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70. Bewitched (1964-1972)
by Lucille Juliano “Once upon a time, there was a typical American girl who happened to bump into a typical red-blooded...
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# 69. Thirtysomething
by Adam Ferenz When thirtysomething, because yes, originally, it was not capitalized, made its debut in 1987, the term yuppie was already known. Series such as Only Fools and Horses, and films like...
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Becker’s Le Trou and Strictly Streisand Retro on Monday Morning Diary (July 10)
by Sam Juliano Summer is upon us in full throttle and for some this is the annual opportunity to leave the house. Others no doubt will avail themselves of the opportunity to attend films, plays and...
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68. The Muppet Show
Raquel Welch: “Thank you Kermit, I had a wonderful time, but I don’t think I changed my image.” Kermit the Frog: “You may not have changed your image, but I think you may have changed ours.” This...
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67. Agatha Christie’s Poirot (1989-2013)
by Sam Juliano It has been maintained that the prolific output of Dame Agatha Christie has outstripped the sales of all published works aside from the Bible and Shakespeare’s plays. Her works have...
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66. Orange is the New Black (2013-present)
by Jillian Juliano Note: This is 16 year-old Jillian Juliano’s first review of any kind. At a young age, we are all taught the principle of what is good and bad. We are told that when we do...
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65. The Addams Family (1964-66)
by Sam Juliano This towering mute has been shambling around the house forever…He is not a very good butler but a faithful one…One eye is opaque, the scanty hair is damply clinging to his narrow flat...
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64. Anne of Green Gables/Anne of Avonlea (1985-87)
by Sam Juliano Note: This review is dedicated to the memory of Jonathan Crombie, who passed away in New York City at the age of 48 in April of 2015 of an unexpected and tragic brain hemorrhage The...
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63. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994)
by Dennis Polifroni Remakes and reboots don’t fare well. Often, the best intentions are squashed by high anticipations and a kind of hopeful euphoria that occurs when a beloved property is seemingly...
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62. Dark Shadows (1966-71)
by Sam Juliano It all began as a harmless curiosity. A few of my seventh-grade friends clued me in on an afternoon soap opera they had been watching daily. Mind you, they didn’t initially volunteer...
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War for the Planet of the Apes, The Beguiled, and Jaimie Grijalba fundraiser...
by Sam Juliano You could have practically fried eggs on the sidewalk this past week with some oppressive heat, but things at Wonders in the Dark are similarly in scorching mode. The Greatest...
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61. True Detective (2014-15)
by Dennis Polifroni “When you enter the darkness… The darkness enters you…” I think what separates TRUE DETECTIVE from all the other crime shows and movies of the past two and three decades can all...
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60. Friends (1994-2004)
by Samuel Juliano IV Note: This is the first published review by 20 year-old Samuel “Sammy” Juliano IV. Joey: “Why do you call him Gandalf?” Ross: “Gandalf the Wizard. Hello, didn’t you read Lord...
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(59) A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America”
Bob Clark There’s a passage in Scott McCloud’s graphic novel (or perhaps the better term is “graphic essay”) Understanding Comics in which the cartoonist examines the ways in which new artistic...
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58. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
by Sierra Fox and Nicholas Perry It was the Star Trek program that wasn’t Star Trek: The Next Generation. The space station centered tv show that wasn’t Babylon 5. (Now, it’s the show Ron Moore worked...
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57. Sherlock (2010-present)
by Dennis Polifroni It all comes down to preference. When a tried and true property takes on an over-haul, it’s natural for purists to bitch and buck at anything that doesn’t follow the rules by the...
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56. The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (1962-1992)
by Lucille Juliano It’s a simple fact, that throughout show business history, there has never been such a success story. Who in the world has had thirty years in one spot? It never happened before....
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55. The World at War (1973-74)
by Sam Juliano More documentaries, narrative films and volumes have been made or written about the cataclysmic event known as World War II, than about any era in world history. It is estimated that...
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Dunkirk and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) on Monday Morning Diary...
by Sam Juliano The dog days of August are approaching, and many of us are doing what we can to stay clear of the oppressive heat. Others couldn’t be happier to indulge in outdoor pursuits. The...
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54. Neon Genesis: Evangelion (1995-96)
by Allan Fish (Japan 1995-1996 579m) DVD1/2 Definitely not something to do to kill time p Yutaka Sugiyama d Hideaki Anno & Kazuya Tsurumaki, Masayuki, Hiroyuki Ishido, Tsuyoshi Kaga, Tensai...
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