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Monday, February 28 2011

The Year in TV: August 2010

Continuing out look at the year’s most notable television events, here’s what happened in August 2010.


Friday, February 25 2011

The Year in TV: July 2010

Continuing out look at the year’s most notable television events, here’s what happened in July 2010.


Thursday, December 9 2010

Some Holiday Fun With Mr. Bean


Monday, October 11 2010

It’s Technology, My Dear Watson: Sherlock for the 21st Century

The famous detective now texts and surfs the net while Watson writes a blog. This is not your mother's Sherlock Holmes.


Tuesday, September 14 2010

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Movie Collection, Set 5

In this collection of the latest Agatha Christie mysteries, everything is worth seeing, but the unorthodox adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express stands head and shoulders above the rest.


Thursday, July 29 2010

On TV This Week: Paul McCartney and the PBS Special with a Long Title

As a fan of both Paul McCartney and the Beatles, I heard quite a bit about this special, and had low expectations. The event seemed focus too much on itself and its guests instead of the real reason they were there.


Wednesday, July 7 2010

Celebrating 70 Years of Ringo Starr (videos)

On July 7th, 1940, Richard Starkey was born in Liverpool, but from 1959 on, he would mostly be known to the world as Ringo Starr. Here's an up-to-date video flashback of his entire career.


Friday, May 28 2010

Postwar Intrigue Continues to Please in ‘Foyle’s War’

In a disarming leitmotif for this series, characters are forever turning to one another following some revelation or disappointment and wondering, “But isn’t that what we were supposed to have been fighting to end?”


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