Monthly Archives: July 2013
FOUR TV SHOWS OF THE LAST DECADE THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CANCELLED PART 3
NUMBER 2: VERONICA MARS (2004-2007) Hands down, VERONICA MARS, was one of the best television shows of the past decade. If you didn’t catch VERONICA MARS in its three year run on the UPN network, and then the WB network and then on the … Continue reading
DENNIS FARINA DIES AT AGE 69
I was a big fan of DENNIS FARINA. After serving 18 years as a Chicago police officer, Farina became a very successful actor in Hollywood. He could play the tough cop, the vicious villain and do comedy with the best … Continue reading
FOUR TV SHOWS OF THE LAST DECADE THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CANCELLED PART 2
Number 3: LIFE (2007-2009) LIFE is a series that existed on NBC for a season and a half and starred DAMIAN LEWIS, and SARAH SHAHI as Los Angeles detectives. What makes Life unique from all other detective shows really … Continue reading
FOUR TV SHOWS OF THE LAST DECADE THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CANCELLED PART 1
A lot of TV shows have come and gone in the past decade. Some better than others, to be sure. Shows that just ran out of ideas and audience and withered away. And others that you just have to wonder … Continue reading
FIRST LOOK AT PLANNED MILES DAVIS STATUE IN ALTON, Ill.
A very cool look at a proposed Miles Davis statue in his home down. From The Miles Davis Website JULY 19, 2013, 12:54 pm Plans are underway to honor Miles Davis with a bronze statue in his birthplace of Alton, … Continue reading
BRAD THOR NOTES HOLLYWOOD RIPOFF OF VINCE FLYNN
Bestselling author BRAD THOR recently stood up for his friend, author VINCE FLYNN, when he noted how two recent Hollywood films, WHITE HOUSE DOWN and OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN, more or less ripped off the plot from Flynn’s bestselling novel TRANSFER … Continue reading
SEASON THREE OF LUTHER NOW ON THE BBC
If you’ve followed this blog at all you know what a fan I am of the BBC series LUTHER, starring Idris Elba. If you’ve missed the first two awesome seasons of Luther, they are available on Netflix streaming. Go … Continue reading
GOOD-BYE VINCE FLYNN
As anyone who has followed this blog knows, I was a big fan of the spy-thriller writer VINCE FLYNN. Flynn and his heroic character MITCH RAPP gave me hundreds of hours of exciting fun. Flynn was a writer whose books … Continue reading