Television
TV: Bloodline (Season 3)
Reaching the end of Bloodline confirmed an earlier guess for me: this show probably would have been better off…
June 5, 2019-
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Television, World War IITV: Catch-22
One of my favorite lit reads back in college was Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, which also made for an appealing,…
May 25, 2019 -
TelevisionTV: Bloodline (Season 2)
The first season of Bloodline was such a near-perfect mystery slow-burn that, upon its conclusion, I questioned whether it…
July 16, 2017 -
Drama, Mystery, TelevisionTV: Bloodline (Season 1)
Netflix’s hot streak continues with Bloodline, a masterful slow boil that blends mystery and family drama in a distinctive…
June 22, 2015 -
Drama, Film, SpiesFilm: Zero Dark Thirty
I’ve finally seen Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Kathryn Bigelow’s controversial dramatization of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. It’s…
May 18, 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 -
Film, Science FictionFilm: Super 8
J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 (2011) is unabashed Steven Spielberg nostalgia, recalling the feel of E.T. and Close Encounters of…
June 27, 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, 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