Wednesday, March 25 2009
Andy Richter Controls the Universe: The Complete Series
With all its humor, quirkiness, and social awkwardness, this show can slide in right next to News Radio and The Office on the shelf and hold its own.
Wednesday, January 14 2009
The Best Television Performers of 2008
More than anything, though, I wish all those political pundits would take some time off, to rest and let their vocal cords recuperate. That truly would make for a happy new year.
Wednesday, September 24 2008
Criminal Minds: Season Four Premiere
The fourth season premiere of Criminal Minds revisits 9/11 anxieties, as Special Agent Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) stumbles dazedly around a street in lower Manhattan, having nearly been blown to smithereens by a car bomb.
Wednesday, October 31 2007
Criminal Minds
Joe Mantegna brings to Rossi a singular mournfulness and lingering rage that are not turned inward and angsty, but instead bent outward, into a mien that looks cocky but is also ready for what's unknown.
Thursday, May 5 2005
The Specials: Specials Edition (2000)
Apparently, the production suffered from ego problems on set, similar to those bothering the characters.
Wednesday, September 29 2004
Godzilla: The Monster Wars Trilogy (1998)
The aliens are not only a distraction, but interlopers in the human-monster dynamic.
