As usual, as I do each year (each year, at least, since first creating this blog), and as you expect me to do, I have compiled my top ten list for 2017. Also as usual, that list includes five honorable mentions. Not at all as usual, I’ve generously expanded this annual enterprise to include two of … Continue reading
For WBUR’s The ARTery, I wrote about a too-common problem even the best TV shows face: Figuring out when to end it all, by which I mean (he said in a rush) when to wrap things up and close the series out. Certain great shows can go beyond three or four seasons of content without … Continue reading
I like Mr. Robot, Sam Esmail’s psychological hacker-drama on the good ol’ US of A Network, so it stands to reason that I might also like Buster’s Mal Heart, Sarah Adina Smith’s psychological whatsit drama, which stars Mr. Robot‘s bug-eyed leading man, Rami Malek. But I didn’t like Buster’s Mal Heart that much. I mean: I liked it. I … Continue reading
So, this is pretty cool: I got to talk to Craig Robinson, one of my favorite comic actors, about his new movie, Chad Hartigan’s Morris from America, which makes great use of his funnyman qualities while giving him tons of room to maneuver on soulful planes. He isn’t even the star of the film. That would … Continue reading
A Constant Visual Feast 