MONDOmagazine » Television Reviews http://mondomagazine.net We're not geeks! Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:39:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 The Big Bang Theory S3 Reviewed http://mondomagazine.net/2010/the-big-bang-theory-s3-reviewed/ http://mondomagazine.net/2010/the-big-bang-theory-s3-reviewed/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:28:23 +0000 television http://mondomagazine.net/?p=10757 http://mondomagazine.net/2010/the-big-bang-theory-s3-reviewed/feed/ 1 Why I love Elvis Costello: Spectacle reviewed http://mondomagazine.net/2009/why-i-love-elvis-costello-spectacle-reviewed/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/why-i-love-elvis-costello-spectacle-reviewed/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 05:00:13 +0000 MUSIC_Jake http://mondomagazine.net/?p=5093 spectacle_320x240Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... is a different kind of TV show, and it's a different kind of concert series. The show — which is produced by Elton John and airs Friday nights on CTV — is hosted by quirky singer/songwriter Elvis Costello and features some jaw-dropping musical acts: The Police, James Taylor, Lou Reed, and Smokey Robinson to name just a few. [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/why-i-love-elvis-costello-spectacle-reviewed/feed/ 1 ANTM Cycle 11: The Problems I’ve Got With The Strong Women http://mondomagazine.net/2008/antm-cycle-11-the-problems-ive-got-with-strong-women/ http://mondomagazine.net/2008/antm-cycle-11-the-problems-ive-got-with-strong-women/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:00:50 +0000 television http://mondomagazine.net/?p=2356 Welcome to yet another addition to the television section here at MONDO: The Episode of the Week. Here, our contributors go through the myriad of shows that come their way and blow kisses (or vomit) at the standout kids. It can be any kind of show. Except for Due South. I like Mounties, but that was pretty terrible, no? ---------------------------------- Episode of the Week The Problems I've Got With Strong Women America's Next Top Model, Cycle 11, Episode 5 (The Runway Challenge) Carolyn Tripp Try as I might, I'm still addicted to America's Next Top Model. Most of its appeal revolves around the premise that the situations presented have absolutely nothing to do with anything plausible. As with any reality show critique, the participants are [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2008/antm-cycle-11-the-problems-ive-got-with-strong-women/feed/ 0 You Best Mind Nevermind the Buzzcocks http://mondomagazine.net/2008/you-best-mind-_kc-done/ http://mondomagazine.net/2008/you-best-mind-_kc-done/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:00:55 +0000 television http://mondomagazine.net/?p=2166 Welcome to a slightly new television section dealing exclusively with seasons past: The Seasonal Retrospective. Here you'll find anything and everything from any station we have access to. We are particularly in love with the BBC and CBC and maybe a little bit of CBS when they're funny and never Fox because we find them kind of repulsive. We'd be into Al Jazeera too, but they don't typically run endearing sitcoms with well-rounded narratives. -------------------------------- The Seasonal Retrospective, Nevermind the Buzzcocks, Season 21 By Carolyn Tripp It's always a nice surprise when a show with a strong following is successful year after year. Equally so, it's a disappointment when crap television remains inexplicably in the mainstream for seasons on end [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2008/you-best-mind-_kc-done/feed/ 1 Durham County reviewed. And it’s positive. http://mondomagazine.net/2008/durham-county-reviewed-and-its-positive/ http://mondomagazine.net/2008/durham-county-reviewed-and-its-positive/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 04:00:58 +0000 television http://mondomagazine.net/?p=1136 Durham County is a six-part series airing on Global Television Monday nights at 10 p.m. By Leo K. Moncel I have never been so excited about feeling miserable as I am now, moments after watching the first episode of Durham County on Global. If the show continues along the tracks laid out in the pilot, we may be seeing the best-made Canadian drama I've ever laid eyes on, but it won't be a pleasant sight. The premiere opens with the subdued but nevertheless horrific rape and murder of two teenage girls by one man while a second — a possible accomplice, looks on. This is a series that is here to get quite close to the grim and hideously disturbing nature of violence. Durham County is about the actual Durham County, just a quick SUV-ride up from Toronto. Making just such a trip is the Sweeney family. Behind the wheel is father Mike (Hugh Dillon), a square-jawed homicide detective who's being reassigned. His wife Audrey (Hélène Joy) is undergoing chemotherapy and vomits during the car ride. Their teenage daughter Sadie chastises her mother to roll down a window, but she refuses. A five-foot tall puppet seated beside Sadie inquires as to when they'll arrive. The talking puppet removes her face, revealing herself to be Mike's eight year-old daughter, Cicely, in a Sailor Moon-type mask. The Sweeney's get a warm welcome from Traci Prager (Sonya Salomaa) from [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2008/durham-county-reviewed-and-its-positive/feed/ 0 The Fourth Season Premier of Battlestar Galactica was Fraktastick http://mondomagazine.net/2008/the-fourth-season-premier-of-battlestar-galactica-was-fraktastick/ http://mondomagazine.net/2008/the-fourth-season-premier-of-battlestar-galactica-was-fraktastick/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:00:41 +0000 television http://mondomagazine.net/?p=825 The Last Season

If you don't know BSG get out now!

By Miles Baker If you don't watch Battlestar Galactica on a regular basis turn around right now. I'm sure I'm not the first person to tell you this, but it's one of the best show ever made so do yourself a favour and watch it. I don't care if you don't like Star Trek or Star Wars, because this show is nothing like the other two. It's an amazing and gripping series that balances family drama with romance, action with political intrique, and epic storytelling with a sexy cast. So, go watch it. Trust me. Thank me later [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2008/the-fourth-season-premier-of-battlestar-galactica-was-fraktastick/feed/ 6 Heroes: Season Two Premiere Review http://mondomagazine.net/2007/heroes-season-two-premiere-review/ http://mondomagazine.net/2007/heroes-season-two-premiere-review/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:13:32 +0000 television http://mondomagazine.net/?p=308 Airs Mondays at 9:00 on NBC By Alexander B. Huls The Season One finale of Heroes broke my heart. It let me down to a degree that it tainted all the episodes before it, and left me wary about the start of the new season in September. When you have an entire exciting season specifically crafted to build towards some monumental event (and you build up the fact that it’s a monumental event), and then the whole thing just kind of peters out, you feel — as a viewer — slightly betrayed by the creators, in addition to your utter disappointment. All set-up and no pay(off) makes Alex a dully disappointed boy. This led me to watch the Season Two premiere of Heroes with an attitude not unlike a boyfriend giving a cheating girlfriend another chance [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2007/heroes-season-two-premiere-review/feed/ 1 TV in a Flash: Part Three http://mondomagazine.net/2007/tv-in-a-flash-part-three/ http://mondomagazine.net/2007/tv-in-a-flash-part-three/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:10:41 +0000 television http://mondomagazine.net/?p=352 Reviews of this season's pilots in approximately five sentences By Owen K. Craig This week Owen takes a look at Journeyman, Dirty Sexy Money, Cavemen, and Moonlight.]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2007/tv-in-a-flash-part-three/feed/ 0 Tudors: Pilot Review http://mondomagazine.net/2007/tudors-pilot-review/ http://mondomagazine.net/2007/tudors-pilot-review/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:55:49 +0000 television http://mondomagazine.net/?p=349 Tuesdays at 9pm on CBC By Sam Linton I’m certainly glad that I finally got around to sitting down and watching HBO’s Rome, as it gives me an ample frame of reference for talking about The Tudors. Premiering last Tuesday at 9pm on CBC, the BBC production focuses on the life of Henry VIII, making the title perhaps a bit misleading, if only slightly; this ardent monarchist would have liked to have seen all the Tudors, a progression from Henry VII through to the rise of the House of Stuart. I shouldn’t gripe, however; by focusing on the life and reign of Henry VIII, the show’s creators are able to focus on characters inspired by various historical figures involved at the time. Or at least, that’s the theory. However, unlike Rome, the premiere episode of The Tudors is more hit-and-miss in its characterizations. Some characters – such as Sam Neill’s Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and Steven Waddington’s Duke of Buckingham – fit the tone of the show and subject matter well, cast as grand schemers on opposing political sides during a tumultuous time in England’s history. Other characters are more problematic. Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ portrayal of the young King is a complex one, alternating between the flippancy of his relative youth and the gravity of his situation. I just can’t tell if he’s pulling it off or not. Honestly, I have no idea what caliber of acting I’m watching – one moment it’s completely believable and absorbing, the next it’s strange and off-putting. Perhaps it has more to do with whichever character it is with whom he’s interacting at the time [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2007/tudors-pilot-review/feed/ 0 TV in a Flash: Part Two http://mondomagazine.net/2007/tv-in-a-flash-part-two/ http://mondomagazine.net/2007/tv-in-a-flash-part-two/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:18:47 +0000 television http://mondomagazine.net/?p=353 Reviews of this season's pilots in five sentences By Owen K. Craig This week includes Cane, Reaper, The Big Bang Theory, and Bionic Woman. ]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2007/tv-in-a-flash-part-two/feed/ 0 Love Monkey: Post-Mortem Review http://mondomagazine.net/2007/love-monkey-post-mortem-review/ http://mondomagazine.net/2007/love-monkey-post-mortem-review/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:55:08 +0000 television http://mondomagazine.net/?p=355 For those who love High Fidelity and horrible show titles By Alexander B. Huls I love Tom Cavanagh. I fell in love with him on Ed, and he continued to earn my love with his guest appearances on Scrubs as J.D.'s brother. I wish Tom were my best friend and, like a good friend, I would be there anytime, and anywhere he needed me. That's why I recently decided to support him by checking out Love Monkey, a show that aired back in 2006 on CBS and was cancelled after only three episodes (though the remainder of the episodes were later screened on VH1). Okay, so maybe a real friend would have been there when the show was actually on the air. He never lets me forget it actually, but he teases. We joke about it all the time. It's like our private inside joke [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2007/love-monkey-post-mortem-review/feed/ 0 TV in a Flash: Part One http://mondomagazine.net/2007/tv-in-a-flash/ http://mondomagazine.net/2007/tv-in-a-flash/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:24:00 +0000 television http://mondomagazine.net/?p=354 Five sentence reviews of this TV season's pilots. By Owen K. Craig Back To You Airs Wednesdays at 8:00 on FOX A completely unremarkable comedy that feels like it's wasting the talents of everyone involved. Light on laughs and originality. The only one who shines is Josh Gad as the young, energetic news director. A definite miss.]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2007/tv-in-a-flash/feed/ 0