Sunday, January 18 2009
Duckman: Seasons Three and Four
He’s more than a two-dimensional duck -- he you may gross you out, but you can’t help but acknowledge he has a conscience.
Tuesday, October 14 2008
Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 2
Day Two - A demanding Decalogue overflowing with everything: from fascinating international fare, misbegotten masterworks, some out of the blue bafflers, and that seminal show about “nothing”.
Tuesday, January 29 2008
Seinfeld: Season 9
Seinfeld clearly struggled after Larry David's departure, trying to re-find its way back to a show about nothing.
Thursday, October 11 2007
Part 4 - Feasts from the Fringe
Cable created supply where there was little or no demand. Out of the myriad of subject specific programming, a few gemstones managed to shine.
Friday, June 1 2007
Seinfeld - Season 8
Season 8 of Seinfeld plays like a natural progression into not only the show's endpoint a year later, but the future absurdism of shows like Arrested Development and 30 Rock.
Friday, April 13 2007
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner (Uncensored)
The show has comic moments (commenting on Shatner's weight gain, Ross says, "You have let yourself boldly go"), but the roast isn't so much funny as it is forced.
Wednesday, February 28 2007
The Escapists #1-6
This is a story about the ultimate dream of most comics fans: writing the comic book of their favorite character.
Wednesday, November 22 2006
Seinfeld - Season 7
Season 7 of Seinfeld ties every extraneous idea to the rest, and weaves a tapestry of empty detail. The result: something fabulous made of nothing.
Monday, October 4 2004
Listen Up
Everyone here is chattering away aimlessly, but no one is paying attention. Not even the audience.
Thursday, November 8 2001
Shallow Hal (2001)
Jack Black is always a pleasure. Irony, weirdness, perversion -- he has it all. It was only a matter of time before Hollywood came a-knocking.
