The series is a polished genre exercise with characters that feel like predigested tropes.
Once again, there’s plenty of ambiguity about Don’s menschiness.
I suppose there’s some relief in wrapping up a series I thought wasn’t particularly great, for reasons I attempted to outline in each recap.
Why is Bravo seemingly ignoring their much-beloved series?
In Wall·E, Pixar has returned its focus onto character and story.
This week’s episode is longer on housekeeping than any in season two.
In my insistence in wanting to like the show, I’ve found myself trying to step outside the box a little.
Yeah, I stole that from John Ford’s famous “I’m John Ford. I make westerns.”
The film refuses to ask tough questions or dig below the surface.
This has all been a fancy way of saying that Mad Men often feels like a collection of short stories about the characters rather than a conventional TV series.
Each episode, amidst the futility of attempting to bite off more than it can chew, also offers scenes that stretch beyond the format.
There were two moments during MSNBC’s coverage of the Democratic and Republican conventions when I changed the channel to CNN.
The discussion was entitled “The Making of The Wire,” and much of the evening was spent relaying behind-the-scenes trivia.
At some point the Season Four finale of Doctor Who, “Journey’s End,” will stand on its own.
For a lot of people, the big reveal about the fate of Peggy’s baby will be remembered as one of the episode’s highlights.
Look, not for a minute do I think executive producer David Simon is trying to kowtow.
“Skin and Bones” is justification for the entire Fear Itself series.
In conjunction with the Museum of the Moving Image’s symposium on HBO’s The Wire, the museum commissioned a series of video essays for its online magazine.
Considering his condition when we last saw Roger Sterling, it was pretty startling to see him carrying on as if nothing had happened to him.
“The Stolen Earth” is a wonderful and sometimes frustrating episode.
I still don’t feel connected toGeneration Kill, now almost halfway through its run on HBO.