Wednesday, October 3 2007
Private Practice
The show's true centre of dramatic gravity can be found midway between Violet (Amy Brenneman) and Cooper (Paul Adelstein).
Wednesday, November 29 2006
Day Break
You might say this day is refigured in Brett's own body, frequently bloodied -- cut, beaten, shot -- and something of an objective corollary for his psychic state.
Wednesday, November 23 2005
Rent (2005)
The song, 'Rent', names its own dilemma, how to make melodrama and artifice compelling when experience has turned so sensational and illusory?"
Monday, October 11 2004
Kevin Hill
Hill's metamorphosis from self-centered stud to compassionate caregiver is, of course, the series' major story arc.
Thursday, April 17 2003
Malibu’s Most Wanted (2003)
Like most such slapdashy juggling acts, Malibu's Most Wanted can't keep all its balls in the air.
Friday, March 28 2003
Basic (2003)
As its title suggests, John McTiernan's new action-thriller, 'Basic' is not very new.
Thursday, December 26 2002
Chicago (2002)
Watching Chicago is rather like watching a shot-for-TV music video by a neophyte director projected without thought or re-cutting straight to a movie screen.
Thursday, December 5 2002
Equilibrium (2002)
Hooray for kicking opponents' heads in, fancy wirework, and twirling black topcoats.
Thursday, October 10 2002
Brown Sugar (2002)
Brown Sugar can blur lines between mainstream and margin, mix up the spirits, just as hip-hop -- so-called real hip-hop but also, in its way, brashly commercial hip-hop -- has always done.
Thursday, May 2 2002
New Best Friend (2002)
In the end, the class conflict is as mundane as the dialogue.
