Politics hasn’t really been covered in movies or TV like this before. Perhaps that’s because Veep was created and co-written by Armando Iannucci of the satirical British series “The Thick Of It” and the film “In the Loop.”
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It’s great that the adaptation is so faithful to the source material, but Seven help us, it’s all so damn confusing.
Winter is coming. Until then, check out “Game of Thrones:The Complete First Season” on Blu-ray.
Everyone can relax, Boardwalk Empire Season On is finally on Blu-ray.
Why we’ll miss this supremely strange casualty of the HBO lineup
Kelly Stitzel begins the journey with Laura Dern and Mike White as they search for enlightenment.
Kelly Stitzel reviews the DVD release of the HBO adaptation of Carrie Fisher’s one-woman show, Wishful Drinking.
Scott Malchus returns to Bon Temps for the third season of “True Blood”
In which our own Ken Shane and Jim Fusilli of the Wall Street Journal debate the merits of Phil Spector’s work in light of his murder conviction.
Rob Smith Can’t Say No to the gorgeous music of singer/songwriter/HBO producer (?) Jenn Grauer.
Caught up in the HBO series Treme, Ken Shane is in a New Orleans mood this week. He delivers up a Crescent City classic from the Wild Tchoupitoulas.
HBO’s sketch comedy show “Funny or Die Presents” is hit or miss.
The season premiere of the fifth and final season of “Big Love” finds solace in returning its familial roots.
From gangsters to vampires, and cable dramas to network comedies, a list of the best in television in 2010.
“Temple Grandin” is the remarkable story of the title character, an autistic woman whose insight into the behavior of cattle revolutionized the way the animals are treated on ranches and slaughterhouses. This inspiring biopic stars Claire Danes as Temple, giving one of the best performances of her career.
Earlier this year HBO aired the New Orleans-based series Treme, featuring remarkable music each week. Now it’s been collected in a soundtrack album.
Schwartzman’s acting is sweet and intelligent. Like any struggling artist, his Ames seems to be restlessly searching for answers and private investigating is a diversion from having to face a blank page.
In 2007, two years before Fox’s Glee was credited for reviving the musical comedy, HBO was setting trends (again) by airing Flight of the Conchords, a musical comedy starring New…
True Blood is good, pulp fun. I’d never seen an episode before The Complete Second Season DVD box and honestly, I’ve never been an enormous fan of Anna Paquin’s acting,…
Join Robin Monica Alexander in a filthy, fascinating world of neurotic gunslingers, psychotic whoremongers, and corpse-eating pigs, won’t you?