Inquirer Columnist - David HiltbrandRSS Feed for Inq Col David HiltbrandDave on Demand: MTV Awards offered the bizarre and bad- (Found September 17, 2008 ) I hear that Lil Wayne, Kid Rock and Kanye West all delivered good performances on the MTV Video Music Awards this week.http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/david_hiltbrand/20080913_Dave_on_Demand__MTV_Awa... TV's convention coverage- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Here's a modest proposal to improve the Democratic convention: Let Oprah host the whole shebang instead of giving her just a drop-in appearance.http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/david_hiltbrand/20080828_A_tough_crowd.html Bikers and barristers- (Found September 17, 2008 ) The new TV season doesn't begin for three weeks. But a number of shows are diving in early, intent on getting a few laps in before the big boys cannonball into the pool. Today we look at a pair of new cable series that are jumping the networks.http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/david_hiltbrand/20080831_Bikers_and_barristers.h... Where pundits falter, assertive Obama delivers- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Where were the boys from Jersey It was rumored that Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen would perform at Invesco Field before Barack Obama's acceptance speech.http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/david_hiltbrand/20080829_Where_pundits_falter__a... 'Babylon A.D.' looked like future schlock, but is quite fine- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Talk about exceeding expectations. Babylon A.D., which had all the cauliflower earmarks of a trashy action throwaway, turns out instead to be a disturbing, wonderfully executed vision of the future, the equal of last year's well-received Children of Men.http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/david_hiltbrand/20080830__Babylon_A_D___looked_l... Dave on Demand: Deal or Oh! Deal- (Found September 17, 2008 ) I don't know what Deal or No Deal did on its summer vacation, but the NBC game show came back loaded for bear.http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/david_hiltbrand/20080830_Dave_on_Demand__Deal_or... Cage confusing in tame actioner- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Bankgok Ridiculous is more like it. Nicolas Cage stars as Joe, a paid assassin in Bangkok Dangerous, a bleak remake of a 1999 Asian shoot-'em-up.http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/david_hiltbrand/20080906_Cage_confusing_in_tame_... Dave on Demand: 'Monk': Phobic, fab and 100- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Thank the Lord for basic cable. A show like Monk wouldn't have lasted a full season on the trigger-happy networks. Monk is too loosey-goosey, quirky and unpredictable for broadcast. But this fun, old-fashioned TV pleasure is enjoying a healthy run on USA.http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/david_hiltbrand/20080906_Dave_on_Demand___Monk__... Flop 'Lebowski' is right down cultists' alley- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Let us now praise the Dude. That's right, the dubious hero - or is he merely the foil - of the Coen brothers' loopy 1998 comedy, The Big Lebowski.http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/david_hiltbrand/20080909_Flop__Lebowski__is_righ... Dave on Demand: Fall promos, that other Olympic event- (Found September 17, 2008 ) One by-product of the two-week Olympics orgy is that we are all now intimately acquainted with NBC's new series. A relentless bombardment of promos has imprinted shows like My Own Worst Enemy, Knight Rider, Kath & Kim and Crusoe on our eyeballs.http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/david_hiltbrand/20080823_Dave_on_Demand__Fall_pr... |