There is a scene in this week’s episode of The Americans, “Salang Pass”, which has FBI Agent Stan Beeman and KGB officer Oleg Igorevich meet on opposite sides of a bridge. One is dressed in white and the other in…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans (3×04) “Dimebag”
The Jennings are getting it from all sides when it comes to ambushes lately. Last week, Philip and Elizabeth were caught off guard by the CIA. This week, Philip and Elizabeth are caught off guard by their own daughter. Given…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 3×3, “Open House”
The centerpiece of this week’s episode finds Philip and Elizabeth stuck in a situation they did not anticipate, but have the ways and means of getting out of. It is a portion of the episode that puts everything aside, as…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 3×2, “Baggage”
Titles for various TV episodes are not always that hard to decipher. Friends even made it plain and clear by having a majority of their titles start with, “The One With…” The Americans follow-up episode to its strong third season…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 3×1, “EST Men”
America’s favorite family of seemingly regular people who are actually Russians spies living as Americans during the Cold War are back! The acclaimed FX series, The Americans, returns to television this week and despite being a show that is not…
Tribeca ’14 Review: 5 to 7
New York City, impoverished writers, French exotic women: all have been romanticized in film countless times ever since the cinematic medium was invented. 5 to 7, directed by Victor Levin, has combined each and every one of those clichés and…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Draft Day’ Fumbles, But At Least The Players Tried
I need to preface this by saying I am not a sports fan. I have no sworn allegiance to one team or the other. The only sports event I enjoy watching is the Puppy Bowl, and that pretty much requires…