Features
Thursday, October 20 2005
All Dressed Up... And Catering to the Wrong Audience
The Apprentice isn't built for her, and Martha is too authentic, too distinctive, to be squeezed into someone else's role. In so many ways, she's the anti-Trump, matching his pomposity and garish taste with cool conviction and soothing color palettes.
Reviews
Thursday, March 29 2007
Sons of Hollywood
Trying too hard to be stylish and too little to conjure a plot, Sons of Hollywood can't quite decide what it has to say.
Tuesday, December 19 2006
How I Met Your Mother: Season One
This is no static workplace comedy or rinse-repeat tale of funny family life. As the narration from the future reminds us, life as the characters know it is destined to end.
Monday, October 2 2006
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Ever watching, waiting, and wisecracking, Watts is the irresistible underdog, cursed with loving a boy too "stupid" to see the truth.
Tuesday, September 26 2006
Gilmore Girls
Communication is always the problem on Gilmore Girls: though mom and daughter are famous for their witty banter, they're terrible at mustering the courage to say what they want.
Monday, September 25 2006
Runaway
Runaway splits the difference between basic family drama and the serial thriller.
