In the Loop: My Way or the Fucking Highway

Peter Capaldi and James Gandolfini. Photo: BBC Film Every mild-mannered leader needs a brutal enforcer, a man prepared to walk over corpses to achieve goals. President Barack Obama has Rahm…

Murphy Brown: Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves

Photo: CBS The show lasted ten years, but it took me twice that time to finish it. Murphy Brown was never a hit in Sweden, most likely due to poor…

Madea’s Family Reunion

As two of Madea's (Tyler Perry) nieces find themselves at crucial junctures in their lives, perhaps the aggressive but good-hearted matriarch's advice comes in handy? Perry had a surprise hit…

Casino Royale

Sir James Bond (David Niven) is persuaded to come out of retirement to destroy the criminal organization SMERSH; as the new M, he gives every agent the name "James Bond"…

National Lampoon’s European Vacation 

The Griswolds compete in a TV game show and win money for a trip to Europe; the first stop on the journey is England. In the sequel to National Lampoon's…

Hot Fuzz 

Super cop Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is so good that he's making the rest of the Met look bad; he's transferred to a sleepy village where he stumbles upon a…

Sex and the City: Liberated in the Big Apple

Photo: HBO I wasn’t much of a fan when this show first began. Every woman I knew at that time (I was 22) watched the show religiously while every guy…

Sex and the City 

Four years after the TV series was canceled, the cast got back together for the much-hyped movie to tie up a few loose ends. Carrie and Big decide to get…

Love and Death 

Napoleon is about to invade Russia; a coward (Woody Allen) is forced to join the army, and is eventually caught up in a plot to kill the French leader. A…

The Devil Wears Prada 

Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway), a journalism graduate, gets a job as an assistant to the demanding editor of a New York fashion magazine; she doesn’t know the first thing about…