The CBS drama Hawaii Five-0 has often been criticized by this writer for its left-wing writing and “jumping the shark” in its storytelling. But Friday the episode Ho’onani Makuakane (Honor Thy Father) took a 180-degree turn into a great production. Spoilers ahead
This week’s episode of the CBS drama Hawaii Five-0 featured depictions of President Barack Obama and the United States Secret Service that turn reality on its head. (Spoilers ahead …) Friday’s Hau’oli La Ho’omaika’I (Thanksgiving) episode, including a guest appearance by
This week’s episode of the CBS drama NCIS: Los Angeles featured an “ultra right wing” terror group complete with a Gadsden Flag, a favorite of the modern Tea Party movement. Tuesday’s episode, entitled Recovery, had the team investigating the apparent drowning
This week’s episode of NCIS delved into the continuing plight of Afghan women. It also exposed the false hope offered by Hillary Clinton to those women when U.S. forces removed the Taliban from power in 2002 following the 9/11 attacks. ** Spoiler Alert **
In 1987 director Paul Verhoeven introduced audiences to a new kind of law enforcement officer in a crime ridden, futuristic Detroit. RoboCop, starring Peter Weller as the cyborg cop, was, and remains, a classic replete with social commentary. Officer Alex Murphy is
Oscar-nominated actress Eileen Brennan died Sunday at the age of 80. Brennan started her career in 1966 in the TV film The Star Wagon. She was a regular on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In during the counter-culture comedy’s 1968 season and had
Friday night the documentary Hating Breitbart opened in limited theatrical release and via Video On Demand services. It also became available for download at Rotten Tomatoes and iTunes. Written and directed by Andrew Marcus, Hating Breitbart follows the late, great
Imagine watching a television crime drama about a girl being kidnapped and held hostage for a decade, and when the show ends having the breaking news headline practically be torn right out of that show’s plot. Viewers of CBS’s Hawaii
This week’s episode of Hawaii Five-O correctly portrayed North Korea as a brutal, isolated nation that harbors terrorists. But the CBS show’s latest installment, which aired on the 101st birthday of North Korea’s founder, Kim Il-Sung, jumped the shark all
The SyFy Channel just aired the season finale of Continuum, a Canadian science fiction series set in both 2077 and 2012. The series critiques both bloated government bureaucracy as well as corporations, making it a rare show that successfully navigates
Last Tuesday’s episode of NCIS: Los Angeles was the first of a two-part event introducing viewers to a potential spin-off series called NCIS: Red. The new show, starring Kim Raver (24, Third Watch) and John Corbett (best known for Northern Exposure), follows
Tuesday’s new episode of NCIS showed Hollywood putting aside its liberal bias and honoring our military. Specifically, they gave a particularly touching tribute to the brave U.S. Marine War Dogs and their handlers. (Episode spoilers to follow …) If your
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome chronicles the first mission of a young Ensign Bill Adama, his co-pilot “Coker” and their enigmatic civilian passenger Dr. Becca Kelly as they embark on what is supposed to be a “milk run” that turns into
The ABC series “Last Resort” has its flaws, as all television dramas do. The show is remarkably mirroring – albeit in a very formulaic Hollywood way – the realities of our current political, military and foreign policy situations. Perhaps even
In the Age of Obama the government calls the Fort Hood massacre “work place violence” and blames a YouTube video for the death of four Americans in Benghazi by terrorists. Hollywood too often takes its cues from the government, avoiding
This past week’s installment of the Military Channel’s “Black-OPS” recalled one of the most famous and daring Special Forces missions in modern history. The “Operation Thunderbolt” episode reviewed a military action best known as the raid on Entebbe, the Israeli
This week installment of The Military Channel’s “Black-OPS” focused on the hunt for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and the relentless assault on al-Qaeda In Iraq (AQI) under the command of General Stanley McChrystal. The show highlights how the United States lost
This week’s episode of “NCIS” was special in two ways. First, viewers met the man that the main character, Special Agent Gibbs, was named after. Second, a very special group of American heroes, people many viewers have probably never heard of
I stumbled upon a video titled “The Woman For Mitt Romney with Selma Blair” over at Funny or Die, Will Ferrell’s online home for humor. The premise? There is only one woman in America dumb enough to vote for the
Last night’s episode of the Military Channel’s “Black OPS” program featured a rundown of Operation Neptune Spear, the mission that killed Osama bin Laden. This was a pretty straightforward account of the May 1st, 2011 mission by SEAL Team 6
NBC tells the AP that two days after the final presidential debate and less than two weeks before the November 6th election, President Barack Obama will be making his fifth appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” Obama is
With the presidential election coming down to the wire, and many right-leaning Democrats and Independents either undecided or suffering from “buyers remorse,” it’s no coincidence four conservative movies are all out in the same condensed time frame. Stephen K. Bannon’s
