Sean Alexander

Dec 1, 2024 | cbr.com | Sean Alexander

Bones Sign in to your CBR account TV crossover events have seen plenty of ups and downs over the years. For every "Crisis on Infinite Earths" or "Scoobynatural," television studios typically make half a dozen misguided cash-ins in a desperate attempt to expand each show's unique viewing audience. So, where does that leave the often-forgotten conversion between one of Fox's most beloved procedural series, Bones, and one of their most forgotten, Sleepy Hollow? "SleepyBones," as some fans took...

Dec 1, 2024 | cbr.com | Sean Alexander

The Big Bang Theory Sign in to your CBR account Charlie Sheen has never been known for keeping his thoughts to himself. That was doubly true at the height of his sitcom-starring career in the 2000s and into the 2010s, when he bounced from Two and a Half Men to Anger Management, with controversy nipping at his heels. At an earlier point in his career, Charlie Sheen had been an undeniable movie star. Platoon, Wall Street, Major League, all of them hits. Then, in the 2000s, the star needed a...

Dec 1, 2024 | cbr.com | Sean Alexander

Movies Sign in to your CBR account Audiences typically have a love-and-hate relationship with gore in movies. For most of us, it's the cinematic equivalent of rubbernecking a car accident. As terrified as we generally are, we can't help but stare. That's the feeling many of us are searching for when we sit down to watch each new horror film. A little over two decades ago, one French horror movie provided exactly that and then some. In 2003, filmmaker Alexandre Aja unleashed a bloody,...

Nov 30, 2024 | cbr.com | Sean Alexander

If it weren't for bad luck, some movies, like people, wouldn't have any luck at all. One such movie (of notably recent vintage) is the Natalie Portman-produced and starring WesternJane Got a Gun. The production seemed cursed from the beginning. Directors dropped in and out. Bonafide movie stars signed on, only to then bow out at the last second. Natalie Portman tried desperately hard to save Jane Got a Gun from falling apart. She succeeded.

Nov 30, 2024 | cbr.com | Sean Alexander

Cheers Sign in to your CBR account At one point in the mid-1980s and even into the early 1990s, NBC's Cheers was the biggest and most popular show on television. For 11 seasons and 275 episodes (including three double-length episodes and a triple-length finale!), Cheers was a phenomenon on the same level as Seinfeld and Friends. Unlike those wildly popular television series, however, about halfway through Cheers' lifespan, the entire game changed. The first few years of Cheers were defined by...