DVD Review: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Paramount Centennial Collection)
Released in 1962, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance was directed by the great John Ford and starred Hollywood legends James Stewart and John Wayne. The screenplay by James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck, was adapted from a short story by Dorothy M. Johnson. The film was a big hit upon its release, and Edith […]
DVD Review: John Adams
As Benjamin Franklin lay on his deathbed in 1790, John Adams said, “The history of our Revolution will be one continued lie from one end to the other, the essence of the whole will be that Dr. Franklin’s electrical rod smote the earth and out sprang General Washington.” As it turns out, Adams wasn’t altogether […]
DVD Review: The Fugitive – Season Two, Volume One
As I wrote in a review of The Fugitive – Season One, Volume Two, I believe the series stands out as a television masterpiece; Creator Roy Huggins, producer Quinn Martin, and all of the actors involved came together to create one of the finest dramas in television history. More than forty years after the series […]
DVD Review: Girlfriends: The Third Season
Frasier star Kelsey Grammer serves as an executive producer on Girlfriends, a show about the lives of four African-American women and their male friend. Joan Clayton (Tracee Ellis Ross) is a successful lawyer; her secretary Maya Denise Wilkes (Golden Brooks) is also her best friend. Lynn Ann Searcy (Persia White) a friend of Joan’s since […]
Book Review: Manic: A Memoir by Terri Cheney
Terri Cheney seemed to have it all. She was a lawyer at a big law firm, lived in Beverly Hills and drove a Porsche. However, at times Ms. Cheney was crouched under her desk at her law firm unable to move. Other times she was deliriously happy, flying kites off the edge of a cliff […]