I just read Sidetracked, one of Henning Mankell’s Wallander mysteries. At the same time, we’re watching some of the BBC productions of Mankell’s books starring Kenneth Branagh. Wallander is a frustrating character, stumbling through his messed up personal life, obsessed with the murder he’s trying… Read More
I canceled our cable tv today. For years we were good with rabbit ears, but when we moved to Long Branch we decided to try out cable. We get loads and loads of channels but very little programming that really interests us. I suggested to… Read More
Boardwalk Empire and The Dark Knight We didn’t see Boardwalk Empire’s first season during its run, but watched it on DVD after, finishing up the other night. I imagine most readers of this blog are more than familiar with the show and many have been… Read More
Somebody entered, “are late night talk shows dead?” into a search engine and landed abruptly here in paradise. Allow me to provide the answer. Yes, they are dead and they stink to high heaven. But then again, I thought Tom Snyder’s Tomorrow Show was good… Read More
We didn’t see Treme when it started as a TV series but we forked up some Canadianos for the DVD of the first season as soon as it became available. A number of actors who have worked with David Simon previously on shows such as… Read More
I confess I’m a sucker for the CBC TV show Dragons’ Den. From the first time I saw it, I thought, well this won’t be very good, or I don’t think I’ll like this, yet I can’t turn it off. I think at the heart… Read More
Tuffy P brought this one home from the video store. It’s an HBO production starring Jeff Bridges and a dog. Has to be good, right? Well, let’s say it was OK as far as it went. It was kind of like a pilot for a… Read More
Less than a year ago, we bought a television set. We had our last one for a very long time. It was a 13 incher with a built in VCR and it was almost indestructable. Well, I managed to destroy it, but that’s another story.… Read More
Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien have been all over the news lately because – well, because their popularity seems to be tanking. NBC tried Leno earlier and that didn’t work, and Conan in Leno’s spot apparently didn’t work either. I say apparently because I gave … Read More
27th Street 