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Feb 07, 2011
TV
Jennifer Beals never looks as good as she did with curly hair. But that is not an appropriate hairstyle for superintendent Teresa Colvin, Beals’ character on Chicago Code.
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Jan 19, 2011
TV
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Three couples, each character with quirky or distinct personality traits that make for a variety of interest dynamics, both within pairings and couple-to-couple. Perhaps on paper this may seem appealing, but the execution—less the performers and more the source material and direction—is lacking in the pilot to Perfect Couples.
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Jan 06, 2011
TV
Matt Groening
After unceremoniously being canceled by Fox in 2003, Futurama languished in reruns and straight-to-video movies until Comedy Central revived the series last year.
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Dec 20, 2010
TV
HBO
World War II veterans who fought in the Pacific theater finally get their time in the spotlight with HBO’s The Pacific. When Americans depict WWII in films, TV, or video games, we often gloss over the fact that thousands of soldiers died on the Pacific islands. We rush straight to Nazis, The Holocaust, D-Day, and Pearl Harbor. These pivotal events are at the forefront of our knowledge of The Greatest Generation.
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Dec 12, 2010
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Carrie Fisher has lived an extraordinary life. Her likeness has appeared on a U.S. postage stamp. Paul Simon has written songs about her. Her second husband revealed that he was gay after they had a child together, and five years ago, a gay Republican operative died in her bed.
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USA, December 2nd, 2010 @ 4:00 AM
Dec 01, 2010
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Much of Psych’s humor is centered on references to the ’80s and early ’90s, so it’s no surprise that the show about fake psychic detective Shawn Spencer (played by James Roday) and his partner Burton ‘Gus’ Guster (played by Dulé Hill) would spend a whole episode paying homage to cult classic TV show Twin Peaks (which ran from 1990-1991).
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Oct 26, 2010
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There’s no reason to review the sixth season of Lost as a home video release for two reasons: if you’ve watched the first five seasons of Lost, you’ve already seen the sixth season and have probably already made up your mind about how you feel regarding the way things panned out. If you haven’t seen the first five seasons (and really, you should see all five if you’re in it for the long haul), then there’s absolutely no reason you should pick up this disc. Nothing will make sense. It barely does either way.
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Oct 07, 2010
TV
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen’s 1978 album Darkness on the Edge of Town didn’t put him on the covers of Time and Newsweek; 1975’s Born to Run did. Darkness didn’t give him his first Top 10 single; 1980’s The River did with “Hungry Heart.” Darkness didn’t inspire a tribute album, as 1982’s Nebraska did. And these days, indie artists are more apt to cover songs from Springsteen’s 1984 blockbuster Born in the U.S.A. than anything from Darkness. So why is an hour-and-a-half documentary on the making of Darkness on the Edge of Town premiering on HBO tonight?
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Oct 01, 2010
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In the first seconds of this new IFC comedy, the character Todd Margaret looks thoroughly beaten as he sits, shackled, in a British courtroom while his charges are being read: “Funding a terrorist organization, possession of biological weapons, blackmail, possession of child pornography with the intent to distribute…”
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Sep 30, 2010
TV
Matt Groening
Most longtime fans of The Simpsons believe the show is past its prime after being on the air for 22 seasons. Haziness comes when the topic of “when” the decline started comes up. All things considered, season 13 is a tipping point that can’t be ignored.
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