Depression Explained In Song And Animation
Depression is a very real problem that isn’t easily understood, so writer-director Elizabeth Swados has recruited big names like Sigourney Weaver, Steve Buscemi and Fred Armisen to help explain it in...
View ArticleRunning Wild Is A Summer-Light TV Trip Worth Taking
On TV this time of year, there’s plenty of fluffy entertainment that’s not taxing on the summer vacation brain – much of it too fluffy and dull to even merit the energy to lift... The post Running Wild...
View ArticleLMN’s Escaping Polygamy Is A Captivating Up-Close Look Inside Polygamist...
If polygamy has any redeeming qualities – and I’m not saying it does – you won’t get a single glimpse of them on Lifetime’s compelling, well-made and seriously depressing docuseries Escaping Polygamy...
View ArticleTV Land’s Very Adult Comedy Impastor Is Sort Of Funny
If the number of S-bombs lobbed on tonight’s series premiere of the comedy Impastor is any indication, TV Land is trying really, really hard to ditch its G-rated past as the cable network with... The...
View ArticlePluto’s Close-Up Shot Four Billion Years In The Making
Four billion years into its existence and Pluto – the dwarf planet that figuratively right now is the biggest planet in the universe – has finally got a decent close-up shot of itself, including... The...
View ArticleDenis Leary’s Retro Rock ‘N’ Roll Trip Is Terrible
Somebody somewhere must really like Denis Leary or have seriously fond memories of Rescue Me. At least it seems so judging by Denis’ new, awful FX comedy Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll... The...
View ArticleDriving Miss Daisy Is A Slow Ride With Big Performances That Are Worth...
One of the great joys of watching a live theater production is that the magical mix of the performances on stage, the music, the lighting and the audience reaction will never be duplicated. But... The...
View ArticleThe Hopelessness Of Turning 40 It Turns Out Is Quite Funny
FX’s brilliant comedy Married from showrunner Andrew Gurland is all about thirtysomethings desperately trying to hold onto their carefree 20s while realizing that someone has to pay the bills and feed...
View ArticleGoing Backstage With Zac Brown Band’s Over-Sized Chef Rusty Hamlin
A&E-owned cable network FYI (formerly Biography Channel) is in the midst of an encouraging re-branding that’s not dissimilar to the one NBC’s Esquire Network is a couple of years into. It’s...
View ArticleGustavo Dudamel’s Thrilling Celebration Of Star Wars Composer John Williams’...
Composer John Williams – 49-time Academy Award nominee – is best known for songs written for movies like Star Wars and its sequel The Empire Strikes Back. But his extensive body of work also... The...
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