Posts Tagged as ‘Joss Whedon’

May 26, 2009

Buffy Without Whedon? Pass.

My friend Rick has some news that would ordinarily be welcomed by geeks everywhere:
The good news is, the executive producers of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” are considering making a movie that would relaunch the franchise.
Except for one thing:
The catch: Whedon, who created the character for a 1992 movie and re-imagined it for what would become [...]

May 18, 2009

Vampire Is The New Black

Every couple of months, I hear how “vampires are so over,” from various folks. Every vampire movie or TV show is supposed to be the last one, and audiences won’t tolerate another one. And then something like Twilight comes around and makes roughly a kajillion dollars.
It should be obvious, but vampires don’t stay dead. Sure, [...]

March 21, 2009

The Opposite of Jumping The Shark

Believe it or not, “Dollhouse” got good last night. Joss Whedon, you magnificent bastard.
Full recap available at HitFix.com.
Some thoughts, however, that didn’t make it into the recap due to time/space issues:

Is it a bad sign for the show that this was the most absorbing episode yet, and its lead actress was barely involved? Eliza Dushku [...]

March 7, 2009

This week on “Dollhouse…”

My recap of this week’s episode of “Dollhouse” is up at HitFix.com. In this episode, Echo becomes a safecracker. Until she loses all memory during the job. Hijinks ensue.

February 28, 2009

Welcome Back to the Dollhouse

My latest recaps of Joss Whedon’s TV series “Dollhouse,” available at HitFix.com: “The Target” and “Stage Fright.”

February 14, 2009

In theaters and on TV

A couple new reviews this week, after spending a long time away from everything due to revisions on the novel. My take on the pseudo-documentary about gangsters, Gomorrah, is up at E! Online. And my recap/review of “Dollhouse,” Joss Whedon’s latest adventure into the world of hot chicks and sci-fi is up at HitFix, a [...]

November 6, 2007

Today’s Strike Roundup

Joss Whedon was on the picket line, “sick as a dog, but proud as a noble and much healthier dog.”
Ken Levine jots down his notes from the picket line. In comments, Paul Haggis — writer of the best Bond film in the last twenty years, at least — makes a cameo. Or someone claiming to [...]