When the home-computer game “Doom” was first launched in 1993, no one could have foreseen the legion of fans it would create and the mania surrounding its every new permutation. “Doom” and its successive installments have transfixed gamers worldwide for over a decade and have sold millions of copies (while chalking up an unprecedented tens [...]
“House” 9 p.m., FOX When Cuddy’s (Lisa Edelstein) handyman, Alfredo (guest star Ignacio Serricchio), falls from her roof and develops strange darkened pinkies, she joins the team to figure out what is wrong with him. After his hand is amputated to afford more diagnosis time, a trip to Alfredo’s neighborhood provides clues on the true [...]
Some people believe the Civil Rights Movement has come and gone and that our country operates as it should. Bigotry remains a thing of the past and what happened in the ‘60s should just be a short chapter in our history books. Some people also believe that Political Correctness has gone too far and that [...]
Sony’s anticipated hand held gaming device has officially hit the shelves. However, there has been such a high demand for the units that many retailers, including online ones such as Amazon, are sold out. Despite some talk of problems with dead-pixels and button malfunctions, which some problems will always arise with mass-production, the Sony PSP [...]
Tickets for KEVIN JAMES go on sale for the general public on Monday, April 25th at 10am. Goto the Lowell Memorial Auditorium website and use the special pre-sale password “DOUG” to purchase tickets. Kevin James stars in and serves as Executive Producer on the hit CBS/Sony television show, “The King of Queens,” which is now [...]
Have the Farrelly brothers gotten soft and cuddly? After pushing the envelope with “There’s Something About Mary” (a popular albeit sophomoric comedy about a guy who’s never stopped loving the girl he took to the senior prom) and presiding over “Stuck On You” (a one-joke movie about conjoined twins), they’ve given us “Fever Pitch.” This [...]
All deaths are sad, but the news that Christopher Reeve, the actor best known for playing SUPERMAN, died on Sunday of heart failure, just made me sad. The Associated Press has written a piece on his passing, which you can read in its entirety here. For those who care to do so, the family has [...]
Yes, there are cliched figures. Yes, if Billy Bob Thornton says “Let’s go” one more time, you may want to scream. Yet, “Friday Night Lights” may be the best football film ever made. The game is played in Odessa, Texas, a hardscrabble town and land where high school football is worshipped. The coach bears enormous [...]
