Wednesday, October 12 2011
‘Bored to Death: The Complete Second Season’ Is Anything but Boring
Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson, and Zach Galifianakis share incredible chemistry as they struggle with success, failure, and substance abuse.
Friday, September 16 2011
Drawn Together: Cornell’s “Demon Knights” and the Ideal of Camelot
In Demon Knights Paul Cornell not only dramatizes the idea of Camelot, but exquisitely reenacts it at one of the oldest comicbook publishers.
Monday, August 22 2011
TV Highpoints and Lowpoints of 2010-2011… Number 1
Several new series debuted in April 2011 to transform what had been a mediocre season into an exceptional one, including Game of Thrones. AMC, meanwhile, systematically abused three of its great series, calling into question whether the cable network is truly ready for the big time.
Wednesday, July 6 2011
Discover a Hero in ‘Cedar Rapids’
What's at first blush a light-hearted comedy is actually a much more profound tale.
HBO goes medieval with ‘Game of Thrones’ (News) [14.Apr.11]
It required big thinking to re-create George R.R. Martin’s ‘Game of Thrones’ for HBO (News) [13.Apr.11]
Got a Bad Case of the Second Season Itch? The Cure: Kill All TV Shows Before they Make Season Three (Channel Surfing) [14.Mar.11]
The Year in TV: April 2010 (Mixed Media) [18.Jan.11]
The Year in TV: March 2010 (Mixed Media) [6.Jan.11]
February 2010 in TV (Mixed Media) [20.Dec.10]
Various Artists: Bored to Death Soundtrack (Capsule Reviews) [15.Oct.10]
‘Spartacus’: There Will Be Blood, Lots of It (Channel Surfing) [28.Sep.10]
‘Rolling Stone’ Picks the “100 Greatest Beatles Songs” (Mixed Media) [30.Aug.10]
Brava, Bravo! (Columns) [9.Jul.10]
Casting elevates HBO film on Clinton and Blair (News) [28.May.10]
HBO’s ‘Ricky Gervais Show’ reunites Gervais with Stephen Merchant (News) [16.Feb.10]
Hanging Out with HBO’s ‘Hung’ (Channel Surfing) [31.Jan.10]
HBO worth watching again (News) [3.Aug.09]
Hard times demand a ... oh, nevermind (News) [26.Jun.09]
True Blood (Reviews) [14.Jun.09]
The colorful story behind ‘Grey Gardens’ comes alive on HBO (News) [15.Apr.09]
‘In Treatment’: The doctor is in, again (News) [2.Apr.09]
Alexander the Last (Reviews) [19.Mar.09]
Death on a Factory Farm (Reviews) [16.Mar.09]
HBO show bids Will Ferrell’s Bush farewell (News) [11.Mar.09]
Right America: Feeling Wronged: Some Voices from the Campaign Trail (Reviews) [16.Feb.09]
The Trials of Ted Haggard (Reviews) [2.Feb.09]
Pastor Ted, in trouble again, on HBO again (News) [28.Jan.09]
The Wackness (Reviews) [23.Jan.09]
Outside the Lines - The Top 20 International/Indie Films of 2008 (Features) [15.Jan.09]
HBO to air inauguration opening ceremony (News) [8.Jan.09]
‘True Blood’ lacks vampirical truths (News) [8.Sep.08]
HBO brings vampires to life on Sunday (News) [4.Sep.08]
The Black List, Vol. 1 (Reviews) [25.Aug.08]
The Wackness (2008) (Short Ends and Leader) [1.Aug.08]
The Wackness (Reviews) [3.Jul.08]
HBO: The Movie (Short Ends and Leader) [29.May.08]
Recount (Reviews) [23.May.08]
HBO’s ‘Recount’ tries to make sense of 2000 presidential election (News) [22.May.08]
The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008 (Features) [30.Apr.08]
Can HBO’s new entertainment chief pull it out of its slump? (News) [11.Apr.08]
Has HBO become edgy PBS? (News) [27.Mar.08]
Shunning resolution, shock and tears, ‘The Wire’ stays loose to the end (News) [11.Mar.08]
A fond farewell to HBO’s ‘The Wire’ (News) [7.Mar.08]
Down to ‘The Wire’: Sunday’s the finale for the acclaimed series (News) [6.Mar.08]
The hazards of Duke: Susan Sarandon plays famed heiress in HBO movie (News) [7.Feb.08]
A patient Gabriel Bryne gets the `Treatment’ from HBO (News) [28.Jan.08]
HBO series is down to ‘The Wire’ (News) [7.Jan.08]
Stephen King’s The Mist (Reviews) [21.Nov.07]
Men in Trees (Reviews) [18.Oct.07]
‘Sopranos’ rocks at the Emmys (News) [17.Sep.07]
A stop-and-chat with the ‘King of Curmudgeons’ (News) [9.Sep.07]
New HBO series is all about sex… and a couple that isn’t having it (News) [9.Sep.07]
‘As You Like It,’ premiering Tuesday on HBO (News) [20.Aug.07]
