Is MasterChef US Ageist?
April 23, 2014 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
MasterChef is a televised cooking competition series which is popular around the world, and in 2014 will be airing for its fifth season in the United States. The show bills itself as a competition to find “the best home cooks in America” through casting calls held around the country…
The Misfits: Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable’s Last Movie
April 23, 2014 | Posted in CLASSICS, MOVIES | By writerjoanne
One classic movie I saw recently for the first time is The Misfits. I really had no idea what the movie was about, although I thought it was a comedy.The title gave me that impression, along with what little I
Stewart Copeland’s Orchestral Ben-Hur is a Visual and Musical Triumph
April 22, 2014 | Posted in CLASSICS, LIVE MUSIC, ORCHESTRAL MUSIC | By sockii
Saturday night in Norfolk, Stewart Copeland rocked the house with the premiere of his Orchestral Ben-Hur. The extravaganza featured Copeland on stage himself, alternating between drumkit and percussion rack alongside the 60-member Virginia Arts Festival Orchestra…
A Review of the Gothic Drama Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte
April 17, 2014 | Posted in CLASSICS, MOVIES | By writerjoanne
Recently I had the opportunity to see Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte again. I could not tell you how many times I’ve watched this movie, but it’s probably no less than ten. Over the years I have never lost my interest
Classic TV Rewind: The Equalizer
March 22, 2014 | Posted in CULT TV | By sockii
Another great action series of the 80s, one which had a more thoughtful and serious tone than many others of the decade, was The Equalizer. The series ran for four seasons on the CBS network, from 1985 – 1989, and
The 90s: The Greatest Decade of Genre TV?
March 19, 2014 | Posted in CULT TV | By sockii
Today, genre television (that is, programming that is science fiction, fantasy or horror-themed) is seeing a significant upsurge in popularity. There are well-liked cable and network series such as The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Hannibal, Sleepy Hollow, American Horror
Classic TV Rewind: Riptide
March 18, 2014 | Posted in CULT TV | By sockii
Riptide was an Amercian television series which aired for three seasons from 1983-1986 on NBC—and it’s one of my favorite “long lost” TV shows of the 80s as well. Created by Stephen J. Cannell and Frank Lupo, Riptide was similar
Classic TV Rewind: The A-Team
March 17, 2014 | Posted in CULT TV | By sockii
Growing up, my absolute favorite television series was The A-Team. The series aired on NBC from 1983 – 1987 for a total of 98 episodes. I was 10 years old when that first episode aired after Super Bowl XVII and
The Taste versus MasterChef: Comparing the two cooking competitions
January 30, 2014 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
I’ve been catching up on this season of ABC’s cooking-themed reality series The Taste, which began airing at the beginning of January 2014. I didn’t watch the first season—I guess because I missed when it was airing as I don’t
Bravo’s Top Chef: How I Would Fix It
December 18, 2013 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
Has Top Chef Jumped the Shark? 5 things I’d change about the increasingly tired Bravo cooking competition I’ve been an on-again/off-again viewer of Bravo TV’s Top Chef since the beginning of the “reality” series, now some eleven seasons ago (not
