It’s not official, but it looks as if NBC will go with The Office for a ninth – and probably final – season. But there’s still the business of wrapping up season eight, which is best described as inconsistent. It’s always good to end on a high note. The Office did no such thing with “Free Family Portrait Studio”. There’s a few laughs and sweet moments, but still another mediocre episode from a mostly mediocre season. Even with all the negatives, the show deserves one last season to make it all okay.

Check out our full review below…

Continue Reading

The penultimate episode of season eight of The Office delivers many laughs, and sets the table for the finale of what has been an up-and-down season for the TV comedy. With a boozy Robert California in the thick of the storyline, along with vintage Jim and Dwight hi-jinks, “Turf War” should bring a smile to even the most dissatisfied fan of The Office.

Check out our full review below…

Continue Reading

“The Office” wraps up its sojourn to Florida with plenty of laughs and yet another Dwight-Jim confrontation. Robert California returns briefly, and the Erin-Andy story looks like it’s about ready for a finale. An uneven episode is once again saved by the hijinks in Florida. Maybe they should just leave that group down there!

Check below for the complete review…

Continue Reading

“The Office” heads south to Florida as Dwight and his hand-picked office team prepare for their special project in Tallahassee. The return of Todd Packer and the sassy Nellie Bertam, last seen trying to score Michael Scott’s old job, provide a nice, comedic spark to an already funny episode. “Tallahassee” keeps the momentum going from last week’s equally strong episode.

Check below for the complete review…

Continue Reading

“The Office” was going to put together a solid episode this season sooner or later, and “Pool Party” was definitely it. Maybe it was the ensemble in their bathing suits, or Robert California’s very specific, very x-rated vision for his expensive house, but plenty of positive things were happening in the episode, which resulted in an abundance of laughs.

Check below for the complete review…

Continue Reading

Well, it’s official—there’s a new boss on The Office.  In the wake of Steve Carrell’s (and his character, Michael Scott’s) high-profile exit from the show last season, most Office fans have been spending the summer speculating about who would replace the classic character and the great actor behind him.  And now, according to The AV Club, NBC has announced the new addition to The Office via a press release:

Continue Reading

With Steve Carell out of The Office, there’s a hole to fill and it’s unknown who’s going to take his place. Will Ferrell is completing an arc this season, but he’s a big-time movie star, so it’s unlikely he’ll stick around. Ricky Gervais and Will Arnett have been tapped to be in the finale, but Arnett has set up another NBC show, so it’s unlikely he’ll come back. That would leave Gervais the last man standing if it weren’t for the news from The Hollywood Reporter that Ray Romano, Catherine Tate and James Spader are now all going to appear in the season finale as well.

Continue Reading

Bret Easton Ellis is about to complete the sequel to 1985′s famous Less Than Zero. The original book was turned into a movie starring James Spader, Robert Downey Jr., Jaime Gertz, and Andrew McCarthy. The sequel is titled Imperial Bedrooms and is to be released in May 2010. Ellis seems very open to the idea of creating a part two to the movie; all of the actors are around, and they are actually doing fairly well. The movie helped launch the careers of Ellis, Downey, and Spader, so it seems fitting to make a sequel with the same actors. The new book has all of the main characters in it, but it is set in the present day.

Here is what Ellis has to say about the new book and a possible sequel…

Continue Reading