As I watched the season premiere of “Lost” Wednesday night on ABC, it occurred to me that all of pop culture’s flash forwards and flashbacks (done masterfully here, in my opinion, as well as in “Damages” and other shows) owe a debt of gratitude to “Pulp Fiction” – with its many characters whose lives interlock…

Oscar season has formally begun as the nominations were announced today by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The full line-up and more info can be found at at Oscars.com and commentary will be all over the Net. Like everyone else, I have my opinions, so here are my five cents: 1. I…

Perhaps I have the presidential inauguration and President Obama on my mind, but the word “change” was easily the keyword of last night’s two-hour “Lost” premiere. For two hours, the stories shifted back-and-forth in time and locale, much the same way the island kept shifting back-and-forth as it got “unstuck” in time. As those who…

So last season I stopped watching “Lost” a few episodes from the end because I got bored. I was especially tired of the flashbacks. (I was to the point where I’d just fast forward through them–am I alone on this one?) But a few weeks ago I caved and caught up on what I missed…

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