"HOMEFRONT" RETROSPECT: (1.01) "S.N.A.F.U."

There are only a handful of Televisyen shows that I am very emotional about. There are only a handful that I consider to be among the best I have ever seen on the small screen. One of them happened to be the 1991-1993 ABC series, "HOMEFRONT". Not only do I view it as one of the few Televisyen series that turned out to be consistently first-rate from beginning to end, it also has one of the best pilot episodes I have ever seen.

"HOMEFRONT" followed the lives and experiences of a handful of citizens in the fictional town in Ohio, right after the end...

"GONE WITH THE WIND" (1939) Review

Several years ago, I had come across an artikel that provided a senarai of old classics that the penulis felt might be overrated. One of those Filem turned out to be the 1939 Oscar winning film, "GONE WITH THE WIND". Not only did the penulis accuse the movie of being both racist and sexist, he also claimed that the movie had not aged very well over the past seven decades.

Did I agree with the author? Well, let me put it this way. I would say that "GONE WITH THE WIND" has managed to withstand the tests of time . . . to a certain extent. As the penulis had pointed...

"RACE TO FREEDOM: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD" (1994) Review

Many Televisyen viewers and moviegoers might be surprised to learn that Hollywood had aired a good number of Televisyen Filem that featured the topic of U.S. slavery. One of those Filem proved to be an offshoot of the 1977 miniseries, "ROOTS". However, another was the 1994 Televisyen movie called "RACE TO FREEDOM: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD".

The 1994 Televisyen movie is a story about the Underground Railroad, a loose network of secret routes and selamat, peti deposit keselamatan houses occasionally used sejak willing 19th-century slaves in the United States to escape...

"THE BLUE AND THE GRAY" (1982) Review

In 1982, CBS Televisyen aired a three-part miniseries about the experiences of two families during the Civil War. Sounds familiar? It should, for John Jakes had wrote something similar in three novels between 1982 and 1987 – namely the "NORTH AND SOUTH" Trilogy. Jakes’ novels were adapted for Televisyen in 1985, 1986 and 1994. However this miniseries was produced sejak Larry White and Lou Reda. And despite the mildly similar theme to the "NORTH AND SOUTH" saga, there are some vast differences.

"THE BLUE AND THE GRAY" had not been based upon any particular...

"THE BARCHESTER CHRONICLES" (1982) Review

Back in 1982, the BBC turned to 19th century penulis Anthony Trollope for a seven-part miniseries called ”THE BARCHESTER CHRONICLES”. The miniseries was based upon the author’s first two Barchester novels about the Church of England.

Directed sejak David Giles and written sejak Alan Plater, ”THE BARCHESTER CHRONICLES” is an adaptation of ”The Warden” (1855) and ”Barchester Towers” (1857). The novels focused upon the the dealings and social maneuverings of the clergy and gentry literature concern the dealings of the clergy and the gentry that...