A former editor of millimeter, the magazine about the technology of making movies, I’ve written about movies for the World and Independent Film Page on About.com. the Kansas City Star and local site KCActive. I’m a guest critic on the independent, foreign and documentary review episodes of Steve Kraske's "Up to Date" on KCUR, the Kansas City NPR affiliate and a former member of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle.

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Friday Night Lights (2006-2011)

May 6, 2011

More a portrait of a marriage than a show about football, this series deserves a wider audience. Connie Britton steals the show, but the supporting cast offers great teen drama that beats anything the 90210 franchise has provided. The second season suffered from the writers' strike, but gets back the rhythm in the storylines that follow.