Matt Cibula
Lost: “Across the Sea” – review
So this is the one where they explain, like, everything. Kinda. They even make fun of how much they explain everything. But at the end of the episode, what exactly has been explained? And does it matter? It turns out that 2,000 years ago, a beautiful woman washed up on an island. She was pregnant. [...]
Glee – “Bad Reputation” – Review
Glee, we need to have a talk. I don’t know if you know this, but you are the Jenni Kaminsky of the TV world. Who is Jenni Kaminsky? Well, she was adorable, mysterious, sexy, big-hearted. In great shape, yes; great kisser, yes. And when I needed her, she was there for me like a champion. [...]
Lost: “The Candidate” – Review
Remember that show where no one knew what was going on, but we all watched anyway? And how it was funny and confusing and scary, and sometimes made us feel really really emotional, but mostly we realized that it was just kind of ridiculous and awesome all mixed together? Well, these last four episodes ain’t [...]
Glee – “Home” – review
I’m on the road on a business trip, so here go some quick thoughts about last night’s episode of Glee. As always, a very enjoyable episode with both hits and misses. HIT: Music choices! So much old-school Broadway & Tin Pan Alley melodrama here, from the amazing Chris Colfer feature on “A House Is Not [...]
Glee: “The Power of Madonna” – review
People have been loving this episode since it was first rumored, much less when it was confirmed and shot and actually aired–OMG WHAT A PERFECT FIT THIS IS ALREADY THE GREATEST HOUR OF TELEVISION OF OUR LIVES, etc. Well, what if the empress has no clothes? I’m just going to start here with my thesis [...]
Lost – “The Last Recruit” – review
Wait, so things are finally starting to fall into place and maybe make a little more sense? And this episode didn’t really have a focus, but it still stayed crispy in its own milk? Oh, man–whatever will the haters and doubters and negative creeps say? Let’s cipher like Erykah taught us how…. Hold-your-heart moments (6): [...]
Lost – “Happily Ever After” – review
What an episode, huh, brother? Not only did we get rock-em-sock-em excitement in both the now and the then, but we also got a big funky clue to the Sideways world, maybe, and also some AW SO ADORABLE moments up there with anything else the series has ever done. Naturally, any episode focused on Desmond will [...]
Lost – “The Package” – review
This was what we call a necessary “linking” episode as we head down the last 100m of a six-year marathon. No one is ever going to say “Aw, ‘The Package’ was my fave rave ep of all time,” but without it we would never have run across some crucial information that we need. If you’ll [...]
Lost – “Ab Aeterno” – review
Questions getting answered right and left here, some mysteries supposedly solved, others remain, no shock there. Today we look at the scorecard and praise the finest acting performance on TV this year. Okay, nerds, let’s recap what we’ve learned FOR SURE this episode: 1. Jacob assigned Ilana to protect the six “remaining candidates” quite a [...]
Lost – “Recon” – review
This review will be short and sweet for three reasons: (1) I want to finish watching Justified, which kicks more ass than a psychotically abusive donkey trainer; (2) This episode contained more actual action than “grist for the mill,” as it were; (3) I HAVE FIGURED OUT THE WHOLE “SIDEWAYS” THING AND WILL EXPLAIN IT [...]
Lost – “Dr. Linus” – review
This week, in my Lost Recap/Review: Sympathy for a poor devil! Re-evaluation of everything that has come before! Rampant and irresponsible speculation about the Sideways timeline AND the true nature of Jacob! And some good old unbridled lust! It’s pretty clear that Benjamin Linus has been more characters than any other character on Lost. He [...]
47 Miles of Barbed Wire: Ted Leo Keeps the Dream Alive
The dream is always the same. We keep thinking that music can save our soul, that we can hear that one damn song that makes us break down and cry, that a killer album can be the umbrella on our rainiest day, that one great rock show can change the world, and we keep getting [...]
