On paper – perhaps Matthew Weiner’s streamlined, vintage 1960’s television show, “Mad Men,” didn’t appear to have the sophisticated finish or character depth that it’s been able to show brilliantly and visually on-screen. Why, both [...]
Vampires, werewolves, shape-shifters, maenads and telepaths may sound like characters from any list of horror, fantasy or mythological tales, but in HBO’s “True Blood,” they’re just the average town locals–welcome to the fictional town of [...]
The Celtics have seventeen; the Lakers have fifteen – championship banners that hang from each sports franchise’s hallowed rafters. The two teams make up for 32 of the 63 championships in NBA history. An unheard [...]
The memorable line from the magical film “Field of Dreams,” "If you build it, he will come," has been distorted by every major studio, producer and director, who have and are still fixated on remaking [...]
Sitting at a restaurant perusing their menus, forty year old pals Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller), and Ivan Schrank (Rhys Ifans), reconnect after years apart. Inevitably, they end up discussing the strange sadness that both of [...]
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