Created and written by Abi Morgan Reviewed by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban In the desert landscape of end of summer TV, The Hour, a six hours miniseries running on BBC America Wednesdays at 10 PM, is a rarely good find. The Hour takes place in 1956 London and follows two journalists friends, Freddie Lyon (Ben Whishaw) and Bel Rowley (Romola Garai) who, fighting the stiff suits that ran the BBC at the time, try to [...]
directed by Michael Winterbottom reviewed by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban Warning: Don't watch on an empty stomach Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, two British comic actors in real life, go on a trip together to cover Steve's assignment as a food critic for the Observer. The restaurants they visit, housed at posh boutique hotels, were chosen by Steve's girlfriend, Mischa, who was supposed to go with him. But Mischa has moved to the States and [...]
Reviewed by Carmen Ferreiro-EstebanThe battle of the sexes is over and we won, Ryan Gosling's character, Jacob, tells Cal (Steve Carell from The Office) at the beginning of the serious comedy (and that is an oxymoron, I know) Crazy, Stupid, Love. Jacob, a cad in his thirties, is quite successful at picking up women at bars and likes it that way.Forty something years old Cal, on the other hand, is a mess after [...]
