“Our life is made by the death of others.” – Leonardo da Vinci
A property going from movies to television can be a real crapshoot. Sometimes you might get a M*A*S*H or Buffy, but quite often it’s a real dud. Whatever middle ground there is between the two would be where the Scream show lies.
[rating=3]Starring: Agnes Bruckner, Martin Landau, Cary Elwes, Virginia Madsen, Adam Goldberg
Director: Mary Harron
Writer: John Rice, Joe Batteer
Mary Harron has tackled Valerie Solanas, Bettie Page, and Patrick Bateman. Now she takes on the fractured fairy tale story of Anna Nicole Smith.
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[rating=3]Starring: Lucas Neff, Martha Plimpton, Garret Dillahunt, Shannon Woodward, Cloris Leachman
Creator(s): Greg Garcia
Fox’s sitcom Raising Hope has become the latest sleeper hit that’s beginning to waken up. On the heels of the start of the second season comes the DVD release of the first.
[rating=3]Starring: Robert Colbert, James Darren, Whit Bissell, Lee Meriwether
Creator(s): Irwin Allen
I first discovered this series back in the early days of the Sci Fi channel. When it first premiered, it ran all sorts of old television series. Its morning was populated by virtually all of Irwin Allen’s early works, such as Land of Giants and The Time Tunnel, and of course, Lost in Space. All of them were horribly campy, but often enjoyable.
The Time Tunnel was no different. The premise was intriguing, often putting its main duo into famous historical events and disasters. However, I think the series would be pretty hard to swallow for some viewers today. The low-budget silliness of it all can be rather comical, and as a result, it’s sometimes difficult to take the show seriously. Still, looking at the stories themselves, there were some clever ideas.
An excellent look at the career of screen beauty Greta Garbo.
[rating=3]Starring: Bruce Willis, Cybil Shepard, Allyce Beasley
Creator(s): Glenn Gordon Caron
There are only a handful of shows that could be said to have broken the mold. All in the Family, M*A*S*H, these shows helped redefine the standard half-hour sitcom.
Read moreClassic series ‘Moonlighting’ gets respect in DVD set
A documentary about the cable network Z Channel and its famed programmer who killed himself and his wife in the late 1980s.