‘Rome’: perfect for a snowy winter weekend
HBO pulled the plug on its “Rome” series in 2007 after only two seasons, but I didn’t catch up with the addictive show until HBO Video sent me the recently released “complete series” package. Now that...
View Article‘Downton Abbey’ — ‘Upstairs Downstairs’ on steroids
If you missed the first season of the glossy and highly addictive British soap opera “Downton Abbey” last year, you have a chance to catch up before the second season is aired on PBS in January. Most...
View Article‘Dearie’: falling for Julia Child all over again
The line between biographer and subject seems to disappear in “Dearie” (Knopf), Bob Spitz’s terrific new book about the late, great Julia Child. Most Americans already have a sense of the woman’s...
View Article‘Downton Abbey’ cruises into season five
Like it or not, “Downton Abbey” is the most popular series in the history of PBS, drawing many more viewers than “Brideshead Revisited” or “The Jewel in the Crown” or “I Claudius.” It’s the creation of...
View ArticleCatching up with ‘Outlander’
It’s easy to see why the STARZ adaptation of the Diana Gabaldon novel “Outlander” has been such a big hit — the mix of romance, adventure, time travel, steamy sex and shocking violence hits most of the...
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