The year is 1960. Sorry, 2022. Three men who are mad about Mad Men are smoking herbal cigarettes and getting a little chatty about one of the greatest television dramas of all time. We begin with the show’s pilot, of course, titled…
The Romanoffs 1×04 Review: “Expectation” Deals with a Long-Held Secret
The fourth installment of The Romanoffs, “Expectation,” comes with an intriguing logline: “Over a single day in New York City, a woman is confronted with every lie she ever told.” That premise sounds devilishly compelling and just the right amount…
The 5 Best Episodes of Mad Men
From the moment a blank silhouette first came tumbling down in a cityscape free-dive in an oft-imitated credits scene, Mad Men grabbed its viewers by the collar and guided them along what would become an eight-year journey freckled with a…
Twelve of the Most Momentous Lines in “Mad Men” History
With just two and a half weeks left of 2015, reminiscence is nearly involuntary. We celebrate with joy the triumphs of film and television, recalling directorial debuts that made our cheeks hurt from smiling or the long-overdue recognition our favorite…
TV Review: Netflix’s Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp Recaptures the Spirit of Its Origin
When Wet Hot American Summer hit theaters over a decade ago, it flopped spectacularly at the box office–not a particularly surprising turn of events for a tiny indie film starring a bunch of people no one had ever heard of.…
TV Review: AMC’s Mad Men 7×7, “Waterloo”
“She was born in 1898 in a barn. She died on the 37th floor of a skyscraper. She was an astronaut.” – Bertram Cooper (d. 1969) There is something to be said for a man that came from an older…
TV Review: AMC’s Mad Men 7×6, “The Strategy”
“The Strategy” offers a nice shift back to what makes Mad Men accepted by all that enjoy this series. While last week’s episode, “The Runaways,” did its best to jump in some different directions, while still utilizing key elements of…