At the end of his recent review for the indie film Tru Loved, Roger Ebert admitted that he only watched the first eight minutes before deciding that he had seen all that he needed to see to pass judgment. Needless to say, people were outraged, and rightfully so. How could any self-respecting critic review a whole film after eight minutes?

I have to admit, I never really understood Halloween as a holiday. I’ve never been particularly fond of candy. I’m involved in theater, so the excitement others have for dressing up in costumes and putting on makeup as an annual ritual has been lost on me for some time. Living in Brooklyn for seven years, I was taught that you do not walk around at night asking strangers for candy.

In all likelihood, Hugh Grant will never win an Academy Award. Why? Because he has played the exact same role for almost his entire career.

I had never watched David E. Kelley’s legal drama “The Practice,” so the news that it had been spun off into a new series held very little interest for me back in 2004. But when I had heard that the spin-off was to feature William Shatner as a high-powered attorney, the “Star Trek” fan in me said, “Well, this I’ve gotta see.” That show was “Boston Legal.”

Cellular phones have ruined everything. I am not talking about the miniaturized Internet, the cameras, text messaging, the people who persist in talking on them as loudly as humanly possible or the personalized ringtones we are forced to listen to on a daily basis, usually at the movies.