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boardwalkempireseason2
Television
Sep 29, 2011

THE SECOND SHOT GOES DOWN SMOOTH

Freshly sea-washed bottles of fine Canadian whisky trickle ashore; men with guns pick them up.  Fortuitousness meets diligence thanks to the prohibition. Your luck can…read more >

emmyrecap
Events
Sep 21, 2011

EMMY RECAP

Admittedly, I have never before this year watched the Emmy Awards wire-to-wire. I am much more of an Oscars kind of fella. So the entire…read more >

truebloodfinale
Television
Sep 13, 2011

TRUE BLOOD KEEPS FLOWING, SEASON 4 WRAPS

One would figure that after Alan Ball and the other talented writers of the HBO series True Blood had dropped their audience off a narrative…read more >

contagion
Film
Sep 9, 2011

CONTAGION

I’ve had this infection on my ankle that has flared up on and off for the past month. After several cycles through the healthcare system,…read more >

conan
Film
Aug 19, 2011

CONAN, THE HUMANITARIAN?

“To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women”, were Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first words when asked about…read more >

entourage
Television
Jul 29, 2011

ENTOURAGE COMES TO AN END

Entourage is coming to an end, befitting to their audience. The show premiered seven years ago when I was still getting boldly trashed in a…read more >

falltvpreview11
Television
Jul 5, 2011

FALL TV PREVIEW – NETWORK LINE-UPS

The 2011 Fall TV Preview – Primetime Line-Up… Or: How to pass your time during the Mad Men hiatus. Perhaps the networks learned a valuable lesson on…read more >

True-Blood-Season4
Television
Jul 5, 2011

TRUE BLOOD SEASON 4- NEWLY FAMILIAR

Here’s the thing about leading off your new TV series with vampires: you will have to continually find some way to top yourself year after…read more >

TheTudors
Television
Jun 8, 2011

THE TUDORS IS NOT YOUR DADDY’S ROUND TABLE

Most of us are familiar in some way with the legend of King Arthur and Camelot if only in parts and parcels: Merlin, Excalibur, and…read more >

gameofthrones
Television
Jun 6, 2011

GAME OF THRONES

“Winter is coming”, warns Ned Stark, Lord of Winterfell and warden of the north. However in this world, George R. R. Martin’s fantasy realm of…read more >