Alexandra “Alex” Owens (Jennifer Beals) is an eighteen year-old welder at a steel mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who lives with her Pitbull dog Grunt in a converted warehouse. Alex aspires to become a professional dancer, but she has no formal education and she works as an exotic dancer by night at Mawby’s, a neighborhood bar […]
Archives for August 2024
Parenthood
This Ron Howard hit, written by fellow family men Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, is an original comedy about contemporary life and the eternal responsibilities of raising children. Steve Martin has never been better than as a dedicated husband and father trying (and inevitably failing, as do most of us) to balance the demands of […]
Riverboat: The Series
Grey Holden (Darren McGavin) wins a river boat in a poker game which he then captains, along with his crew, in various adventures along the Mississippi river. This action series is set in 19th century America. This was a very well produced, gripping Western series with excellent production values and terrific writing to match a […]