The last ten years saw a migration of the best writers and many of the best actors to television. The writers were drawn to cable networks like HBO, Showtime, F/X and AMC, where they would have both control over their work and freedom from network restraints. Actors, meanwhile, especially women and imports from Britain, enjoyed [...]
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Best TV of the 2000s: scooters, westerns, elections and super computers
Posted in Lists, Top Ten, TV, tagged Chinese food as poker, Clash of the Tritons, Damon Bennett, House detoxes, In the Shadow of Two Gunmen, Jeffster!, Justice is a blind dog, Omar in court, Prince Charles banana scandal, Sold Under Sin, White House Correspondents Dinner on January 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Back online (finally!) with the world’s latest Best Of lists…
Posted in Lists, Movies, Top Ten on January 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Man, it has been a long time since I’ve posted; the move in the summer combined with my sucky old computer put a real crimp in my ability to do any kind of online writing. But! Got a new computer and for now the internets appear to be working in my favour, so here goes [...]
Making a List and Checking it Twice: Holiday Favourites
Posted in Lists, Top Ten on December 16, 2007 | 7 Comments »
It’s that time of year, and in the spirit of the season, here are my favourite ways to celebrate the holidays in two dimensions. 10. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Yes, the animation is awful and the dialogue is worse. Yes, Burl Ives plays a folksy snowman, and “Silver and Gold” may be the worst song [...]
