With the departure of “Breaking Bad” and the winding-down of “Mad Men”, AMC has lined up a bunch of replacements to fill the dramatic void. Back in the spring, “TURN” premiered, a show about America’s first spy ring during the Revolutionary War. I have not seen that show as I’m not a big fan of…
I have been on a BBC kick lately thanks to my Orphan Black addiction. Orphan Black just finished airing its second season on BBC America and has been paired with two separate shows that couldn’t be more different from one another: “In The Flesh” and “Almost Royal”. In The Flesh “In The Flesh” is a…
In 1996, Robert Rodriguez unleashed the vampire/robbery thriller “From Dusk Till Dawn” unto the world. I will admit that I LOVED this movie when it came out. I actually saw it in the movie theatre three times. There was never anything quite like it. The first half of the movie begins as a simple heist…
Television is a demographics game. The key demographic is considered to be the 18-49 year old male television viewer. It is fitting that two of the newest shows to air, HBO’s Silicon Valley and FX’s Fargo, feature lead characters that cover both ends of this age spectrum. Silicon Valley revolves around Richard (Thomas Middleditch), a…
“Review” is a new show on Comedy Central starring Andrew Daly as host Forrest MacNeil, whose job is to review specific experiences (given to him by fans on Twitter) and rate them on a scale of 5 stars. The show is completely fictionalized and features three separate experiences. The experiences are listed in the episode’s…
Here is a list of my top 13 shows for 2013, some that didn’t quite make the cut, and some of the worst shows of the year. If my list is missing a critically-acclaimed show, chances are that I didn’t watch it (e.g. Top of the Lake). 13. Raising Hope Arguably the most underrated comedy…
It was my turn to choose this installment of “Some Like It Watched”, so I pulled up a recent Nielsen Ratings list and decided to pick a highly rated show that I had never seen. Castle was #9 on this particular list. I wanted to get some witnesses and figure out what the big deal…
“I can’t be in love if it’s plastic To live on my own just seems tragic But we’ll raise our swords high when our day comes You thought it was gold, but it was bronze” This summer, my wife got addicted to British television. One show that she began to watch, which I decided to…
“Almost Human” is FOX’s new sci-fi cop drama and it starts off with a bang. The scene is set. 2048. There is a lot of crime and the only way to fight it is with robot cops helping human cops (in this universe, all human cops are given an android partner for protection). You’d think…