Jack the Ripper: Finding Hyde

Photo: Thames Television When David Wickes set out to make a miniseries about Jack the Ripper that would premiere on the centennial of the infamous murders in Whitechapel, he announced…

The Pacific: Slaughter in Paradise

Photo: HBO After producing the successful limited series Band of Brothers in 2001, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks knew that they were not finished with World War II. They had just portrayed…

Band of Brothers: Memories of Hell

Photo: HBO The original quote from William Shakespeare’s “Henry V” is: “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall…

Boston Legal: Bonding on a Balcony

James Spader and William Shatner. Photo: ABC I hate writing this review. I'm doing it because the last episode of Boston Legal has aired and it is time to close…

I, Claudius: Fool, Biographer, Emperor

Derek Jacobi. Photo: BBC One thing is certain. The years may fly by in this adaptation of Robert Graves's books on the first four Julio-Claudian emperors, but when 77 years…

John Adams: The Reluctant VP

Laura Linney and Paul Giamatti. Photo: HBO Sometimes there are discrepancies between filmmakers and the people hired to market their work. The tagline of this ambitious HBO miniseries has nothing…

V: The Final Battle 

The resistance against the alien visitors grows stronger but the group needs a breakthrough; meanwhile, Robin's (Blair Tefkin) affair with an alien officer has startling effects. The sequel to V…