Category: Television

  • Take Taboo Show on FX too Literally? What Taboos are Shown?

    Take Taboo Show on FX too Literally?  What Taboos are Shown?

    If you take the title of the Taboo show on FX too literally, is it really about Taboos?  If so, then what Taboos are shown on the show? I’m not really sure that the Taboo show on FX is literally about taboos.  In fact, it probably is not.  It is presumably about James Keziah Delaney’s…

  • McFarland, USA Movie Got Cross-Country Absolutely Right

    McFarland, USA Movie Got Cross-Country Absolutely Right

    Not too many films have been made about, or even touched on, the sport of cross-country, but the McFarland, USA movie got it absolutely right. When commercials started running for this film, it immediately piqued my interest because of its cross-country subject matter.  This is a road not too many films have run down.  Getting…

  • Feed the Beast on AMC Television Series: Worst Ending Ever

    Feed the Beast on AMC Television Series:  Worst Ending Ever

    The Feed the Beast on AMC television series might have had the worst ending ever, a combo of a season-ending cliffhanger and cancellation, thereafter. When these television networks cancel a series and bring it to an ignominius end, they understandably do it without the fanfare that accompanies the announcement of a new series.  The news…

  • Animal Kingdom on TNT is the Sunny, California Treatment

    Animal Kingdom on TNT is the Sunny, California Treatment

    Animal Kingdom on TNT gives the dark Australian movie the California treatment replete with muscle cars, sunny beaches, surfing, and long-haired hunks. Throw in a heavy dose of criminal mayhem and this is a violent summertime joy ride behind the handlebars of a superbike or on top of a gnarly wave.  If that floats your…

  • Miami Vice Movie Did Justice to the Sonny Crockett Legacy

    Miami Vice Movie Did Justice to the Sonny Crockett Legacy

    The Miami Vice movie did justice to the legacy of the television series, in general, and that of Sonny Crockett, in specific, paying both due homage. Although some critics may have been less than impressed with this 2006 effort, and the general public possibly lukewarm, hardcore fans of the Miami Vice television series can find many…

  • Hunting Hitler on History: Bibliography for Armchair Sleuths

    Hunting Hitler on History: Bibliography for Armchair Sleuths

    Hunting Hitler on History takes armchair sleuths from the ratlines of Europe to the hideouts of South America.  Here’s a supplemental bibliography. The following books have been read by yours truly and meet rigorous approval standards which include, but are not limited to, wild rides of excitement, intrigue, salacious details, strange men crossing Alpine passes…

  • You’re the Worst on FXX went from Irritating to Important

    You’re the Worst on FXX went from Irritating to Important

    You’re the Worst on FXX went from irritating to important in record time.  Hopefully, season three of this FXX show builds on that promising trend. In season one, I wanted to  give You’re the Worst on FXX a chance.  The problem was that Jimmy and the whole crew were so monumentally irritating with their constantly…