Click to see the beacon journal online
Homes   Jobs   Cars   Shopping
The HeldenFiles Online

Posts tagged as:

AMC

"The Prisoner" and Other Saturday Notes

November 14, 2009

After the jump, a sneak peek of my review of the new version of "The Prisoner," beginning Sunday night on AMC.
I will add links to a companion piece on the reinvention of old pop-culture concepts; Saturday's print Heldenfiles (with items involving Sue Thomas and LeBron James), and my usual Sunday DVD column, once they are [...]

Read the full article →

"Mad Men" Season Finale

November 9, 2009

The center cannot hold. Things fall apart. And yet …

Read the full article →

"Mad Men": "The Grown-Ups"

November 2, 2009

Notes on the next to last episode of the third season of "Mad Men," after the jump.

Read the full article →

"Mad Men"

October 26, 2009

Notes on a couple of intense episodes, after the jump.

Read the full article →

More "Flashpoint," J. Hudson Christmas Special, Other Tuesday Notes

October 6, 2009

From CBS today:
CBS has renewed the police drama FLASHPOINT, ordering 13 episodes for broadcast later this season.
Last season, FLASHPOINT won its Friday (9:00-10:00 PM) time period in viewers and key demographics averaging 9.55m viewers, 2.9/08 in adults 25-54 and 2.1/06 in adults 18-49.
[...]

Read the full article →

"Mad Men"

October 4, 2009

As I said in my last post, I neglected to post about "Mad Men" a week ago, so I am doubling up tonight. Which, after seeing tonight's episode, does not seem like a bad idea …

Read the full article →

AMC Sets Date for New "Prisoner"

September 29, 2009

The six-part updating of the Patrick McGoohan series premieres with two episodes on Nov. 15, with the remaining episodes airing two at a time on Nov. 16 and 17. Full announcement after the jump. The three-night telecast feels as if AMC is trying to create an event, but it also makes me wonder if AMC [...]

Read the full article →

"Mad Men": "The Fog"/"The Arrangements"

September 13, 2009

I neglected to post on last week's "Mad Men." So, after the jump, some remarks on both last week's and tonight's telecasts.
Update: Because I focused only on some broad points that were on my mind immediately after the episode, you may also want to take a look at Alan Sepinwall's detailed analysis, which goes into [...]

Read the full article →

"Mad Men": "My Old Kentucky Home"

August 31, 2009

The delicate, and sometimes brutal, dances among the characters were many on last night's "Mad Men." And my favorite may have been the nimble stepping by Joan Holloway …

Read the full article →

"Mad Men": "Love Among the Ruins"

August 25, 2009

I know I am getting to this late. My DVR did not catch it on Sunday night, so I recorded the Monday replay and watched it this AM. And I have thoughts. Oh, I have thoughts.

Read the full article →

The Return of "Mad Men"

August 17, 2009

After the jump, thoughts about last night's third-season premiere of "Mad Men," and why it all fit so well into London Fog.

Read the full article →

Sunday Notebook

August 16, 2009

My DVD column is here. The "Hannah Montana" movie, as well as documentaries "Tyson," "The Garden" and "Audience of One," plus a compelling independent film, "The Poker House," directed and co-written by Lori Petty.
I am hoping to post some bonus DVD material here by Tuesday, when the newest releases come out, about some of the [...]

Read the full article →

AMC Sets Date for "Mad Men" Season 3

June 10, 2009

It's Aug. 16. There will be a preceding marathon of the second season, and On Demand telecasts of earlier episodes. But the announcement, which is after the jump, says nothing about what the new season will deal with.

Read the full article →

"Breaking Bad" Gets Third Season

April 2, 2009

Full announcement after the jump.

Read the full article →

"Breaking Bad" Season 2 on March 8

January 8, 2009

Full announcement after the jump …

Read the full article →

"Mad Men": Self-Awareness and Reinvention

October 13, 2008

Laura Ramsey, Jon Hamm on "Mad Men"
I've been lax about posting about "Mad Men" the last few weeks, but I haven't stopped watching. And when, a week ago, we saw Don on the airplane to L.A., heading toward sunshine, I was thinking that — having no satisfaction with his current life — Don was preparing [...]

Read the full article →

"Mad Men": "The Gold Violin"

September 8, 2008

Watching "Mad Men" this morning, I kept thinking of an Archibald MacLeish poem, "Ars Poetica," which I read in high school:
A poem should be palpable and mute
As a globed fruit
Dumb
As old medallions to the thumb
Silent as the sleeve-worn stone
Of casement ledges where the moss has grown -
A poem should be wordless
As the flight of birds
A [...]

Read the full article →
 

© The Akron Beacon Journal • 44 E. Exchange Street, Akron, Ohio 44308

Powered by WordPress
Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS).