“Parks and Recreation” (7 p.m. Central Tuesdays on NBC) isn’t the first show to do a time-jump. Off the top of my head, “Dawson’s Creek” jumped ahead three years for its final episode, “24” sprang forward […]
“24: Live Another Day” (8 p.m. Central Mondays on Fox) comes along four years after the eighth season, but Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub slip back into their iconic characters of Jack Bauer and Chloe […]
“The Fifth Estate” is the liberty-themed movie I was most looking forward to this year. But while it is too loaded with important ideas to dismiss entirely, it is rather disappointing coming on the heels of […]
Being both an “important” movie and a “feel-good” movie, right off the bat “Won’t Back Down” is in danger of being filled with cartoon villains that you want to punch in the face even as the story […]
“Parks and Recreation” (8:30 p.m. Central Thursdays, NBC) started off its fifth season this week with an episode that was ambitious in terms of setting (Washington, D.C.) and casting (a few Senatorial cameos), but also stayed […]
I was a bit on the fence about seeing “The Campaign,” simply because it’s about a political campaign, and who wants to pay money to see more of that? But my trust in Will Ferrell and Zach […]
“The Dictator” is one of those comedies where you like a despicable main character simply because he’s the main character. This works only in the movie world, and it’s a particularly effective phenomenon in Sacha Baron […]
Since I’m venturing into politics with this post (which will eventually be about television), I’ll admit my bias up front: I’ll be voting for the Libertarian Party ticket of Johnson-Gray in November. But I think anyone who’s […]
“Parks and Recreation” (7:30 p.m. Central Thursdays on NBC) is my pick for best network comedy. It still ranks fourth on my overall list because while cable shows like “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “It’s Always Sunny in […]
Is the killing of a human being ever a cause for celebration? That question came to mind when I saw sports fans celebrating the death of 9/11 terrorist attack mastermind Osama bin Laden on Sunday night during […]