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The first thing you need to know about me is this:
I : Lost :: Beavis : Soda
I am Lostholio.
The mere mention of anything Lost will send me into a quivering fit, and so, mere hours before the long-awaited premiere of Season Four (tonight on ABC, 8pm EST/7pm CST), you can only imagine the trouble with [...]

Shaker Dr. Nick emailed me this weekend to tell me about having inadvertently tuned into and then watched “one of the bizarre shows I’ve ever seen” in which ten former high school cheerleaders, now ranging in age from 25 to 42 and in weight from 136 to 175, go to “cheerleading camp” to be bullied [...]

We need to talk about Flight of the Conchords. Why? Because it’s a gazillion little bits of hilarious goodness stitched together with golden strands of awesomeness, all wrapped up in a big bow of brilliance and topped with a cherry of jocose absurdity. I mean, if that’s not worth talking about, what [...]

The world must have seemed a tantalizingly big place to John Edward Noble, because he fibbed his way into the military just to start seeing every bit of it he could as soon as possible. The misrepresentation of his actual sixteen years was, however, only one of two lies that made their way onto [...]

[Casino Royale is now available on DVD. Warning: Spoilers linger herein.]
Like any good Brit, Bond fandom is in my husband’s blood; he’s read the books and seen all the films—and like any good Scot, he regards Sean Connery as the Best Bond in the History of the Universe. I’d never seen a Bond film until [...]

Why? was the first word that came to mind when I first started seeing advertisements for Bravo’s reality series The Real Housewives of Orange County. What could possibly be the purpose of this show? The thing is, I don’t like to form opinions about shows I haven’t seen, especially based on just the [...]

Colin, dear, come sit beside me and take this old woman’s hand. Yes, I know I’m only two years older than you, darling, but for the purposes of this conversation, I am a wise and wizened dame of a noble Southern tradition, and you must fix your dark eyes upon me, still and attentive, while [...]