“The fact is that the awakening we seek may depend upon the depth and richness of our uncertainty.” – Marilyn Sewell Raw Faith reminds me of Kandlestix, a handmade candle shop in Old Town in Kissimmee, Florida, where, when I was little, I was transfixed…
“And you may tell yourself, this is not my hapless gray cat. And you may tell yourself, this is not my quick-witted mouse. My God!…What have they done?!” – Paraphrased from Once in a Lifetime, with apologies to the Talking Heads. When Tom & Jerry:…
Laura Linney. Alan Alda. Parker Posey. Three of my favorite actors in the same series, the latter two as guest stars. This alone strengthens the argument that the best television shows to be found today are on cable, Showtime in this case. Because of a…
Minus the end credits, Carlos Mencia: New Territory is 80 minutes. The sole extra on this DVD from Comedy Central and Paramount is “Carlos Mencia’s Guide to Getting Fit,” which runs for two minutes, and goes into detail about how he’s amazingly thin now. If…
Even though it’s listed in the copy on the back of this four-disc DVD set, it takes a minute, much longer than recognizing Al “Grandpa Munster” Lewis, who I’m sure could have easily been picked out amidst a Grandpa Munster lookalike contest. He was always…
It becomes a mantra: “It’s an Aaron Spelling show. It’s an Aaron Spelling show. I’ve got to remember that it’s an Aaron Spelling show.” Strange to have to do that, what with being a fan of The Love Boat since watching reruns in childhood in…
At first, I thought the only inhabitant of the seaside village of Portwenn that would matter to me was Ian McNeice, who had a small supporting role in 84 Charing Cross Road, one of my all-time favorite movies, and co-starred with Jim Carrey in Ace…
Like the single-panel Saturday Evening Post comic strips on which it’s based, Hazel traffics only in small amusements, never steady, hearty laughter. The times when big laughter comes are dishearteningly brief and then more time is spent waiting for that again, only to find that…
The sole audio commentary for Titanic, appropriately for episode 1 only, since it’s the only interesting episode of this miniseries, states that it was dreamed up in 2008 to observe the eventual 100th anniversary of the famous ship’s sinking. The script was likely written before…
I will say one thing for the classmates who teased me all through elementary school: At least they were interesting. Malicious, yes. Cold-hearted, yes. But there was Michael Hernandez, who evoked a slick vibe about him that was actually impressive at our age. And at…