Monday, February 28 2005
The Greatest American Hero: Season One
Television producer/thriller novelist Stephen J. Cannell is like the Bob Dylan of TV.
CSI Miami: Season Two
CSI Miami celebrates wars on terror, drugs, and crime that disproportionately affect communities of color.
Thursday, February 24 2005
The Shield: Season 3
The Shield's moral center perpetually shifts, as the Team members struggle to maintain their sense of balance, caught between the outright villains and their own dishonesty.
Millennium: The Complete Second Season
Frank's newly troubled family life was the first of many alterations made to the format of Millennium during its second season.
Thursday, February 17 2005
Taxi: The Complete Second Season
And so Louie is suddenly a sensitive guy. It's a typically funny and revealing moment in Taxi's second season.
Monday, February 7 2005
MacGyver: The Complete First Series
With such an underdeveloped character and so many ridiculous plots, MacGyver's first season reminds us how bizarre '80s TV really was.
Man in Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story
By an almost unbearable fluke of timing, the start of Michael Jackson's trial coincides with the start of 2005's Black History Month.
Wednesday, February 2 2005
The Kids in the Hall: The Complete Season 2, 1990-1991
The Kids' steadfastly humanizing instincts go a long way towards rendering their comedy adorably toothless.
The Jamie Kennedy Experiment: The Complete Third Season
It's not clear why Jamie Kennedy holds back with some marks and pushes others completely over the edge.
Jesus, Mary, and DaVinci
Attempting to capitalize on the success of Brown's book, ABC News' Jesus, Mary, and DaVinci attempts to discern fact from fiction in The DaVinci Code.
Wednesday, January 26 2005
M*A*S*H: Season Seven (Collector’s Edition)
As long as Baby Boomers still roam the earth, M*A*S*H will probably always be showing somewhere on cable.
The Golden Girls: The Complete First Season
Their advice -- dished out to each other or the seemingly endless numbers of relatives and friends -- reveals dignity and shrewdness.
Monday, January 17 2005
ABC News Presents: The Search for Paul
It's intellectual vanilla pudding; pleasant enough while it's going down but nothing you'd ever crave.
Monday, January 10 2005
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
The first black Heavyweight Champion of the World, 1908 to 1915, Jack Johnson was rowdy, smart, rebellious, and proud.
Prisoner: Cell Block H - 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
Women in prison. What wonderful, wanton images those three words conjure up.
Home Improvement: The Complete First Season
Tim's determination to add 'more power' to every household appliance or gardening tool speaks to his skewed sense of what it means to be a man.
Hermitage Masterpieces
The Hermitage represents the climax of the Russian aristocracy's longtime fascination with Europe.
Bill Hicks Live: Satirist, Social Critic, Stand-Up Comedian
Shocking and mocking his way through the mid-'80s comedy scene, Bill Hicks invited controversy with his dark, explicit sexual humor.
Monday, January 3 2005
Rocked with Gina Gershon (2004): Gina Gershon
Gina Gershon's made quite a name for herself as a B-movie actress.
