Southland – a fresh take on Police Drama
This isn’t The Shield, Law and Order or CSI, this is a dramatic take on the everyday lives of a handful of LAPD Cops and the atrocities they face in a gang nation. Southland offers nothing new in terms of police drama but that shouldn’t be a reason to avoid watching it as I found it to be a very well shot, well acted bit of television. Like most of these cop inspired movies you have... [Read more]
V (2009)
I was pleasantly happy with the premier of V on ABC. With the nostalgia and love I had for the original series, I re watched the old episodes on SyFy last week in preparation for the new show. In a way I wished that I had left the 1983 miniseries back in the archives of my memory instead of reliving it. While the story remained solid with the assimilation of the earth, the recruitment of... [Read more]
Hawthorne (2009)
So tonight aired the season premier of Jada Pinkett Smith’s new hospital drama Hawthorne. Going into it I was hoping to not be annoyed by the sass and over-acting that I was used to seeing when the petite actress was on screen but I tried my best to have an open mind being that I had not seen her on the screen for awhile. The show highlights the shaky life of one Christina Hawthorne... [Read more]
