Recent content by Jonny P

The Bourne movies (all three). Maybe it is just a general issue with Universal's "catalog" titles, but each of these left me fairly underwhelmed when comparing them to their DVD counterparts. They looked alright, but they didn't look as good as they could have looked. And I would concur...

I read that this Disney entry was titled "Tangled" instead of "Rapunzel" so as not to turn off a young male audience. Since much of the animated fare these days is designed to appeal to 10 year-old boys, that shouldn't be surprising, but it took what could have been a very special Disney...

In certain respects, this film serves as a "companion piece" to Tony Scott's redux of the subway thriller "The Taking of Pelham 123" (Scott is sort of going through his "mass transit" period)... The beauty of "Unstoppable" is its simplicity. It is a movie boiled down to its essence -- but as...

The 90 minute documentary is really worthwhile. I picked up this blu-ray last week and thoroughly enjoyed the set.

I would argue that television in the last decade has "closed the gap" and even "surpassed" theatrical motion pictures in terms acting, writing and overall production value. Three of the shows James pointed to are comedies. TV since 2001 or so was going for this "dark/gritty" vibe. Many...

Overall, I enjoyed the second episode more than the first, and think it has a nice "procedural" vibe going for it. Like Mark_B, I don't know why there has to be an "undercurrent" that is an investigation into a "secret brotherhood" of cops. And I don't necessarily think every episode...

I thought is was pretty good.   Like other comments in this topic, I thought the "bickering/bonding" was a bit forced between Scott Caan (Ocean's 11, 12, 13) and O'Loughlin.   Of course, the same was true of "NCIS: LA" early last season, and that show started to find a groove by the end...

One of my favorite shows. I will say this... Shane Brennan isn't nearly the storyteller that Donald P. Bellisario was (who left as NCIS showrunner after an apparent conflict with Mark Harmon). Brennan has gone on to create NCIS: LA. I do wonder if perhaps he is being run a bit thin...

Alright... Finally finished Season 1 on the DVR... Shane Brennan (creator and exec. producer) is no Donald Bellisario. There are some good bits on the show, but the whole is not greater than the sum of its parts. The show probably needs a bit of retooling going into the second season...

As one who watches a myriad of shows on cable channels like USA and TNT, I am used to "mini-seasons" in the winter and summer, so the break between the fall and spring for "Glee" didn't throw me off, or effect my perception. But since Ryan Murphy suggested that the first 13 were already in...

But Josh, a number of shows that "stayed just as good" or "improved" had producers, writers and actors who "tweaked" things as they went along. For example, I thought season 3 of "24" was decent, but many fans (and critical media types) thought it spun its wheels during a number of hours in...

As I said before, the pilot ep of "Glee" was fantastic. But in my mind, that largely had to do with the fact that the music was "integrated" into the first ep using "real life" musical moments...as opposed to "fantasy/dream" sequences which have now become standard. It has become far too...

"Theme weeks" have started to permeate the show. Not a bad thing necessarily, but a departure from the first episodes. I think the pilot episode ranks as a classic. And there have been a number of other nice moments as the show has progressed. What I don't know is whether they can...

I figure a "24" reboot is likely on the agenda in a few years too... The reason I say that is because there was an interview with Kiefer Sutherland a few years ago suggesting you could do the concept with all sorts of professions...police officer...fireman...etc. An "Alias" reboot could...

Duly noted, Travis. It has been "spoilerized." There is no doubt that death would have been a relief for Jack Bauer, but part of his "lot in life" is that he gets no reprieve. Even when he saves the world, there is little in the way of personal satisfaction for him, and his own inner demons...