TNT’s reboot of “Dallas” is back, and that either means nothing to you, or means a lot to you (especially if you’re a fan of both the original and the reboot). The original Dallas was before my time, but I thought the first season was surprisingly decent, I wouldn’t say I really loved it, but…
Category: Mindless Mondays
The 10 Best Characters on TV [And the 5 Worst]
Just like last year [http://alabamaliberal.com/entertainment-editorial-the-ten-best-characters-on-tv-in-2011/] I decided to count down the list of the Ten Best Television Characters of 2012. Although I also added in some special awards and the 5 worst characters on quality shows. So that means only characters that were on the air in 2012 (sorry, Enlightened) are eligible, and I even decided…
TV Reviews: The Series Finale of “Last Resort” and the Premiere of “Do No Harm”
We’re just seeing all kinds of series finales buried in January aren’t we? In the last week, we’ve seen the goodbye episodes of Private Practice and Fringe, and next week will see the final episode of 30 Rock. I’m not sure why shows that have been on the air so long can’t make it a…
TV Reviews: The Finales of the Tuesday Night Weepies “Private Practice” and “Parenthood”
Tonight brought the finales of the Tuesday night weepers: Private Practice and Parenthood. Now, I’ll admit that these shows don’t have a lot in common except for their time slot and that they attempt to make viewers cry every week. I’ll also admit that I’ve seen nearly every episode of Parenthood (save for some season…
TV Review: The Following #thefollowing
Tonight was the series premiere of the show Fox hopes will save their season, The Following. It’s Kevin Bacon’s first foray into television, and it’s easy to see why he thought this was the right star vehicle for him. For starters, Fox is the network that saved another 80’s star from obscurity, 24’s Kiefer Sutherland,…
Ranking and Grading the Seasons of #fringe, plus the series finale
Last night’s finale was about all we could hope for. It trafficked in the series trademark emotion (which separated it from other sci-fi shows and made it feel more like an intimate drama than anything that would ever be on the SyFy channel), had plenty of touching moments for the core characters, contained a trip…
Live-Blogging the Fringe Series Finale
Tonight marks the end of Fringe as we know it, and even though that means nothing to most people, hardcore Fringe fans have spent 5 years waiting to see how the show shakes out… 8:00 p.m. The end has started… 8:03 p.m. Nice to see Lance Reddick’s Colonel Broyles back in the mix… 8:04 p.m….
TV Reviews: The Premieres of “Archer,” and “Legit,” with a Special Episode of “Parks and Recreation”
FX saw the return of its comedy block tonight, and that meant new episodes of “Anger Management” (a show I didn’t watch…on purpose) and “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell” (which is great if you love hearing Bill Maher’s jokes three weeks later and out of the mouth of Kenan Thompson as he does his…
In Honor of the Series Finale of “Fringe,” Counting Down the 5 Best Final Episodes of Television
So tomorrow night will see the series finale of the sporadically great, occasionally frustrating Fox sci-fi show Fringe, which somehow managed to stay on the air for five seasons despite always being on the ratings bubble, and really struggling in its last couple seasons on Friday nights. [No real surprise though, since Friday is where…
Entertainment Editorial: A Review of Broadway’s The Heiress (and a Quick Note About Meeting Jessica Chastain)
I don’t get to see enough Broadway shows to make theater-reviews a regular part of the site, but if I catch one worth talking about afterwards, I think it’s worth mentioning. And The Heiress is one of those shows. Roughly a year ago, I gave the (then) red-hot play Other Desert Cities a mixed review,…
TV Reviews of “Girls,” “Californication,” and the Great, Underrated “Enlightened”
Last night brought the season premieres of three “comedies” as premium cable has now come to define the word: without laughs. That’s not true entirely, as all shows are sporadically funny, but they’re also not exclusively concerned with making people hee-haw, instead asking viewers to go on a journey that might be found more in…
Movie Review: “The Impossible,” the White-Washed Tsunami Movie
Otherwise known as “the tsunami” movie with Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor. [I have to say this, because The Impossible is a lousy, forgettable title that tells you nothing about the movie, even people that have watched it sometimes forget what it’s called.] For me, this movie boils down to one fantastic, jaw-on-the-floor sequence, and…
Movie Review: Not Fade Away
Another indie few people have seen and fewer still will like. Arguably less impressive than Hyde Park on the Hudson… This movie is a passion project for director David Chase (who created The Sopranos, but has never made a film before…and it shows), and is clearly autobiographical. It’s about a band in New Jersey during…