When it debuted in 2008, The Secret Life of the American Teenager raised a few eyebrows for making a pregnant teen the focus of the series. The ABC Family network proved to be very popular with the teen and pre-teen…
Nate Ford (Timothy Hutton) is a former insurance fraud investigator, who had a talent for retrieving stolen art for his company. When the company refused to pay for experimental treatment that might have saved his son’s life, Nate turned to…
Originally airing from 1962–63 and again from 1985–87, The Jetsons was Hanna-Barbera’s Space Age complement to The Flinstones. Both franchises are amongHanna-Barbera’s most popular creations, so it makes perfect sense they would be brought together in 1987’s The Jetsons Meet…
Laura Linney is a talented actress, and I’ve liked her in nearly everything that she’s appeared. However, I find myself conflicted about her Showtime series, The Big C. Linney plays Catherine Jamison, a Minneapolis teacher who’s been told she has…
As Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D begins, private investigator, ex-Avenger, and ex-S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Jessica Drew (a.k.a Spider-Woman) is having a crisis of faith. Her recent dealings with the shape shifting Skrulls, who put her in prison and replaced her with their…
Coinciding with the 40th-anniversary Blu-ray of A Clockwork Orange, arguably Malcolm McDowell’s best known film, Warner Brothers has released Never Apologize: A Personal Visit with Lindsay Anderson. A renowned British film director, Anderson gave McDowell his first big break in…
Like many others, I’ve always thought of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris as the Russian answer to 2001: A Space Odyssey. Completed in 1972 (but not released in the United States until 1976), this was an era when things done in the…
Loosely based on the 2007 young adult novel by Mark Peter Hughes, Lemonade Mouth begins with Mesa High School freshmen in detention: Olivia White (Bridgit Mendler), Mohini “Mo” Banjaree (Naomi Scott), Charlie Delgado (Blake Michael), Stella Yamada (Hayley Kiyoko), and…
HBO | 2010 | 68 mins. | TV-14 As they should, relatives, friends, and supporters are often seen gathering at airports, parades and other celebrations to honor the sacrifices of our military veterans. However, for years many of those veterans…
Lionsgate Films | 2010 | 611 mins. | NR Through the years, Mad Men has kept viewers on the edge of their seats from season to season, wondering just what would happen next. However, tensions were particularly high as the…