Drama, Hockey, Television
TV: Beartown
The Swedish series Beartown (2020) fills a very particular niche, and while there’s definitely a dismal worldview underlying this…
May 31, 2021
Non-Fiction, TelevisionNon-Fiction: The Revolution Was Televised by Alan Sepinwall
I remember reading Alan Sepinwall’s NYPD Blue episode-by-episode reviews back when the Internet was young. He’s since gone on…
March 25, 2014
Drama, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Television, ThrillerNon-Fiction: Difficult Men by Brett Martin
A friend of mine at work loaned me Brett Martin’s Difficult Men (2013), an insightful look at the transformation…
December 29, 2013
Drama, TelevisionTV: Friday Night Lights (Season 5)
As a birthday/novel-finishing present to myself, I bought Friday Night Lights: The Complete Series. I just caught up with…
October 20, 2011
Drama, Mystery, TelevisionNew Shows: The Jason Clarke Watch
I’m exactly four episodes into two new shows similar in their focus on the intersection of politics and crime,…
March 6, 2011
Drama, TelevisionTV: Friday Night Lights (Season 4)
A show I didn’t mention in yesterday’s round-up is Friday Night Lights; I finished season four a couple weeks…
November 7, 2010
Comedy, Drama, TelevisionLast Week’s Binge Viewing
While Jenn was off in Flagstaff at a novel workshop last week, I was home working, minding the cats,…
June 27, 2010
Drama, Fantasy, TelevisionInstant Streaming
I decided to take the weekend off from movie reviewing, partly because I’d been setting a pretty brisk pace…
June 8, 2010
Drama, TelevisionTV: Friday Night Lights (Season 1)
Based on its subject matter, Friday Night Lights sure doesn’t feel like a perfect fit for me: surely I…
May 31, 2010