Sunday, January 13 2008
Comanche Moon
The most outrageous and most pleasurable element in Comanche Moon, Inish Scull (Val Kilmer) is also its strangest, least plausible, and most convincing incarnation of "history."
Wednesday, October 10 2007
Brothers and Sisters - The Complete First Season
Welcome to Dynasty without the camp. But like their '80s counterparts, the Carringtons, the Walkers’ of Brothers and Sisters lives are a cornucopia of angst.
Friday, September 29 2006
Brothers and Sisters
Brothers and Sisters is a confusing jumble of storylines involving the Walker family, most of them unoriginal.
Monday, September 12 2005
Six Feet Under
Six Feet Under's lack of delicacy is easy to mistake for exploitation. Where other shows hint, this one acts out.
Tuesday, August 24 2004
Six Feet Under
Six Feet Under has become crass, each episode an empathy decathlon topped off with ghoulishly deferred catharsis.
Monday, June 7 2004
Ned Kelly (2003)
Ned might have been a criminal in the eyes of the law, but to working class Australians he was a hero wrongly accused.
Thursday, June 26 2003
The Hard Word (2002)
Cue sign of suspicion, that is, the frame lingers on Dale's dour face through car window.
Monday, June 9 2003
Six Feet Under
Six Feet Under's challenging third season reminds us that the gulf between it and rest of the widgets that pass for television shows is monumental.
Thursday, March 28 2002
The Rookie (2002)
The conflicts are familiar, but 'The Rookie' presents them admirably and resolves them without sap overload.
