The prime of Patricia Clarkson
Although work for many female movie actors starts to disappear as they head north of 40, Patricia Clarkson has been defying the odds for the past decade, with an unusually varied filmography that...
View ArticleWhy go out when you can see ‘Curb’ at home?
Movie people have been in a panic the past few weeks over the dismal start of the 2010 summer season. Memorial Day weekend was horrendous. In terms of dollars spent by moviegoers, the summer season...
View ArticleWaiting for season three of ‘Flight of the Conchords’
HBO announced recently that the cable network’s rancid Hollywood insider sitcom “Entourage” will be coming back for a seventh season — the show’s final season, thank God! — but there has been no word...
View ArticleTed Danson as George Christopher on ‘Bored to Death’
A long-running TV series has a way of using up actors so that we think we’ve seen everything they can do. Series stars have been able to do successful variations on their first hit (Mary Tyler Moore as...
View Article‘Fish in the Dark’: Larry David scores on Broadway
The reviews were rather tepid when “Fish in the Dark” opened at the Cort Theatre earlier this month, but the play scores more good laughs than any comedy since the heyday of Neil Simon. Only a...
View Article‘Hello Ladies’: abrasive but very funny
A 2013 HBO season series that never clicked, “Hello Ladies” has just been released on DVD by HBO Video. The big comedy hits on HBO tend to feature characters you might want to spend time with in real...
View Article‘I’m Sorry’: easy, hilarious binge
Thanks to my most reliable streaming service guru – who texted “Watch Immediately” – I had a great time racing through all ten season one episodes of “I’m Sorry.” recently, a comedy series just added...
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