Q & A What if the Big Bad Wolf gave up chasing Little Red Riding Hood to take up yoga and become a clocksmith? He has, of course, on NBC’s Portland-filmed TV series, Grimm. Meanwhile, on ABC’s Once    More

SCOOP CAPTURED BY BUREAUCRATS: Earlier this month, Captured by Porches Brewing Co. suspended operations at all of its Portland locations because of licensing issues with the City of Portland regarding   More

Movies & Television Who cares about the Emmys? Am I right, Portland? We don't even own televisions here! We're all much too busy with intellectual pursuits like reading our neighbor's unpublished autobiographical graphic novel and participating in physical activities such as unicycle jousting to devote time to things as frivolous as sitcoms, serial dramas, reality programs and whatever the hell Hemingway and Gellhorn ...   More

Movies & Television Grimm, Season 1, Episode 14: "Plumed Serpent"Beast of the Week: Damonfeuers, dragon creatures who can essentially light their own gastric acids on fire. Talk about heartburn! Hey-oooooo!Source Material: Super Mario Brothers, pretty much.The Procedural: Two bodies are found incinerated to death inside a warehouse filled with scrap copper. An arson investigator (played by hometown, uh, “hero” Daniel ...   More

Movies & Television So I took last week off from these recaps (read: I never found time to watch the episode), but luckily, Grimm is definitely a show where you can do that and not feel lost when you jump back in. If you really want to know what happened, read the dry synopsis here. Apparently, it involved Nick and Monroe getting caught up in a Wesen fight club. Sounds kind of fun, actually. Grimm Season 1, Episode 13: ...   More

Movies & Television Grimm, Season 1, Episode 10: “Organ Grinder”Beast of the Week: Geiers, goblins with vulture-like features who swoop down from trees and rip out their prey's organs, then sell them on the black market so other creatures can get boners. Seriously. Source Material: “Hansel and Gretel,” hinted at not just by the epigraph but with that trademarked Grimm subtlety of naming two guest characters “Hansen ...   More

Movies & Television “Grimm” Season 1, Episode 9: “Of Mouse and Man”Beast of the Week: Mauzhertz, a passive, rodent-esque bottom-feeder of the creature world similar to the rat-like Reinegens from the “Danse Macabre” episode, except they don't appear to listen to dubstep. This episode also introduces us to the Lausenschlange, an aggressive snake creature which, when transformed, resembles that lizard dude from ...   More

Movies & Television “Grimm” Season 1, Episode Eight: “Game Ogre”Beast of the Week: Siegbarste, described by Eddie Monroe as “your basic ogre.” He essentially looks like an orc from World of Warcraft.Source Material: “Jack and the Beanstalk,” although the adaption is even more loose than that of "Rapunzel" in the last episode. Still, let it be known that Grimm got a jump on all the ogre mania that's sure ...   More

SCOOP AH, YES, WE REMEMBER THE PIGMAN WELL: The Nielsen television-ratings company   More

Movies & Television Grimm Season 1, Episode Seven: “Let Your Hair Down”Beast of the Week: Blutbaden again, except this particular one has a killer dreadlock or something.Source Material: “Rapunzel,” although frankly the connection is loose at best. The Procedural: Two horny hikers in Tillamook State Forest (seriously, their dialogue at the opening of the show sounded like a leftover Passion Cove script) inadvertently ...   More