It takes a special kind of song to get me really excited about music, and right now that song is “Honeybee” by the steampunk robot band Steam Powered Giraffe. Both the song and the video for it have been on a near-constant loop here at my not-so-secret lair, providing the soundtrack for nearly everything I’ve [...]

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My job is weird. Take today, for example. I woke up at 5:30 AM, took a very sleepy train to Manhattan, and walked to the CBS Broadcast Center on 56th Street. I waited in line with the crew for the 7 AM programming shift, and was eventually escorted to a room where pretty women put [...]

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I’m going to just come right out and say it, folks. This could be one of the greatest moments of my career. While interviewing Oscar-nominated actor Frank Langella about his role in “Robot & Frank” (a new movie he’s in that’s absolutely fantastic), I finally had a chance to ask him the question that’s been [...]

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The BBC released a new trailer for the upcoming season of “Doctor Who,” and it effectively ruined my plans for an early bedtime tonight. It’s okay, “Doctor Who,” I forgive you. There’s a lot to absorb in the footage, but here are some of my initial thoughts on the trailer: – The scene in the [...]

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Here’s a video for everyone who told me: A) That they didn’t notice any change in Bane’s voice from the early preview of “The Dark Knight Rises” to the final film; and B) that Bane’s voice sounded perfectly natural in the movie. Bane's voice comparison (IMAX prologue vs… by mrstevenrichter Yup, I still say he [...]

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Well, everyone on Twitter and Facebook is probably tired of reading about this, but my segment on Spike TV’s “All Access Weekly” aired last night and it’s now available to watch online. Here’s the video (my segment begins around the 3:02 mark): Now that you’ve watched it, here’s my question for you: Since I’ve now [...]

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In order to break up the steady stream of “The Avengers“-related work appearing on the site here, I thought I’d post this video, which brought a big laugh to my morning. It’s the opening credits of “The Walking Dead” re-imagined as a 1980s sitcom, featuring the theme to “Growing Pains”… and it’s amazing. The video [...]

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