Annette Bening twists like a mink on a leash through Stephen Frears’s adaptation of Jim Thompson’s novel. This may be the perfect trope for the moral hysteria that coils around a mother, her son, and his girlfriend in this slender but highly pleasurable neo-noir. Small in effect and local in scope, the film is about […]
Married… with Children: The Series
When Married… with Children debuted on Fox TV on April 5, 1987, the grungy sitcom became an instant flagship for Rupert Murdoch’s upstart network. Married… with Children was meant ro be a trashier, raunchier, and far more cynical view of the American nuclear family. But it turned out the series actually fell into other caustic-domestic entertainment […]
Tuesdays With Morrie
Based on a true-life story, Tuesdays With Morrie is a loving memoir to a man whose lessons on life have much to teach us about ourselves. Jack Lemmon delivers an outstanding performance as Morrie Schwartz, the Brandeis University professor upon whom the best-selling book is based. Hank Azaria plays Mitch, an accomplished journalist so driven […]
The Tudors: The Series
This is a dramatization and this is elegant popular entertainment. As an armchair historian, in love with the stories of Henry VIII, I find it absolutely gripping. The acting is for the most part marvelous, and the idea of doing these great personages as compellingly attractive people is a brilliant one. There is plenty enough […]
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