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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Sessions”

Oscar buzz has been trailing THE SESSIONS (which was then called The Surrogate) since it was unveiled at Sundance in January, and with good reason. For Academy members, it doesn’t get much better than a warm “base...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “The New Normal”

A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and the production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have ha...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Great Expectations”

At this point in movie history, it’s beside the point to ask why we even need a new film version of GREAT EXPECTATIONS when David Lean’s 1946 masterpiece still exists. (And for those who want a different slant on ...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Parenthood”

PARENTHOOD: Tuesday 10PM on NBC WHERE WE WERE: The wedding of Crosby (Dax Shepard) and Jasmine (Joy Bryant), an event long in coming, considering that they’ve been raising Jabbar (Tyree Brown) together a...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Master”

THE MASTER: Worth A Ticket – The Title Describes the Filmmaker Our shorthand for describing movie directors, even great ones, is to compare them to other filmmakers. So Quentin Tarantino is Sergio Leone plus ha...

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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9/13/12

FOX won the night, but has to be a little nervous. FOX: The competition on Thursdays hasn’t even begun, with regular season programming still 2 weeks away, but at 3.2, THE X FACTOR couldn’t even hold onto its Wedn...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Glee”

GLEE: Thursday 9PM on FOX WHERE WE WERE: Post-graduation, post-national title, watching a lot of regulars on their way out of high school: Rachel off to NY and NYADA, Kurt to neither, Finn to the Army, Puck to LA, ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Seven Psychopaths”

Few movies are as wholeheartedly dedicated to meta-ness as Martin McDonagh’s SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS. The title of the movie is also the title of the script its main character Marty (Colin Farrell)–which, I belie...

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THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Damages”

After 5 seasons, 2 of them exclusively on DirecTV, DAMAGES and its saga of dueling attorneys Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) and Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne) came to its close this week, mostly with a whimper. There were no la...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “In the House”

Francois Ozon’s IN THE HOUSE is a delicious examination of the pleasures and dangers of addictive narrative. Storytelling (and corresponding tricks of cinematic structure) has been an interest of Ozon’s throughout...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 9/14/12

This weekend’s boxoffice is looking stronger than last week’s–but that’s not saying very much. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (Screen Gems/Sony) owned F...

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THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9/14/12

ABC’s Friday makes its season debut. ABC: SHARK TANK, PRIMETIME and 20/20 all arrived for the new season with great consistency: 1.7/1.7/1.8. That was enough to win every hour (and the night), although none too impr...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 9/14/12

OPENINGS: Both RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (Screen Gems/Sony) and FINDING NEMO 3D (Pixar/Disney) are softer than expected. Evil is likely to have a $21M weekend, which would be the lowest opening in the series since the 20...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “End of Watch”

David Ayer’s END OF WATCH brings a new wrinkle to the “found-footage” genre by using it in a cop movie. LAPD Officer Brian Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) wires a camera to his uniform, and constantly photog...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “No”

In 1988, the Chilean military dictatorship headed by General Augusto Pinochet was forced by diplomatic pressure to finally permit a democratic election, in order to prove its claim that the country’s people support...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Sessions”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “The New Normal”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Great Expectations”

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Parenthood”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Master”

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9/13/12

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Glee”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Seven Psychopaths”

THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Damages”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “In the House”

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 9/14/12

THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9/14/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 9/14/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “End of Watch”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “No”

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