It is now time to feel bad for Gaad, a respectable man from the FBI undone by his desire to just stay out of everything. The Americans put a panicked situation together to address Pastor Tim, but things got truly…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 4×9, “The Day After”
I remember seeing The Day After in college and it did plenty to bring back memories of my fear of nuclear war. The nightmare sequence in Terminator 2 is partially to blame for that, but the thought of a nuke…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 4×8, “The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears”
Let’s get this out of the way, “The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears” may be a great episode of The Americans, but it’s just the worst episode title to go with. Fortunately, Matthew Rhys’ first…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 4×7, “Travel Agents”
So do we have an over/under on how far Poor Martha is going to get in her ‘new life’. It seems as if everything else in this season of The Americans has been put on hold, as ‘Travel Agents’ is…
Movie Review: The Driftless Area
Anton Yelchin and I haven’t had a good track record with his films that premier at the Tribeca Film Festival. First with the mopey 5 to 7 and now, more recently, with last year’s aimless, bizarre fairy tale The Driftless Area. With a…
2016 Tribeca Film Festival: Youth in Oregon
What happens when your father decides that it’s time to end it all, that he’s tired of causing you and your family so much grief and pain, that he himself is tired of suffering and just wants, well, to die?…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 4×6, “The Rat”
Something I don’t focus on too much with The Americans is the emphasis on disguise. Almost every week, Philip and Elizabeth must don some silly wig or facial hair when on a mission. I think the show is kind of…