Category Archives: TV Reviews

When I first heard that Taylor Sheridan was shooting a TV series set in Oklahoma and starring Sylvester Stallone as a mobster, I was very thrilled. And even through most of the production was in Oklahoma City, I was still interested in seeing it. However, the first few episodes of the nine-episode first season seemedContinue reading “‘Tulsa King’ Earns Its Crown, Somewhat”

Celebrities are a derivative of “celebrate.” Who do we celebrate? Filmmakers, actors, musicians, writers, politicians? They all do something. But in the past 30 years, we’ve started to celebrate people who need no celebration because they haven’t done anything. I point the finger at MTV and it’s bloated use of “reality TV.” Say what youContinue reading “‘Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker’ A Warning On Who We Turn Into Celebrities”

“What’s a Ponzi scheme?” That is the question Bernie Madoff’s wife, Ruth, asked when he came clean about his years of ripping people off in a Ponzi scheme. She didn’t know or didn’t want to know. She got to live the lavish lifestyle of New York City elite. Sometimes you don’t want to know howContinue reading “Bernie Madoff Was Really A ‘Monster Of Wall Street’”

There’s a scene in Hulu’s limited series Welcome to Chippendales where some women in the audience commented that the song-and-dance routine the dancers are doing is getting old because they’ve performed it many times already. That could be a good explanation for the series which tries to be Boogie Nights but lacks the excitement thatContinue reading “‘Welcome To Chippendales’ Still Performs While Being Mostly Flaccid”

Garfield has been around for decades and made its creator, Jim Davis, a millionaire thanks to a licensing and marketing everything from books to feature movies. And who can forget the Garfield plush toys with the suction cups people used to put on car windows? A rumor has persisted since the early 1990s, Davis wasContinue reading “‘Garfield Christmas’ Provides Laughs And Surprise Tenderness”

The recent death of Bob McGrath must be a sad one for many people who grew up watching him on Sesame Street. He was on the show from 1969 to 2016. The adults on the show often seemed to play second banana to Big Bird, Grover and Bert & Ernie. So, appearing on the showContinue reading “‘Muppet Family Christmas’ The Perfect Jim Henson Crossover”

There are two types of Star Wars fans – those that like just about everything and those that detest everything except the original trilogy, The Mandalorian and Rogue One. I’ll admit I was excited to see Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, until I saw it. I sat through an hour not caring what wasContinue reading “We Need To Talk About ‘Andor’”