Matthew R. Reis: Film and TV Critic

Blog Exclusive! "Misfits" is a riotously funny show about a bunch of English juvenile delinquents forced to do community service together at a London community center. These teenagers hate authority figures and their new attire, orange prison-like jumpsuits. Just when you think their lives couldn't get any more difficult they are blindsided by a nasty storm. Imbued with fantastical and bizarre abilities after the storm subsides these band of misfits find that life is about to get a whole lot stranger. As "Misfits" is super addicting it's worth noting that series regulars such as Robert Sheehan (who plays wise-ass Nathan Young in season 1) leave the show quiet frequently. However, the high turnover rate in each successive season didn't dampen my enthusiasm for the show. In fact I actually think the new blood helps keep the show fresh and relevant. And don't just take my word for it... with a few big award wins, most notably a BAFTA Television Awar...

Art ain't stuffy! As featured in: The Ithacan Note: This exhibit was formerly on view at Cornell's Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art (where I viewed the work) and was shown all over the world including in London, England. Some people take portraits in the middle of a park. Others take portraits in a department store. Artist Sam Jury takes portraits in the middle of a dream — or at least that’s what she tries to make viewers think. Jury’s mixed media piece “Forever is Never” is an enlightening video that allows the viewer to step into another world, as the artist muddles the line between real-world portraiture and the fantastical world only possible through imagination. Best described as a video collage, this single-piece exhibition housed on the lowest level of Cornell University’s Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art is about six minutes long and runs on a continuous loop. The mixed-media video combines hundreds of photographs of a blank sculptural head that has differ...