Originally published July 2011 – looks like I got this right! Game of Thrones, HBO’s latest original series, is simply the most fantastic series to come from HBO yet! Unpredictable, visually stunning, intelligent with its depiction of morality, GOT is also at times utterly shocking. The violence, completely justifiable and necessary to the storytelling, was at … Read more
AMC’s watershed, Mad Men, winner of multiple “best dramatic series” Emmys is about to enter its last season(s). Mad Men will follow the precedent set by sister show Breaking Bad, stretching the limits of the word “final” by splitting the last set of 20 episodes across two years. This series has been so good, especially … Read more
HBO’s Game of Thrones returns this weekend. As fans follow the saga of the Starks and Lannisters heading into a four-decade-long winter, one wonders whether there will there be a moment as startling as the “red wedding” of season 3? And what about Calesi and her dragons? Season 4 may prove to be Throne’s most … Read more
Disney’s non-Pixar-animated track record has been a bit spotty in recent years. The studio, who invented full-length feature animation for the masses, had a tremendous renaissance in the late 1980’s beginning with the Little Mermaid. Beauty and the Beast and Lion King (among others) followed – offering delicious, wonderfully told stories with equally beautiful songs. … Read more
Coming off three worldwide hits, constant MTV rotation, Tears for Fears entered the studio with lofty expectations and a blank checkbook. These were the days when the Eagles would spend weeks, and tens of thousands of dollars, tweaking the kick drum sound on a song as lame as “Heartache Tonight.” Studio excesses were the … Read more
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