Lost – “Tricia Tanaka is Dead”

 
Hurley’s back stories have always been related to his curse, his involvement with the numbers, and the effect on his personal life. The problem, however, is that every episode feels somewhat the same because of this, and unless they bring a lot to the table in terms of the numbers they don’t seem important enough [...]

Smarter Kids TV for Smarter Kids: Disney’s ‘The Weekenders’

Now, while a majority of my blog posts tend to be grounded fairly in the present, I want the opportunity to today go out on a bit of a retrospective. You see, while I’m now “grown up,” I have a certain affinity for children’s television. During those after school hours of four to six every [...]

I’m Smarter than “Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader?”

The entire experience of watching “Are you smarter than a 5th Grader?” was one of those moments where my anger bubbled over, and blogging became the only way of getting rid of the excess frustration over this particular television program. The show is operating on a principle that no, viewers aren’t actually smarter than 5th [...]

The Superpower Bauer Hour Showdown: Week Six

Only two more weeks of the SBHS remain before Heroes goes on an extended hiatus and the Jack Bauer Power Hour returns. I haven’t quite figured out how I’m handling that, or the fact that Global is now airing Heroes on Sunday nights, but for now let’s stick to our formula. Actually, speaking of formulas, [...]

Let’s Talk About NBC’s The Black Donnellys

I’ll admit to being a fan of Studio 60, and during the summer it was by far my favourite pilot out of those I had the pleasure to watch during my spare time. However, it’s now officially lost favour, and last week aired what could be its last episode ever. It is, at the very [...]

Talkin’ Oscar: Retrospective and Review

Four hours, twenty minutes, 16 out of 24 predictions (66.6% accuracy rate, not bad) and 7,398 liveblog words later, Oscar night is over. Marty finally won his Oscar, and Peter O’Toole was left out in the cold as the Academy preferred heroin-addled grandfather to creepy old pervert. The Actresses long anointed to victory took to [...]

Talkin’ Oscar: Live Blogging Extravaganza

9:00pm – We open on the pre-show with the lovable penguins from Happy Feet, including a President Bush penguin. The answer to all of their problems? Apparently dancing. And now it’s people wearing Borat bathing suits. And then Lightning McQueen. And then Abigail Breslin and the little yellow VW that could. It’s all kind of [...]

Saturday Night Live (February 24th): Rainn Wilson and The Arcade Fire

I’ve stolen this image from The Elder because I want to make a few brief comments on the most recent episode of Saturday Night Live. While it was certainly a pairing which served well for my elder brother, and myself, in terms of our tastes, let’s consider this for a second.
The episode itself remained mired [...]

Talkin’ Oscar: 79th Annual Academy Awards Predictions

79th Annual
Academy Award Predictions
After besting the Elder earlier this year in our Nominations Predictions, I think I might be in more trouble here. While I’m great at reading buzz about nominees in major categories, I am decidedly less good when things open up into the technical categories. It’s all a bit of a gamble even [...]

Talkin’ Oscar: 2007 Academy Awards Extravaganza Preview

That’s right, folks. We’re less than 24 hours away from the event, the extravaganza if you will, and Cultural Learnings is all about informing everyone about who to watch, what will win, and which spoilers to look out for. It’s all about Hollywood’s best (aka Hollywood’s most well represented and advertised) on Sunday night, so [...]