• May 7, 2014
• At Home, Comedy, Drama, Mystery

As someone who never watched a single episode of Veronica Mars, I couldn’t help wondering what all the fuss was about. How did it develop such an intense following...

• March 22, 2014
• At Home, Documentary

If you looks at any newspaper from the early 1900s, its advertising content is surprisingly similar to today’s. There have always been cure-all elixirs to fix all of your...

• February 25, 2014
• At Home, Drama, Mystery, Television

Like the other seasons, episodes are hit and miss in this uber-popular BBC modern adaptation of the classic Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Luckily for this season, the weak first episode...

• February 24, 2014
• At Home, Drama, Mystery, Television

Right away, one thing I appreciated about Sherlock is that Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) is almost immediately greeted by a disdainful female crime-scene cop as, “Hey, Freak.” Because, think...

• 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, Crime, Drama, Mystery

I’m not a fan of the Affleck boys and their Boston-centric, f-word laden style of moviemaking, but I have to confess that I was mightily impressed by Gone Baby...

• November 25, 2013
• At Home, Crime, Drama, Mystery

According to screenwriting guru Syd Field, Chinatown may well be the most brilliant screenplay ever written. I’m inclined to think he’s right. Despite having watched the film about five...

• December 6, 2005
• Action, At Home, Comedy, Crime

As I settle in to write this review, I can’t help wishing I had more than eight slices of pie to bestow upon Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. I’m not...