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Best TV Series of the Decade, 2000-2009!

Thanks in large part to HBO, this decade has brought on a golden age of scripted drama on television. Here are my top five favorite TV shows of the 2000s!
1. The Wire

David Simon’s The Wire takes advantage of television’s serial nature (and HBO’s commitment to creatively ambitious material) to paint a picture of an American [...]

Geekscape Episode 149: Goodbye 2009!

Over at Geekscape, we’re busy looking back and celebrating our best genre entertainment of the year (and the decade). I join Jonathan London to review Avatar and talk the best of 2009. Watch it right here!
Movie Review: “Avatar”! Movie News: Who SHOULD play Bilbo Baggins? Goodbye Dan O’Bannon! So long Brittany Murphy! The Iron Man [...]

Science of the Movies Episode 11: Building a Lifesize Transformers Robot!

Yeah, that’s me operating a giant crane (for the first time) to assemble a gigantic lifesize Bumblebee Transformers robot!!!

Tonight on Science of the Movies, I join my buddy John Frazier and his team at FXperts to take you step-by-step in building the Bumblebee robot used in Michael Bay’s Transformers movies!
Plus, I visit Image Metrics, the [...]

Heads Up Episode 8: Gifts For the Strange!!!

It’s time to get in the holiday spirit with the December episode of Heads Up!

On this month’s episode, I got a special treat for all you holiday shoppers: my Geek Gift Guide, “Gifts for the Strange!”
Plus, Jonathan is going undercover at Santa’s workshop, Simone is malfunctioning,  and Stabatron is missing… Don’t miss the thrilling ending as [...]

Science of the Movies Episode 10: ILM, Pirates of the Caribbean, and… McStrong!

Tonight on Science of the Movies, I wonder the halls of Industrial Light & Magic (the legendary FX house created by the great George Lucas) in a nerdvana induced haze. Oh, and I learn the uber tech behind the spectacular sea battles in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End! ILM does some of the [...]

Science of the Movies Episode 9: Going Down to South Park

Tonight on Science of the Movies, I visit South Park Studios to get a behind-the-scenes peek at the technology that allows Trey Parker and company to crank out insanely funny shows at a break neck speed. Believe me, their schedule is so tight they don’t have time for writer’s block.

Then I learn what it takes [...]