In Which Georgette Heyer and Remington Steele Are Juxtaposed

I stumbled across Remington Steele on Hulu and figured I’d take the opportunity to actually see the show. It’s a detective show that was on the air from 1982 to 1987. For a variety of reasons, my access to TV as a kid was spotty, and in spite of the crush-worthy Pierce Brosnan, I’d only

Last Week at the Movies

I do from time to time catch a current TV show* or a movie that’s in theaters now, and over winter break I gorged. There are plenty of full-on reviews and summaries around the Web; here I’d like to highlight some interesting moments in the banquet. Up in the Air. George Clooney plays a man

I Wanted to Believe

I admit it—whatever the equivalent of “Trekkie” is for The X Files, I was one of them. I thought Mulder was hot and Scully was smart; I taped reruns, went to the movie when it came out in 1998, and bought the DVD. Last summer, I was excited to discover that a second movie was

Go in Swinging

Perhaps in counterbalance to Gilmore Girl mania, what I’m watching these days is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I don’t have HD TV or cable, for those wondering why I never catch these things in season, and for someone trying to write stand-alone stories it’s far more satisf–I mean educational to watch an entire season at

Gilmore Girls

I’d read admiring references to Gilmore Girls, had a friend give it high marks, but I’d never seen an episode until I started hanging out on Chinese YouTube. Before I proceed any further, I have to clarify for the locals that my mother is not analogous to Emily Gilmore, the judgmental aristocratic grandmother character. They’ve

Non-Reading Life

After many years of using my TV solely as a DVD player, I started watching network television again this spring. The first excuse was that I was going to write a screenplay, and the way to get a feel for the rhythms of a narrative arc that takes 30 minutes to unfold was to watch