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Oct 20
2012
09:08 PM ET
'The Girl' review: Breaking news: Alfred Hitchcock abused Tippi Hedren, badly and melodramatically
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Oct 19
2012
11:20 PM ET
'Hunted' premiere review: Bone-crunching fights, soul-crushing lies, lip-pouting action
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Oct 17
2012
11:25 PM ET
'American Horror Story: Asylum' premiere review: Boo! As in, were you well-scared, or disappointed?
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In part because it involves people associated with The New Normal and The Voice, the new season of American Horror Story, subtitled Asylum, is automatically scarier than the first one. Co-creator Ryan Murphy, the man behind the garish laughs of New Normal, has enlisted Adam Levine as one of his horror-show victims, and just watching the stubbly singer-scarecrow feign sex with his character’s new bride (Jenna Dewan Tatum) was effectively, thoroughly unnerving. READ FULL STORY »
Oct 17
2012
11:13 PM ET
'Nashville' week two review: Pickin', grinnin', and skinny-dippin'
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The second episode of Nashville kicked off a scene showing Juliette Barnes (Hayden Panettiere) filming a video for for new single “Telescope,” a bit of jaunty pop-country that’s been released in the real world as a single to country radio. It seems like a bit of a risky move: If the song as sung by Panettiere sinks without a trace, doesn’t it suggest that Juliette Barnes isn’t a powerhouse hit maker? Not really: The majority of viewers watching Nashville aren’t also keeping their eyes on the music charts. Nope, it’s the mixture of drama and music that’s going to make or break Nashville, and this week’s episode, written as last week’s pilot was by creator Callie Khouri, revealed more of the series’ strengths and weaknesses. READ FULL STORY »
Oct 14
2012
10:27 PM ET
'The Walking Dead' premiere review: Back to the reason this show exists: Killin' zombies
The Walking Dead returned on Sunday night for its third season, and returned to its roots. By which I mean: Killing zombies. After a season spent largely squandered by debates about morality and the frailty of human existence, with lots of maundering soul-searching, The Walking Dead needed to realign itself. Similarly, viewers — including me — need to shake off the idea that there should be deeper character development. Just because it’s on AMC doesn’t mean it’s of Breaking Bad or Mad Men quality. We have to take The Walking Dead on its own terms. And those terms are, I repeat: Killing zombies.
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Oct 13
2012
11:59 AM ET
'Walking Dead' season premiere VIDEO review: It may be the best episode yet
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Oct 10
2012
10:53 PM ET
'Nashville' premiere review: The season's best new show, some sources of its music and its drama: 'What the hell was THAT?'
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One of the great pleasures of Nashville is that it arrived fully formed, with a sure sense of what it wants to accomplish dramatically, and with a masterful command of atmosphere and setting. No other new show this season projects such effortless assurance, hits so many notes of emotion. Hell, no other scripted show hits so many just plain notes: Its music is as interesting as its storytelling. READ FULL STORY »
Oct 10
2012
08:55 PM ET
'Arrow' premiere review: More than just ab workouts and quiver-grabbin'
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It would be a mistake to say that Arrow is the Smallvillification of DC Comics superhero Green Arrow, as tempting as that is. In this new series starring Stephen Amell as billionaire playboy Oliver Queen, The Emerald Archer is presented as a hooded bow-and-arrow expert with superb musculature who – well, what he does is almost beside the point, much of the time. Much of the purpose of Arrow is to showcase Amell’s good looks and his muscle-flexing fighting, including martial arts skills as well as quiver-grabbin’. Of course he fights crime; of course he has problems with his love life and his family. Of course he has a sister who’s into drugs nicknamed Speedy – wait, what? In the comics, Speedy was Green Arrow’s male sidekick; here, she’s played by The O.C.’s Willa Holland as a brat. Oh, that’s right: This is the CW… READ FULL STORY »
Oct 9
2012
11:02 PM ET
'Vegas' review: When a show strains to be good, mediocre things can happen
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Oct 7
2012
10:36 PM ET
'The Good Wife' and its Kalinda problem
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Is this the season Kalinda (Archie Panjabi) peaks, as a character? I think it may be: Her hubby-trouble subplot in the new season of The Good Wife has been so disconnected from the real meat of the episodes – the law firm in bankruptcy; the introduction of a marvelously low-key Nathan Lane as the firm’s fussily efficient appointed trustee; this week’s mini-showcase for Maura Tierney, who just becomes more beguiling, more forceful, more intriguing with every guest role she takes – that Julianna Margulies’ Alicia has even remarked on how detached Kalinda is from the rest of what’s going on. READ FULL STORY »
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