Reel Vixen

Holiday programming is a tricky business. One step in the wrong direction, and the yuletide sentiment can just seem cheesy and lame. Thankfully, a few notable TV shows have embraced the holiday spirit and provided us with some epic December fare. So, grab your YarmulClause, dust off that Festivus pole, and enjoy the Reel Vixen’s [...]

Here’s the thing about train wrecks. They are oddly compelling until the moment you actually pass one. The sense of hurried tension, the knowledge that whatever lays on the other side is going to either turn your stomach or make you puff out a calming breath, these are the moments of delicious anticipation. But the [...]

The other day, I was reminiscing about my first ever TV crush, Fred Savage and how much – as a tween - I loved his movie THE WIZARD. You know, the film about a boy (Savage) and his autistic brother (Luke  Edwards) who run away from home, hitching and hustling cross country with the help of [...]

We all have one. That guy you watch on TV week in and week out that is not just attractive and funny, but you also think, “If I were to do that thing called marriage, I’d want it to be with THAT guy!” And usually these guys play husbands and dads on their respective shows [...]

With THE LION KING getting re-released into theaters on September 16th (this time in 3D) it got me thinking about the first time Simba and his pals hit the big screen. I (admittedly) went to see THE LION KING purely because Jonathan Taylor Thomas voiced Simba and in 1994, JTT was the crush among gals my [...]

Let’s face it, folks – perfect childhood or no, each and every one of us had a particularly fond relationship with one particular babysitter that emitted a certain calming glow. That’s right, the television. Whether it be a nightly exercise in parental bonding, or a way for us to channel our inner teen angst, TV [...]