You would be hard-pressed to find a more quintessentially 1988 film than Twins. It's a silly exercise based on a silly premise, rife with...

So, yeah, it was 1988. We were thirteen, and pretty much the target audience for an animated voluptuous sequined redhead cabaret singer....

Star Trek: The Next Generation was a worthy, if somewhat lesser, heir to the Original Series. It stumbled a bit out of the blocks, as...

During our UNH days, Becky Turner once compared me to Rabbit from Winnie the Pooh. I have to admit there's some merit to the claim. The...

In 1991, Michael J. Fox's career was at a turning point. He had wrapped his seven-year star-making run on Family Ties in 1989, completed...

There was a peculiar beauty and brilliance to All in the Family. Like most good art, it was a mirror in which we could see parts of...

Eva Peron, of course, was a real person, and one whose story might feel eerily familiar to some. Webber's tragic treatment of the former...

Seinfeld is rightly considered one of the best sitcoms of all time. The writing is razor-sharp, topical, unforgiving and hilarious. The...

I make no claims to having a great understanding or appreciation of opera. I can appreciate the artistry involved, and like ballet, sit...

In 1984 I was nine years old, and new to the world of comic books. By that, I mean the serious business of comic books, not the casual...

Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom (2012) is a quirky, awkward little romance that is equal parts Romeo and Juliet and Lord of the Flies....

First, let's acknowledge Roald Dahl for the twisted, beautiful creative genius he was. He is best known for his off-center children's...