It figures that the last episode of Firefly (according to the story, at least) would be the one that would finally bring River Tam into the foreground. River is such a memorable character and such a fan-favorite that it's easy to forget just how little she factors into the series. She barely even appears in most of the 14 episodes and in the case of "Our Mrs. Reynolds" she doesn't even have a single line outside of one justifiably deleted scene. "Objects in Space" suggests that River would have... Read More

Buy.com has a great deal on some classic scary movies - just in time for Halloween! You can now get the Night Screams 50 Movie Pack with free shipping for only $8.49 - while supplies last. This is a great deal for anyone who likes "classic horror" as most of these movies are older than my parents. A lot of these are actually pretty good and are the basis of the "plots" in most horror movies you see today which have been replicated and re-done for decades. Read about the films and get yours... Read More

Drugstore.com is offering a great new promotion - the penny sale! For a limited time only, you can get up to 5 select items for only $0.01 each! There is a limit  to one use per account and this offer expires September 13, 2010. Read More

Today only, Housewares Deals is offering the Lisa Jenks UH-OH 5 Piece Baby Gift Set for $15.00 with $4.95 shipping - this is a significant savings over the retail price of $190 (which to me sounds a little crazy but whatever). I think this would make a great gift for a new mom - and because women frequently give birth - chances are you can use this. Just save it until someone you know gets knocked up or pops out a kid (but you can get the savings now). This would also make a great gift for a... Read More

It was inevitable in a culture like our own that it would eventually become impossible to separate the perception of new entertainment from people's memories of old entertainment. That's why today we're living in an atmosphere of thick, postmodern reference. It's a time when everybody has seen something like whatever's on screen. Whole movies are based around subverting the conventions of their own genres, like romantic comedies that are unexpectedly lewd. For game shows this self-awareness... Read More

Technically, a taco is a tortilla folded around a filling. The tortillas were traditionally made with corn or maize, but as imports and trade along the border between Mexico and the U.S. increased, wheat flour has also been used to make tortillas. The first English recipes in cookbooks started appearing in the early 1900s. They are quite different from the modern expectations of a taco; they are, in fact, more like quesadillas in that the tortilla is folded in half, and sealed with egg, before... Read More

Despite Todd VanDerWerff cover at the AV Club creaming himself about “The Suitcase” and rambling on while repeating the same concept just about five times in a single review, it wasn’t one of Mad Men’s strongest efforts. It wasn’t bad, by any stretch of the imagination, just not classic. The last two weeks, though, have seen the show ape a severely different tenor than it had been accustomed to. Prior to this episode in “Waldorf Stories,” the show’s run time was dedicated to watching Don get... Read More

Much more dynamic than Eggling's earlier effort, Harry Smith colorized and expanded on the possiblities set for in earlier experimental films. There's still no narrative - natch. But there are distinct sections that emerge over the course of the film's run time. As a side, these must have slayed beatniks and curled up their goatees. Read More

Revisionist histories are occasionally the most entertaining kind of histories. Screw the facts. Let’s change the perception of the past. That obviously wasn’t the intent for the P.E.A.C.E./War compilation, initially issued in 1984 and rereleased in 1997. The thing is, though, that the difference between the first and second versions of the album find a weird array of bands sitting next to each other. Everyone knows Articles of Faith and some eighties hardcore fanatics are familiar with O.D.F.... Read More