John Casey

Chuck: The Complete First Season on Blu-ray Disc

The Series After someone breaks into a government facility a series of events leads to an ordinary guy who also happens to be a computer whiz stumbling into top secret, cutting edge government technology that causes him to...

Martin Rayner Is Scrooge in Ford's Theatre's 'Christmas Carol' (Playbill)

Performances of the Charles Dickens story - here titled A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas - will play Dec. 2-28. The Lansburgh Theatre is at 450 7th St. NW. The staging is in its fifth season. Martin Rayner returns...

Decision on €250m Tralee retail centre deferred amid doubts for its future

Decision on €250m Tralee retail centre deferred amid doubts for its future By Donal Hickey AN Bord Pleanála has deferred until January 30 a decision on a massive €250 million shopping development for Tralee. The delay —...

Chuck: The Complete First Season (Blu-Ray)

Editor's Note Our review of Chuck: The Complete First Season, published September 10th, 2008, is also available. Opening Statement There must be some sort of ill-conceived plot by executive producer/co-creator Josh Schwartz to...

Two visions of atheism, Tina Beattie

"One wants to do this thing of just walking along the edge of the precipice." (Francis Bacon) An enterprising plan to display an atheist message on the side of sixty of London's red buses from January 2009 suggests that, if...

Spies I Love: Television’s “Chuck” is both classic spy and spoof

Looking for romance? Intrigue? Suspense? Excitement? Wishing for tales of spies and thrills? Entertainment that helps you escape and take your mind off reality? I just love North by Northwest: Cary Grant plays an ordinary ad...

Heller consistently voted against kids

Oct 19: RGJ endorses Dean Heller with the headline "Heller's consistency is reason to re-elect him to Congress." Oct 20: RGJ reports that one in four Nevada adults have no health insurance, with Nevada ranking fifth worst in...

Peaceful night for the Castro

By Matt Keller and Don Sanchez SAN FRANCISCO, CA (KGO) -- It was a happy Halloween for police in San Francisco determined to keep the Castro from becoming party central. At the city's official Halloween party, "Home for...

OT: Even TV Geeks and Nerds Laugh at the Zune

I don’t know if you're aware of this, but a while ago Microsoft released the Zune MP3 player in North America. Ok, I'm joking... OF course you're familiar with this DAP. It isn't bad, it even outperforms the iPOD in some areas,...

Appointment Television - The Best Shows Worth Watching

As any of you who've read my blog know, I watch a lot of television and I mean a lot. But what most of you might not realize is that I have a husband, three-year old twins, a full-time job and hopes for some semblance of a...

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