Television reviews – Page 37

Following “The Following”

Written by diana on February 5, 2013. Posted in Television reviews. 2 Comments on Following “The Following”

A Fox television drama series starring Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy (the British actor who brilliantly played Marc Antony in the “Rome” series), “The Following” premiered two weeks ago (January 21). It is already gaining a fervent, mostly young audience. A furloughed FBI agent, Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon), responsible for...

“Garrow’s Law”–The Gallows of a Hanging Court

Written by diana on December 11, 2012. Posted in Television reviews. 1 Comment on “Garrow’s Law”–The Gallows of a Hanging Court

Garrow's Law

“Hit and Miss”–Or, “Boys Don’t Cry” meets “Dexter”

Written by diana on August 20, 2012. Posted in Television reviews, Unhealed Wound. 2 Comments on “Hit and Miss”–Or, “Boys Don’t Cry” meets “Dexter”

This new mini-series created exclusively for DirecTV’s Audience Network stars Chloë Sevigny as a transgender hired assassin living in Yorkshire, England and fated to parent four children who have just lost their mother to cancer. One of the children, Ryan, is her son whom she fathered before pursuing her journey to becoming Mia. Now she...

“The Newsroom”–A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Cable TV News

Written by diana on July 30, 2012. Posted in Television reviews. 12 Comments on “The Newsroom”–A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Cable TV News

In the opening episode, veteran news anchor Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) is asked by a fresh-faced journalism student what makes America the greatest country on earth. Cajoled into giving a substantive response by the moderator, Will McAvoy throws caution aside and proceeds in a blistering monologue filled with statistics to explain why America...

“Scottsboro”–The Inexcusable

Written by diana on July 10, 2012. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews, Unhealed Wound. 2 Comments on “Scottsboro”–The Inexcusable

“Scottsboro: An American Tragedy” is a 2001 PBS documentary in the American Experience series about the notorious trials of nine black teenage boys accused of rape in Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931. The landmark trial magnified rampant racism, denial of a fair trial, and the continued North-South animosity that existed almost 70...

“The Borgias”–Bonfire of the Vanities

Written by diana on June 25, 2012. Posted in Television reviews, Unhealed Wound. 6 Comments on “The Borgias”–Bonfire of the Vanities

In the Season 2 finale of “The Borgias”, there is adultery happily engaged in by the beautiful Lucrezia, the fratricide of the favorite son of Pope Alexander VI (Jeremy Irons), the torture and death of the charismatic but delusional Savonarola (who spearheaded the original bonfire of the vanities), and the successful poisoning of the...