I love Shakespeare. Straight up. If I could cook him down I'd probably be mainlining the Bard. Any Shakespeare junkie has a major Jonez for the Henry plays. Richard II, Henry IV Parts I and II and Henry V taken together are an Elizabethan House of Cards only
"Nothing is so firmly believed as what we know least." Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) In viewing Peter Landesman's Parkland (2013), it is near impossible not to recall Oliver Stone's JFK (1991). Jointly they present the parallel universe inhabited by the American psyche as it pertains to the assassination
Queen Latifah stars as the legendary Bessie Smith whose talent and perseverance resulted in her becoming an iconic "Empress of the Blues," in the roaring 1920s' jazz era. Take a look: https://youtu.be/w79dRXLUOVE?rel=0 BESSIE, debuts Saturday, May 16 at 8:00pm only on HBO. BESSIE is directed by Dee Rees Screenplay by
Arya now: "She could feel the hole inside her every morning when she woke. It wasn't hunger, though sometimes, there was that too. It was a hollow place. An emptiness where her heart had been. Where her brothers had lived
Welcome to Springtime TV Madness: Sarah Manning faces off against manic Castor Clone Rudy (Ari Millen) aka "Scarface." Watch "The Weight of this Combination," April 18th at 9pm ET - on BBC America Orphan Black Seasons 1 and 2 now available on DVD, Blu-ray and streaming 24/7 on Amazon
This 10th episode delivers a surprising Didn't-See-That-Coming moment: Just when it seemed that Jamal is all set to step up to the responsibility of being Lola's father, we learn that the adorable little girl is his sister. "I'm the one who put the baby in her
After a wait of more than a decade since her last release, Melissa Manchester's 20th album, You Gotta Love the Life, is a welcome masterpiece. At the suggestion of her students at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, where she is adjunct professor
In the real world April means springtime and showers. In HBO time, it means winter is coming. In the land of Westeros, summers often span decades, but winters… winters can last a lifetime. The Clash of Kings (Season 2) started a war that may last so long
The family that fights together stays together—or at least becomes more tolerant of each other—could be the subtitle for Episode 9. In a bitter war against his ex-fiancée Anika and Creedmoor's Billy Baretti, Lucious enlists his sons and ex-wife Cookie to help corral the most
