It is, make no mistake, a wonderful thing that FOX (with the financial cooperation of studio Warner Bros) is bringing FRINGE, one of television’s most distinctive and imaginative shows, back for a 5th and final 13-...
At this point, with 3 first-rate films to his name, it’s time to stop remarking on how surprising it is that Ben Affleck is a major American filmmaker and just accept that he is one. His latest, ARGO, is his best yet, ...
DO NO HARM: Thursday 10PM on NBC A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and the production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh i...
HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER: Thursday 10PM on ABC – Potential DVR Alert PLAYERS: Executive Producer Shonda Rhimes–and you can repeat that name several more times without overstating her importance. The ...
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO: Worth A Ticket – David Fincher Meets Lisbeth Salander The most remarkable thing about David Fincher’s version of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (written for the Engl...
It’s odd to think that the biggest hit on American television is centered around the flesh-eating undead, but enough about Fox News… THE WALKING DEAD is a genuine television phenomenon, in more ways than on...
Every so often, a show comes along that makes you want to run up to random people in the street and yell “Why aren’t you watching this?” right in their uncomprehending faces. ORPHAN BLACK probably w...
> Since we last saw our rag-tag band of survivors, they’ve had to endure the loss of their leader, the man most responsible for mapping out their initial strategies and saving them along the way from all manner of deadly ...
DO NO HARM: Thursday 10PM on NBC – If Nothing Else Is On… What is it with NBC and dual personalities? Is the network trying to tell us something? A couple of years ago it gave us My Own Worst Enemy, with ...
PARKER: Watch It At Home – Jason Statham Being Tough (Again), Elevated By Strong Supporting Cast PARKER is what Jack Reacher might have been if it hadn’t been gripped by the excess that accompanies Tom Crui...
KING & MAXWELL isn’t the kind of show you’d particularly expect to see evolve between its premiere and season finale, and in fact it didn’t. That’s too bad, because the TNT series, developed...
THE FOLLOWING: Midseason MONDAY 9PM on FOX WHAT IT’S SAYING: Jack Bauer meets Hannibal Lecter. Only this time, Lecter has a cult of imitator serial killers. WHAT IT’S REALLY SAYING: Not for the...
It’s unfortunately not saying very much to note that PASSION is the best eeffort Brian DePalma has managed to turn in lately. DePalma’s Redacted was one of the worst films by a major American director in recent...