Features
Wednesday, January 11 2012
The Best Television Shows of 2011
The small screen offers up the usual suspects, proving once again that, with a few exceptions, what's good on today's prime time schedule will stay that way until the next best-of list.
Wednesday, January 12 2011
The Best TV Shows of 2010
Running the gamut from the ever-present to the new and novel, PopMatters' TV picks prove that, as a medium, the small screen challenges the big at every entertainment (and aesthetic) level.
Thursday, May 13 2010
"Fringe": Every Generation Gets the "X-Files" It Deserves
Fringe is The X-Files new and improved for viewers with shorter attention spans and an appetite for more gadgets and less paper work, more super geniuses and fewer bureaucrats, higher body counts and less verisimilitude, more answers and fewer questions.
Friday, January 8 2010
The Best TV of 2009
Aside from one or two new shows, this look at the Best of TV 2009 seems awfully familiar. A look at early '60s admen? A practically incomprehensible drama about an island of airplane crash castaways? The Americanization of a UK workplace comedy? That definitely rings a bell.
Reviews
Friday, November 4 2011
'Fringe': Classic Realism in a Postmodern Space
With "Novation", Fringe conjures a kind of archetypal nightmare touch: you return to father and lover and they don’t know you; no one knows you.
Thursday, April 1 2010
Fringe: Season Two: Episode 16
As Fringe's focus zooms in on the tension between Walter's paternal and ethical obligations, it skirts the nostalgic fluff that usually consumes the Flashback Episode.
Thursday, September 24 2009
Fringe: Season Two Premiere
Unlike her TV predecessors, Olivia is not moved by transcendent belief or duty. Uncertainty hurts her.
Tuesday, September 9 2008
Fringe: Series Premiere
The formula set in motion by the Fringe pilot is familiar, but also devious and delightful.
Blogs
Monday, August 1 2011
TV Highpoints and Lowpoints of 2010-2011... Number 6
There was both good and bad news for the so-called geek and nerd audience, as Fringe survived its move to Friday night, but they were left with no Space Opera with the cancellation of Caprica and Stargate Universe.
Thursday, April 8 2010
Alternate Realities on 'Fringe', 'Lost' and 'FlashForward'
All my serialized sci-fi shows seem to have turned into one-hour drama versions of choose-your-own-adventure books. I’m still trying to figure out if this is a cop-out or a stroke of genius. Maybe it’s both.
Monday, January 25 2010
Has 'Fringe' Lost Its Way?
The recent and depressingly bland episode "Johari Window" was another in a distressingly large number of dull episodes bookended by a few spectacular gems. Will Fringe ever fulfill its potential and become a consistently great show?
News
Thursday, February 26 2009
‘Fringe' zeros in on sustaining suspense
Like the Observer - the strange man who keeps popping up during investigations then disappearing - "Fringe" has mysteriously vanished. The Fox drama has made…
Friday, February 6 2009
‘Fringe' benefits: Chemistry between characters surprises Joshua Jackson
LOS ANGELES - For some fans, sci-fi's always been as much about the relationships as about the little green men and displaced polar bears. "The…
Tuesday, September 9 2008
'Fringe' creators blend the best of the past
BEVERLY HILLS - Ever wonder what inspires the creators of some of TV's top thrillers? Old TV thrillers, it turns out. Take the case of…
