Thursday, October 18 2007
Men in Trees
Reasons to watch Men in Trees, Part One: It's not Sex and the City.
Wednesday, March 28 2007
Maude: The Complete First Season
She is compared in the show's theme song to Joan of Arc, Isadora Duncan, Lady Godiva, and Betsy Ross. This is how we know Maude is going to be a revolutionary.
Thursday, September 21 2006
Men in Trees
Imagine Sex and the City set up on a blind date with Northern Exposure, and you have a pretty good take on Men in Trees.
Thursday, January 15 2004
My Baby’s Daddy (2004)
The high concept of My Baby's Daddy has three men and three babies trading reaction shots.
Tuesday, September 16 2003
All About the Andersons
Where Anthony Anderson's show is mostly self-aware (if tempered by corny sitcom timing), Master P's show is wholly self-loving.
Monday, June 23 2003
Two Evil Eyes (Due occhi diabolici) (1990)
Romero's films often feature a family that is fragile, a prime target for destructive forces.
Friday, February 28 2003
Good Times: First Season
In effect, J.J. became the comic relief from which there was no relief.
Sunday, January 1 1995
The District / C.S.I.
Police Chief Mannion's know-it-allness is grating, no doubt. And like many crusaders before him, he maintains this attitude no matter what happens, blaming everyone else for what goes wrong.
Disappearing Acts (2000): Wesley Snipes, Sanaa Lathan, Clark Johnson, CCH Pounder
This plot comes to revolve around the couple's troubles with money -- it becomes an emblem and manifestation of Zora and Franklin's mutual and separate fears.
