Sep 15, 2009 Posted by David Torcivia

Somebody Must Like It

Sitting through Somebodies was painful. The premiere series from Grady-graduate Hadjii was the trainwreck of a story that could have been and actors that should not have been. The intentions and ideas that spawned the series could but look on as helpless bystanders. The pilot episode desperately needed both a copilot and air traffic control to guide the audience through the tangled mess of characters. What... read more

Sep 4, 2009 Posted by David Torcivia

Tear Jerkers

We all have them, know them, and love them – those scenes from films, television, plays, song, and literature that wet our eyes consistently. These are the tear jerkers, the emotion overloads of art. Be it because of our personal experiences, our humanity, or our concern for a character, something about these scenes reach into our being and elicit one of our most powerful emotional reactions. They are... read more