I am disappointed in the latest episode of Mad Men. It kind of makes me sad just writing that. For the past two seasons (and some change), I have felt that Mad Men could do no wrong. For the first time in a long time, though, I’m not sure. I sincerely hope that next week […]
I wasn’t going to write about Mirror, Mirror. The movie, to me, was so obviously horrendous that my vicious take down of it would just seem like a bunch of humorless whining. Then I stumbled upon a surprising number of positive reviews and I felt compelled to share (for the record, it’s getting a 55% approval […]
For much of Game of Thrones‘ first season, I lived in an HBO-less cave where I could only read about episodes and critical reaction days after on the internet. It was a tough time, winter-like, if you will. But now, in a curious inverse of the narrative on Game of Thrones, an HBO-fueled spring has […]
In the lead up to its 5th season premier, Mad Men has been inspiring a lot of pre-emptive coverage. Most of it is the usual fawning adulation, or a discussion of the fashion that has made the show so iconic, but quite a few have been reaction pieces by non fans. People who feel the […]
Sometimes I think I may be the ideal audience for NBC’s Smash. I was into theater my whole life, having gotten my start performing intricately choreographed numbers to Ace of Base’s “I Saw the Sign” at age 6. But I’m also uninformed enough not to question the legitimacy of a serious New York City venue […]
There are many ways that 21 Jump Street could have- and maybe even should have – been a failure. The Hollywood flameout bin is filled with attempted remakes of goofy eighties shows. Aside from those of us who have watched She’s The Man so many times their eyes want to fall out, who would have […]
Jason Segel is having quite the year. Not only is he on a successful tv show, he wrote, directed, and starred in The Muppets, he has two new movies coming out in as many months, and he’s gone from being that lanky dude from Freaks and Geeks to a household name within the past two […]
“Who is Don Draper?” began season four of Mad Men. After the flat out rapturous season three finale that showed Don and other key members of Sterling Cooper throwing off the chains of corporate oppression in a frenzy of individualistic joy, the fourth season began months into the future, where the glow of doing something […]