• July 7, 2016
• At Home, Family, Romance, Television

When Calls the Heart: Troubled Hearts finds change afoot in Hope Valley, but if we’ve learned anything from watching When Calls the Heart it’s that change in Hope Valley...

• June 17, 2016
• At Home, Drama, Television

When Roots originally aired over 8 nights in January 1977, I was six years old. I remember being aware that it was on TV, because my brother and I...

• May 25, 2016
• At Home, Drama, Television

Despite having an interesting premise (the birth of modern retail in the UK by a savvy American entrepreneur) and soapy plots involving characters from the company boardroom to the...

• April 26, 2016
• At Home, Family, Romance, Television

Every time I settle in for a new When Calls the Heart movie, I’m reminded how much I love everything about them. There’s the way every character either nods,...

• March 28, 2016
• Action, At Home, Television

California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers, Ponch (Erik Estrada) and Jon (Larry Wilcox), can always be counted on to keep citizens safe. flirt with pretty girls, solve a few mysteries,...

• March 7, 2016
• At Home, Drama, Television

It is now 1925, and things continue to change at Downton Abbey. Manors and estates down the road are shuttering their windows and auctioning the family heirlooms, lords and...

• February 20, 2016
• At Home, Drama, Television, War

The premise of the show is truly interesting, and should be ripe for an excellent drama, if in the right hands. It’s 1862 Alexandria, Virginia, which is smack on...

• October 31, 2015
• At Home, Drama, Television

Who doesn’t like to see an occupying empire crumble? I’m not sure why the era of the British occupation of India is so specifically fascinating, but it has all...

• October 17, 2015
• At Home, Drama, Music, Television

At its most basic level, the deliciously entertaining family soap Empire is King Lear with a modern hip-hop/R&B soundtrack. This King is Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) a modern hip-hop...

• October 10, 2015
• At Home, Comedy, Science Fiction, Television

Liv Moore (Rose McIver) is the sort of no-nonsense girl who also wouldn’t have time for zombies. She’s a smart, ambitious medical resident on the verge of beginning the...

• July 10, 2015
• At Home, Family, Romance, Television

This installment finds the widows of Coal Valley suing the mining company for negligence, but this bold step forward stirs up even more conflict for the town. Meanwhile, our...

• June 6, 2015
• At Home, Drama, Music, Television

A British jazz band is discovered in a small club by a music journalist, and is offered the lucky break of becoming the house band at a top notch...