Fond farewell: ‘Friday Night Lights’ (TV review)
I’m not married and I know that if I ever lived in Texas I’d die from the heat, yet I always respected “Friday Night Lights,” TV’s best show about marriage and best show about Texas. On Friday […]
Final ‘Harry Potter’ film ‘Deathly Hallows Part 2’ stylishly, bleakly goes through the motions (Movie review)
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” was my least favorite of J.K. Rowling’s books because the goal-oriented plot left little room for surprises: Harry and his friends need to destroy a handful of Horcruxes — […]
SyFy’s ‘Alphas’ is just another superhero show
First episode impressions (TV review): “Alphas” doesn’t do anything new out of the gates.
‘Horrible Bosses’ a humorous escape from behind the desk (Movie review)
The new classics of 2011 aren’t as elaborate as the great comedies of years gone by; rather, the joke tends to be right there in the title: “The Hangover Part II,” “Bad Teacher,” and now “Horrible […]
We were ‘Privileged’ (2008-09) to know this show for one season
One-season wonders (Review): This short-lived CW series ably filled a slot vacated by “Gilmore Girls.”
The top 10 episodes of ‘Millennium’ Season 1 (1996-97)
TV review: This is not “X-Files”-style fun. Chris Carter’s second show is dark stuff, visually and thematically, as we follow troubled psychic Frank Black.
Hilariously inappropriate ‘Bad Teacher’ gets a passing grade (Movie review)
“Bad Teacher” had me at the moment in the trailer when Cameron Diaz’s Elizabeth Halsey — when informed that a meeting is mandatory — says “I don’t give a f–” and then they cut to the […]
First episode impressions: ‘Teen Wolf’ (TV review)
The aspect of the new “Teen Wolf” (8 p.m. Central Mondays on MTV) series that has gotten the most criticism is that Scott (Tyler Posey), the wolf-boy in this version, plays lacrosse, whereas Michael J. Fox played […]
First episode impressions: ‘Falling Skies’ (TV review)
Watching “Falling Skies” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on TNT) is like buying a greatest hits album where you already own all the songs. The opening scenes of the resistance fighters hiding in abandoned tunnels and buildings from […]
‘The Killing’ season finale: A great surprise or a silly twist? (TV commentary)
AMC’s “The Killing” has repeat-viewing value that’s rare among crime-solving shows: There’s a certain pleasure in soaking up the pitch-dark murder mystery and the troubled characters the same way the streets of Seattle soak up the rain […]