Category Archives: TV Reviews

An ‘Ashley Madison Affair’ Some Might Not Want To Remember

In college, one of my writing professors told us to beware of certain literary magazines as they’ll inform us they “accepted” your submissions but they may need some pay for publishing. I even decided to do it sending off some mediocre items and thus getting told it had been “accepted.” I knew it was notContinue reading “An ‘Ashley Madison Affair’ Some Might Not Want To Remember”

‘Muscles & Mayhem’ Carries A Lot Of Weight

The use of the word “Unauthorized” in the Netflix docuseries Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators leads me to wonder the legitimacy of the phrase. Because it seems they got a lot of authoritized people to speak in the documentary. Granted, they can’t interview Samuel Goldwin Jr. because he’s been deceased forContinue reading “‘Muscles & Mayhem’ Carries A Lot Of Weight”

‘Seinfeld’ Mocked Male Insecurities With Classic “Outing” Episode

At the height of its popular in the early to mid-1990s, Seinfeld took a bold roll of the dice on an episode that exposed the insecurities of men in regards to being considered gay. Titled “The Outing” and airing in the mid-winter of 1993, the premise has Jerry Seinfield and his long-time friend, George ConstanzaContinue reading “‘Seinfeld’ Mocked Male Insecurities With Classic “Outing” Episode”

‘Based On A True Story’ Wastes A Good Plot With A Not-So-Good Execution

It’s hard to watch Peacock’s Based on a True Story series without comparing it to Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building. Both series deal with people obsessed with true-crime podcasts who find themselves involved too closesly with a real murder. The gag of Murders was how it seemed their insistence that a reported suicide wasContinue reading “‘Based On A True Story’ Wastes A Good Plot With A Not-So-Good Execution”

‘Arnold’ Burns Out In Its Own Pace

The problem with the Netflix docuseries Arnold is that it tells the most fasciniating and intriquing stories first and then reduces the second half to boring talking head interviews from famous faces praising Arnold Schwarzenegger and a focus on his term as the “Governator” of “Calie-Fornie-Ah” that would put any political science professor to sleep.Continue reading “‘Arnold’ Burns Out In Its Own Pace”

Treat Williams Was An Actor’s Actor

A couple of weeks ago, I was watching Once Upon a Time in America in which Treat Williams has a minor role. By 1984, Williams had starring roles in Hair and Prince of the City. He had worked with Steven Spielberg, Milos Forman and Sidney Lumet in just three years. That’s a resume many actorsContinue reading “Treat Williams Was An Actor’s Actor”

‘Reality’ Presents A Double Standard

Did the powers that be at Warner Bros. Discovery actually anticipate the 37-count indictment against Donald Trump or was it just one of those lightning in a bottle moments that works where life imitates art sometimes. Remember how the Three Mile Island incident happened shortly after The China Syndrome came out? Or how Wag theContinue reading “‘Reality’ Presents A Double Standard”

‘Randall Scandal’ Exposes Inflated Ego Of Hollywood Producer, Big Surprise

You have to take some of The Randall Scandal:Love, Loathing & Vanderpump with a grain of salt. The documentary on Hulu through the LA Times Studio doesn’t have any interviews of Randall Emmett, a profilic Hollywood producer, to argue the allegations against him. But what you do have is a systemic pattern that has beenContinue reading “‘Randall Scandal’ Exposes Inflated Ego Of Hollywood Producer, Big Surprise”