• February 16, 2014
• At Home, Documentary, Television

Ernest Shackleton’s doomed Antarctic polar expedition is one of the great survival stories of modern times. After his ship The Endurance was destroyed by pack ice, leaving the ship’s...

• January 27, 2014
• At Home, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Television

If you grew up in the 70s and 80s, your worldview was probably significantly shaped by Michael Landon. Most likely you have a soft spot for a good prairie...

• December 22, 2013
• At Home, Documentary, Television

There is so much history centered in and around the famous walls of the Tower of London, the imposing fortress that sits in the River Thames in the heart...

• December 22, 2013
• At Home, Documentary, Television

American entrepreneur Harry Gordon Selfridge grew up in poverty and cut his teeth working his way up at Marshall Fields department store in Chicago. But he had big ideas:...

• December 22, 2013
• At Home, Documentary, Television

Scotland Yard (or rather the NEW Scotland Yard) is a nickname for the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service (or “the Met”), aka the City of London police force....

• December 21, 2013
• At Home, Family, Television

It’s easy to imagine a little child passing a quiet afternoon in the company of The Beatrix Potter Collection. It smacks of rainy days spent with toys strewn over...

• December 11, 2013
• At Home, Science Fiction, Television

The Day of the Doctor is the story of a painting with two titles: “No More” and “Gallifrey Falls.” We meet the War Doctor (John Hurt) – the incarnation...

• November 25, 2013
• At Home, Documentary, Television

For those suffering from withdrawal after the Beijing Olympics ended to folks that love armchair traveling on a rainy day, Wild China is yet another excellent documentary series profiling...

• November 21, 2013
• At Home, Documentary, Television

It has been said that television came of age when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. It was the first time that the American public turned in droves to...

• October 26, 2013
• At Home, Documentary, Television

It is probably not an understatement to say that some of the revelations in this epic series, Latino Americans, are a surprise. Each episode highlights a few fascinating people...

• September 29, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Romance, Television

It seemed like a curious coincidence that I started watching The Tudors shortly after I had finally rented Sofia Coppola’s candy-concocted Marie Antoinette, and a mere couple days after...

• September 29, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Television

After watching hours and hours of royal corruption in the form of King Henry the VIII (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) remolding his kingdom and court to his own devices, I finally...