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Nothing unites Americans in quite the same way as standing around the water cooler, saying, “Did you see Lost last night? That was so cool.” Or debating whether Adam Sandler can actually, you know, act. (Our conclusion: not much.)
Director: Ken Burns
It’s not as if Ken Burns invented the long-form, multi-part documentary. What he did was to bring a sense of style to archive...
Read MoreFilm: The Lion King
Walt Disney Studios was on quite a roll, with each feature becoming more sophisticated in its animation, themes, and music. The Little...
Read MoreTV Show: American Idol
It’s trendy for people to turn their noses up at this show, it’s somehow beneath them. But American Idol’s overpowering...
Read MoreActor: Dustin Hoffman
The first film I saw with Dustin Hoffman in the lead was The Graduate, and I completely believed him. The next role I saw him handle was...
Read MoreTV Show: Austin City Limits
If Austin is indeed the “live music capital of the world” as it proclaims itself, much of the credit has to go to Austin City...
Read MoreFilm: The Thin Man
I owe a lot of my love for classic films to my wife, and one of the treasures that she helped me to discover was The Thin Man. Based on a...
Read MoreActor: Gary Cooper
Imagine a continuum that defines acting styles. On the one side, you’d have the histrionic, almost melodramatic actors. William...
Read MoreMusic: Great Movie Songs
This recognition isn’t for songs that were incorporated into a movie’s soundtrack, but for songs that made their debut in a...
Read MoreTV Show: Roots
It’s hard for contemporary television watchers to grasp what happened to America when Roots premiered on ABC in 1977. Rather than...
Read MoreFilm: The Sting
Paul Newman (Great American Things, May 17, 2009) and Robert Redford co-starred in two blockbuster movies, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance...
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