By Alan Hurst After 170 episodes and eight seasons, the CBS situation comedy Mom ended its run last month and, ironically for show where addiction was a central theme, I’m already feeling the pangs of withdrawal. One of the wonders of the show for me was its ability to find the right balance in delivering…
By Marie-Renee Goulet Available on Prime “It’s the one constant in life. If you build something worth having, someone’s gonna try and take it.” – John Dutton We see a cloudy blue sky and slowly, a hand gets into the frame. We hear a horse in distress and gradually, the images make sense. John Dutton (Kevin…
By Marie-Renee Goulet (****) Available on Crave (HBO) How does Aaron Sorkin do it? The first time I had this thought was watching the first four seasons of The West Wing (1999-2003) and thinking: “how can this one man write like this week after week?”. This was the equivalent of writing 11 feature films a…
By Alan Hurst By the time December 26 rolls around I’m usually sick of Christmas music and can’t wait until radio stations go back to their regular programming. And if I’m walking through a mall or a department store in early November and start hearing an instrumental version of “Jingle Bells” I cringe. When was…
By Nick Maylor On this episode, I say very little as I let John and (more specifically) our own Alan Hurst do most of the talking as we explore the fascinating life and work of actress/comedienne Lucille Ball. Check out our official YouTube channel for all of our podcast episodes. Nick MaylorNick is an actor/writer/comedian/musician…
By Alan Hurst (**) One of the few perks of being relegated to our homes over the last few weeks has been the fact that binging a series is no longer a source of guilt. Any new product that pops up on Netflix, Prime or any of the other streaming services is like oxygen these…
By John H. Foote Though the major American networks were offering quality programs in the late nineties and through the 2000’s, the best on TV was being seen on HBO and Showtime, (The West Wing the exception) the two major cable networks available to subscribers. Free from those pesky network censors, the programs on the…
By John H. Foote James Lipton, host of the long running program Inside the Actors Studio, which he created and hosted, has passed of bladder cancer. He was 93. The kindest and most professional things I can say about James Lipton are that he loved the art and craft of acting with a passion very…
By Alan Hurst It’s October and for cinephiles and retro-TV junkies thoughts turn to spooky movies and Halloween tinged TV shows. For people of a certain age, just mention the name “Samantha Stephens” and there is instant recognition, usually followed by a little smile as they remember back to the original run or the endless…
By John H. Foote (***) Count me a Bob Fosse fan. Watching his electrifying Cabaret (1972) for the first time you could feel something new being born on the screen, a revisionist musical that would shake the genre to its very core. Released the same year as The Godfather (1972), it is often forgotten Cabaret…