Falkenberg Farewell: Avoiding Adulthood

Photo: Memfis Film When this film premiered, I realized that I was probably not the only one in the audience who kept thinking back to the period in life depicted…

Cast Away: Me, Myself & Wilson

Tom Hanks. Photo: 20th Century Fox We’ve all watched too many episodes of Survivor to have a realistic idea of what it would be like to be stranded on a…

The Sopranos: It Runs in the Family

Photo: HBO Writer David Chase once said in an interview that Martin Scorsese’s GoodFellas (1990) was his source of inspiration for The Sopranos. It became one of three outstanding TV…

The Deal 

Director Stephen Frears turned to television for this tale, which is sort of a prequel to The Queen (2006). It’s the story of how future Prime Ministers Tony Blair and…

The Practice: Idealism Be Damned

Photo: ABC In 1997, producer and writer David E. Kelley delivered two new TV shows. Fox aired Ally McBeal and ABC got The Practice. The former was the bigger hit,…

Six Feet Under: Death Is the Beginning

Photo: HBO In the beginning of the series finale, one almost expected the opening to fade to white with the following written in black: “Six Feet Under 2001-2005”. That’s how…

Schindler’s List: A Place of Protection

Liam Neeson and Ben Kingsley. Photo: Universal In 1993, Schindler’s List was a seminal event, one of those things you simply had to experience. I was in school and every…

Life as a House

When everything falls apart for architect George Monroe (Kevin Kline), he decides to spend his last months building the house of his dreams – together with his estranged son Sam…

West Wing: A World Without Bush

Janel Moloney, Rob Lowe, Stockard Channing, John Spencer, Martin Sheen, Dulé Hill, Bradley Whitford, Allison Janney and Richard Schiff. Photo: NBC I am a political nerd. Everything concerning American politics…