Amaya Rivera

Reviews

Brian Sewell’s Grand Tour of Italy

By Amaya Rivera

Following in the "intellectually stimulating and morally debauching" footsteps of young, 18th century British aristocrats, noted art critic Brian Sewell takes a grand tour of Italy. [9 September 2009]

Obsessed

By Amaya Rivera

The payoff comes when this tedious, silly movie is finally over. [11 August 2009]

Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie

By Amaya Rivera

The I Love Lucy Show was in essence born because of their desire to spend more time together. [18 March 2009]

Swingtown: The First Season

By Amaya Rivera

The show devolves into a bunch of cheating and bed hopping more reminiscent of a daytime soap than a period drama. [13 January 2009]

Keeping Up with the Kardashians: Season 1

By Amaya Rivera

These vain women are rather like modern day Marie Antoinettes, boozing and flitting away their days inside gilded cages. [16 October 2008]

Autism: The Musical

By Amaya Rivera

Despite their many problems engaging with the world, these autistic children delight and thrive in musical theater. [11 August 2008]

Anglo-Saxon Attitudes

By Amaya Rivera

An acid-tongued humor, playing towards a number of stuffy British stereotypes. [23 July 2008]

Homemade Hillbilly Jam

By Amaya Rivera

Even as the film laments the passing of rustic hillbilly life in the Ozarks, its larger point is that the music is still very much alive and jammin'. [25 June 2008]