It’s Oscar Time!

By: Mary Fran BontempoAnd the Oscar goes to...Something about those five words just gets me. I suppose the Academy Awards, or "Oscars," as they are affectionately called, are my annual opportunity to sit on my couch in my sweats and pass judgement on those larger-than-life members of the Hollywood glitterati who are otherwise untouchable.It's not that my opinions matter at all, but there's something about seeing the mighty ones sitting their handsomely attired derrieres [...]

2018-10-30T09:48:27-04:00February 22nd, 2013|0 Comments

Zero Hour–A Television Review

By: Mary Fran Bontempo Think of it as the DaVinci Code with clocks.Zero Hour, the new Anthony Edwards drama that premiered this week on ABC, is part DaVinci Code, part National Treasure, part Indiana Jones and part Rosemary's Baby.I'm just not sure all the parts will add up to a whole, instead of a mish-mash of bits and pieces.At the program's beginning, we're in Nazi Germany, in a room with clock makers and priests. [...]

2018-10-30T09:48:31-04:00February 15th, 2013|0 Comments

The Americans–A TV Review

By: Mary Fran Bontempo  How are you supposed to embrace a TV show when you really want the protagonists to get caught, arrested and thrown in jail?Elizabeth and Phillip Jennings appear to be the all-American family, living in suburban Washington, D.C. with their two kids, working, playing and acting like suburban Americans in the Ronald Reagan era. The key word is "acting."The "Jennings" are really undercover Russian spies, schooled in espionage and doing [...]

2018-10-30T09:48:33-04:00February 1st, 2013|0 Comments
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