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Gracepoint

FOX, Thursdays 9/8 Central

Oct 02, 2014 TV Issue #51 - September/October 2014 - alt-J

In FOX’s 10-part miniseries, adapted from the British drama Broadchurch, the body of a 12-year-old boy is found on the beach of idyllic California sea town, Gracepoint. Detective Emmett Carver (David Tennant), a newcomer to the community, heads up the investigation. His partner, Ellie Miller (Anna Gunn) resents Carver for being hired into the promotion she wanted and instantly butts heads with him.

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Bad Judge

NBC, Thursdays 9/8 Central

Oct 02, 2014 TV Web Exclusive

Kate Walsh is Rebecca Wright, the titular “bad” judge, whose heavy-drinking, drug-using, party-hearty lifestyle is at odds with her respectable career as a criminal court judge.

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Oct 02, 2014 Music Issue #51 - September/October 2014 - alt-J

The impact of Oasis’ 1995-released second album is still prevalent today. Given the reissue treatment like its predecessor, the juiced up, remastered version accentuates the quality of this batch of songs.

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Oct 02, 2014 Music Issue #51 - September/October 2014 - alt-J

Perhaps no label has been as sneakily influential on pop culture in the last decade as Hyperdub. The dubstep they helped popularize went mainstream, the clattering melancholy that was their trademark found its way into indie rock and hip-hop, and R&B in 2014 would sound out of place if it didn’t have some dustiness to it.

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The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin

Studio: Gravitas Ventures
Directed by Nicholas Mross

Oct 01, 2014 Cinema Web Exclusive

At this point, most of us have probably heard of Bitcoin but still have no use for it. According to the enthusiasts and industry insiders in The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin, it’s only a matter of time.

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Oct 01, 2014 Music Issue #51 - September/October 2014 - alt-J

Regardless of what The Smashing Pumpkins have been up to in the past few decades—side-projects, sanctimonious public dismissals of one another, misguided attempts at keeping the band together and defending its legacy while appearing too smug to actually redeem themselves (all of which, like the band, was mainly Billy Corgan’s doing)—the music should really speak for itself.

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Sep 30, 2014 TV Web Exclusive

Peter Capaldi’s turn in the TARDIS is giving us one of the most consistently good seasons of Doctor Who since Matt Smith’s first year. And, just as Smith’s adventures with the Ponds framed the emotional arch of season five, Clara Oswald’s courtship with ex-soldier Danny Pink provides a grounded narrative for The Doctor’s outlandish attributes to work with.

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Last Hijack

Studio: FilmBuff
Directed by Tommy Pallotta and Femke Wolting

Sep 30, 2014 Cinema Web Exclusive

Directors Pallotta and Wolting try to show the human side of the Somali pirate epidemic, but they don’t quite achieve their goal.

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