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What I Watched This Week: 2 July 2017
CURRENT SHOWS Twin Peaks – “The Return, Part 8” (A-) I won’t even begin to say that I understood any of it, but I was mesmerized, which might just be the point. BINGEING Big Little Lies (A- average) The most scathing indictment … Continue reading
2016 in Review: The Best Shows – Honorable Mentions
Even by including this list, I only scratched the surface of what I watched, which barely scratched the surface of the veritable buffet of options I could have partaken of this year. 70th Tony Awards So maybe “Love is love … Continue reading
2016 Emmy Predictions: Comedy
COMEDY SERIES Black-ish (ABC) Master of None (Netflix) Modern Family (ABC) Silicon Valley (HBO) Transparent (Amazon) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) Veep (HBO) Should and will win: Veep Could win: Black-ish Should have been nominated: Brooklyn Nine-Nine COMEDY ACTOR Anthony Anderson, … Continue reading
Netflix Picks: May 2016
BEST BET – FILM Pleasantville (1998) – 5/1 Gary Ross’s beautiful dramedy holds up over the years, thanks to its fantastical premise and terrific use of contrasting color. Only actors deeply committed to the emotion behind the story could make … Continue reading
2015 in Review: The Best Shows – Honorable Mentions
As I mentioned in my top 10, there were simply too many shows to keep up with. So here are the honorable mentions for the year, which includes the finest hours of many merely very good shows, as well as … Continue reading
2015 Emmy Predictions: Comedy
COMEDY SERIES Louie (FX) Modern Family (ABC) Parks and Recreation (NBC) Silicon Valley (HBO) Transparent (Amazon) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) Veep (HBO) Should win: Parks and Recreation Could win: Veep Will win: Transparent Should have been nominated: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox) … Continue reading