”Battlestar Galactica”: A nuclear standoff Holy frak. Leave it to Battlestar Galactica to follow a couple of uneven episodes with a swift kick to the astro-nards like this, an episode that finally brought together, or at least hinted at bringing together, all of the various plot threads. And much like ”Flight of the Pegasus,” the midway cliff-hanger for season 2, it left us staring down the barrel of a very large gun. Read More...
”Big Brother”: Bimbo eruptions For a moment last night, I thought Chen Lite had made her first blunder of the season during the HOH competition by accepting Jen’s lowball guess for how many gallons of water that gigantic teacup holds. Clearly, it could hold more than 41 Jenuine gallons — I was thinking 200 or more — and yet that bobblehead won anyway! Only when I backed up the TiVo and saw that the freakin’ teacup was missing a door did I realize that Jen’s answer actually did come closest to the right amount (9 gallons). Read More...
”Chicken Run” scratched out a milestone this weekend: The animated feature’s North American gross crossed the $100 million threshold in its ninth week of release. The prison break comedy became the third Dreamworks SKG release (after ”Gladiator” and ”What Lies Beneath”) and only the 11th film this year to join that select big money club. But diehard animation fans are still clucking over what — or rather who — is missing from this feathered farce. Read More...
