With the dim Arctic light, the ever-present snow, and the need to carry a gun outside at all times (polar bears!), the remote island-settlement of Fortitude is a place that takes, well, fortitude to l…
Many moons before binge-watching series on Netflix became a common practice, and before many series became readily available to rent on DVD, I sat down and watched the entire 14 hours of The Jewel in …
It's my understanding that roller skating at Venice Beach in a swimsuit with no sort of built in bra and short shorts that tended to gap away from your body in perilous places was exactly the funnest …
I know I wasn't the only one that just about threw in the towel on Season Four of Downton Abbey. As if the carnage of losing two popular characters in Season Three wasn't enough, the show threw unspea…
If you grew up in the 1980s, chances are you were familiar with ALF (and perhaps thought he was the funniest cat-eating alien on earth). If you're anything like me, it's kind of fascinating to know th…
For your 21st birthday, if your three older brothers and your cousin took you out into the woods, told you to strip, stand in a circle of rocks, and hold a sword to the sky for your initiation, well, …
For those who have lived in a cave, Doctor Who is the (VERY) longing running (50 years) British sci-fi show about a time-and-space travelling doctor that thought of a very clever trick to lend to its …
Set in 1961 London, the series Breathless opens intriguingly, as a handful of doctors and nurses discreetly visit a woman in her own residence to perform an illegal abortion. Cash is passed, and every…
If you've been following the Hallmark Channel's adaptation of Janette Oke's When Calls the Heart series, then you'll be thrilled to find the third installment, When Calls the Heart: A Telling Silence …
PBS's Pioneers of Television series covers the history and cultural significance of several related shows in each installment, and Season 4 is every bit as delightful as the ones that precede it. It i…
I'm a sucker for paranormal stories, with creepy unexplained phenomena that goes bump in the night. I may not be religious, but I'm not one to question the spirit world... there are just too many stor…
Apparently I wasn't the only one who thought that Jeremy Piven, starring as the titular character in the Masterpiece series Mr. Selfridge, was simply too much. It wasn't just his jarring American acce…
