
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Second World War by Antony Beevor
April 16, 2026Hitler’s Final Solution was not a separate campaign of mass murder, parallel to the fighting on...

Movies & TV
Twenty Twelve — Season 1, Episode 2
April 15, 2026It rather sums up the problem which I noted last episode (and which will appear even...

Movies & TV
Twenty Twelve — Season 1, Episode 1
April 15, 2026Still, nice to know the BBC’s independence is sufficiently robust (despite the continual brickbats cast at...

Television
Twenty Twelve — Season 1, Episode 3
April 15, 2026There’s a fine line between criticising a show and simply describing the show you think it...

Video Games
Video Game Review: Lollipop Chainsaw
April 15, 2026The game’s main protagonist, zombie hunting high school cheer leader Juliet, is, like, totally blonde and...

Movies
Movie Review: Magic Mike
April 15, 2026The genesis of Magic Mike came from conversations between Tatum and Soderbergh while filming Haywire. Tatum...

Television
Merlin Recap: ‘Beauty and the Beast II’ (Season 2, Episode 6)
April 15, 2026“Fair is foul and foul is fair” as the witches in Macbeth chant. The only person...

Movies & TV
Twenty Twelve Recap — Season 1, Episode 4
April 14, 2026But this is the source of Boris’ power (the power pertaining to Alexander Boris de Pfeffel...

Movies & TV
Twenty Twelve Recap — Season 1, Episode 5
April 14, 2026One of the key questions they’ve agreed to ask the candidates is what exactly they think...

Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘The Witchfinder’ (Season 2, Episode 7)
April 14, 2026I can’t believe I seem to be suggesting that Merlin is better than The Crucible but...

Movies & TV
The Newsroom Recap: News Night 2.0 (Season 1, Episode 2)
April 14, 2026While last week’s episode straddled the line of fairness between liberal versus conservative ideology, tonight’s episode...

Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Mike Wallace, A Life by Peter Rader
April 14, 2026He suffered, too, the tragic loss of his oldest child, Peter, who disappeared while backpacking across...

Movies
Movie Review: The Amazing Spider-Man
April 13, 2026When I first left the theater, I was ambivalent about this movie but hopeful about the...

Music
Album Review: Chris Brown’s Fortune
April 13, 2026It fails as a sexy album, a dance album and definitely as any kind of character...

Movies
Movie Review: Savages
April 13, 2026Most entertaining are Benicio Del Toro and John Travolta. Del Toro plays Lado, Elena’s right hand...

Blog-Video Games
Lamenting E3 2012 – A Preamble
April 12, 2026Perhaps because it’s an overcast July 4th here in my corner of usually beautiful and overly...

100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Let Him Have It, #69
April 12, 2026As the days tick down, you’ll start to sweat. As the hanging occurs—graphically and efficiently—you may...

Movies & TV
Twenty Twelve Recap — Season 1, Episode 6
April 12, 2026Someone has dumped a pile of horse manure for the Olympic Deliverance Team to clear up....

Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘The Sins of the Father’ (Season 2, Episode 8)
April 12, 2026Though as the mysterious knight’s identity is revealed, it turns out that the gracious Sir is...

Blog-Video Games
Seeking Absolution Solutions
April 11, 2026It’s raining. Outside the Waikiki Motel the palm trees sway with the showers under a sky...

100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: American Me, #72
April 21, 2026But the gang becomes even more powerful behind bars, controlling the drug trade out on the...
Movies
Best and Worst Movies of 2012 – The First Half
April 10, 2026The Fourth Wall Presents A Look At Our Five Best and There Worst Movies of the...

Television
House Recap: ‘Post Mortem’ (Season 8, Episode 20)
May 4, 2026So is House achieving emotional balance, just in time to lose his best (only) friend? Is...

Movies & TV
House Recap: ‘Everybody Dies’ (Season 8, Episode 22 – Series Finale)
April 28, 2026And now to the issues fans will no doubt be debating for ages to come: Did...

Movies & TV
The Killing Recap: What I Know (Season 2, Episode 13)
April 19, 2026A recap/review of The Killing: What I Know (Season 2, Episode 13)

Movies & TV
House Recap: ‘Holding On’ (Season 8, Episode 21)
May 1, 2026Sometimes the worst thing about being a pessimist is how often you’re right. I would have...

Movies & TV
The Killing Recap: Sayonara, Hiawatha (Season 2, Episode 9)
April 29, 2026A recap/review of The Killing Sayonara, Hiawatha (Season 2, Episode 9)

Movies & TV
The Newsroom Recap: We Just Decided To (Season 1, Episode 1)
April 16, 2026The Newsroom is smart, energetic and definitely going to keep audiences’ attention. Too bad we have...

Movies & TV
The Killing Recap: Bulldog (Season 2, Episode 11)
April 24, 2026A recap/review of The Killing Bulldog (Season 2, Episode 11)

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The Killing Recap: 72 Hours (Season 2, Episode 10)
April 27, 2026A recap/review of The Killing: 72 Hours (Season 2, Episode 10)




































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