• September 9, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Television

Sometimes I feel compelled to review movies not because I think anyone is going to run out and see them, but to prove to myself that they exist. I...

• August 15, 2013
• At Home, Comedy, Family, Television

Sometimes when I watch the Muppets, I can hardly believe they were on TV. Every week. For years. This childhood staple would be so out of place in today’s...

• August 15, 2013
• At Home, Comedy, Family, Television

Goofy as The Muppet Show may be, it serves as an amazing time capsule for the late 70s and early 80s. As I peeled the plastic off the DVD...

• August 5, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Science Fiction, Television

Torchwood: Children of Earth is technically season three of the BBC sci-fi television series. But coming from the perspective of one who watched it “cold” (with no context of...

• July 10, 2013
• At Home, Science Fiction, Television

When Sarah Manning (Tatiana Maslany), a rebellious twenty-something on the run, witnesses a suicide by train, her life is turned upside down. Not only did someone kill herself right...

• April 27, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Television

The first couple decades of the twentieth century have been hot in entertainment these days, especially with the huge success of Downton Abbey. A world war kick-started rapid social...

• February 16, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Horror, Television

Count me surprised that the short-lived Showtime horror anthology series The Hunger actually improved in its second (and final) season. I believe much of the credit can be given...

• February 9, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Mystery, Television

When I see TV mini-series like BBC’s excellent State of Play, I’m reminded of how the TV medium can be as powerful as the big screen, if just given...

• February 3, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Television

I don’t know how it is that I made it to this point in my life without ever reading or seeing any version of Great Expectations. Like, at all....

• February 3, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Mystery, Television

There is a scene in Page Eight that is a stellar as any you’ll see all year in any film. The fact that it takes place in a board...

• February 3, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Television

It is hard not to imagine Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson as the characters they played in Love Actually. In that film, Emma has a devastating scene where she...

• January 4, 2013
• At Home, Documentary, Television

Fans of Downton Abbey, Upstairs Downstairs, and Remains of the Day will completely soak up Secrets of the Manor House, a fascinating peek at the UK’s aristocracy and their...