Perspectives from a Professor
Baseball season is upon us, so it seems fitting to note that NBC has finally brought us a prospect instead of a suspect. Parenthood (Tuesdays at 10 p.m. – why program it opposite The Good Wife, which is still running strong?) has a good cast, a conventional but well-crafted set of storylines, and a family …
Here are two movies I’ve waited to see and am glad I’ve seen – one I enjoyed watching and another I appreciated – but neither one left me as satisfied as I had hoped. The Last Station has a delightful cast. Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren play Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia during the …
Someone recently asked me a question that went something like this: “I was surprised by the awards for The Hurt Locker, which I thought was a very good film but not award-winning compared to Avatar. Maybe you can educate me on the finer points of directing so that I can see why Kathryn Bigelow’s work …
Oh, my goodness. How low will NBC go? I know it took a long time for Seinfeld to catch on before it became a hit, but I don’t see this Jerry Seinfeld-produced vehicle garnering many critical accolades. Basically, comedian Tom Papa hosts video clips of a married couple engaged in a long-term conflict. They share …
After two weekends raking in at the box office, I finally got around to seeing Shutter Island. I figure that if it can take a protracted amount of time to get the finished film into the theaters (usually a bad sign), it can take me a little while to get out to see it. The …