Well,
Mad Men, Jon Hamm, David Duchovny,
Atonement have
won Golden Globes!
There are a lot of other winners, of course, but the above are the ones I'm cheering about.
Mad Men on AMC was the most original, powerful new series of the year - which is not taking anything away from Showtime's
The Tudors (Henry VIII) and HBO's
Big Love (polygamy today), which were also superb, also nominated, and I loved. Jon Hamm was magnificent as Don Draper in
Mad Men - but I wouldn't have been unhappy, either, had nominee Michael C. Hall won it for Showtime's delightful serially killing Dexter. And nominees Jonathan Rhys Meyers in
The Tudors, Bill Paxton in
Big Love and Hugh Laurie in
House gave powerhouse performances, too. It was a great year for riveting drama on television. That's why I call this the Platinum Age.
David Duchovny as Hank Moody in Showtime's
Californication was fall-down-on-the-floor laughing - as hilarious a savvy, comedic performance as ever I've seen.
And
Atonement - which my wife and I saw a few weeks ago - is an original masterpiece of a movie. I would have reviewed it here in Infinite Regress already, had not Presidential politics jumped in the way. I will review
Atonement here in the next few weeks or months.
In the meantime, links to my reviews of Mad Men, The Tudors, Big Love, Dexter, and Californication follow. The link brings you to my review of the first episode, which contains links to my reviews of all the others...
reviews of Mad Men begin with
Cigarette Companies and Nixon Comingreviews of The Tudors begin with
History So Colorful You Can Taste Itreviews of Big Love begin with
Big Love Resumesreviews of Dexter begin with
Dexter's Back!reviews of Californication begin with
Californication Going On Mondays
The Plot to Save Socrates"challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly
"a Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News
"Sierra Waters is sexy as hell" - curled up with a good bookmore about The Plot to Save Socrates...
Read the first chapter of The Plot to Save Socrates ....
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