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• Enlightened is TV’s best show right now—and it needs more viewers

   All the exterior Abaddon scenes are filmed in my office complex. It's in Woodland Hills in the San Fernando Valley, pretty far from Riverside.

  Feb. 25, 2013 - 8:50 PM

• What are you reading this month? (February 2013)

  I'm almost finished with The Casual Vacancy, and I, for one, love it. I wasn't expecting much, and it starts slow, but gradually the fact that there are so many different perspective characters pays off when they're ...

  Feb. 6, 2013 - 1:45 PM

• The “gentleman’s F” and the scourge of deliberate mediocrity

  I think "deliberate mediocrity" is a ridiculous term. If Commentary Tracks of the Damned has taught us anything, it's that even so-called "bad" movies had people making them who really wanted to produce a good movie and hoped the ...

  Jan. 30, 2013 - 10:55 AM

• “Oliver’s Dream”

  I watched the first season on Netflix a couple years ago, and, though I liked McAdams a lot and loved the bits where Geoffrey is explaining Shakespeare scenes or motivations, overall I was a bit... bored. I can love a ...

  Jan. 23, 2013 - 1:19 PM

• “Black Orchid”

  I wasn't super in the mood for Doctor Who when I put the DVD for Black Orchid on yesterday, but two things brought me into the experience: Only two 25-minute episodes long, and forgoes the usual "and the killer ...

  July 22, 2012 - 10:32 AM

• “The Claws Of Axos”

  And those sideburns!

  May 27, 2012 - 11:17 AM