobiography of Craig Ferguson, whom most of you will know as a)Host of the Late Late Show or b)that guy that played Drew’s boss on The Drew Carey show. His journey from the small Scottish town of Cumbernauld… Continue Reading
Cable The Lewis Black Story – Basic Black on EpixHD James Schumacher, September 21, 2010January 23, 2019 I was sent an invite code in my e-mail for EpixHD from Verizon which apparently is a new channel for Verizon cable services. Whether my household has the channel I don’t know… I don’t really watch TV these days…. not on TV anyway. EpixHD has an online component which offers… Continue Reading