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John Wells

Reviews

Monday, June 13 2011

'The Company Men' Achieves that Delicate Balance Between Anguish and Hope

The Company Men remains a painfully relevant film that offers no easy solutions, but it encourages strength by virtue of its intent not to ignore our new and uncertain world.


Monday, December 13 2010

'The Company Men': Pounding Nails

Kevin Costner serves here as kind of updated, left-leaning Clarence the Angel, full of wisdom and generosity, with a dash of manly abrasiveness so his radiant integrity isn't too, too obvious.


Tuesday, March 9 2010

Southland: Season Two Premiere

Ben's experience is partly immediate and partly refracted by fellow patrol officers and a few detectives whose storylines sometimes intersect and whose reactions range from exhaustion to rage to cynicism.


Monday, December 5 2005

ER / The West Wing

The West Wing's chief relationships have been tested and compromised, turning Sorkin's noble, fast-walking liberals into more than the sum of their quips and ideals.


Monday, September 30 2002

Presidio Med

Diverges from ER in that it is, oddly, more conservative.


ER [1.Jan.95]
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