THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE SKED: Week 1 + 1 – Network Scorecard
> None of the networks should be throwing a parade after the first 8 days of the new season, but some may be in more of a marching mood than others. FOX: It was all going so well for FOX. NEW GIRL launched as strong...
What Are Legendary, Dune and RatPac and Why Should We Care?
There is tumult in the movie business, we’re told. Reports warn that several studios as we know them are about to undergo seismic change for years to come. And why? Because Legendary Entertainment may shift i...
PATHWAY TO PROFITABILITY — The Studio View
>At ShowBuzzDaily we look at the movie year in three parts: the soft Winter/Spring year-part from January through April, the strong Summer season from May-August, and the slow-starting but soon sizzling Fall/ Holiday season fro...
THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Weekends At Bellevue”
> See A Word About Busted Pilots It was widely rumored in the weeks before the networks announced their new schedules at the Upfronts that WEEKENDS AT BELLEVUE was destined to hit the air on FOX. In fact, even its timeslo...
THE SKED: “X” Marks The Renewal
> In a week when the ratings news has been pretty bleak for FOX, they’ve whipped up some glad tidings by announcing that X FACTOR is renewed for the 2012-13 television season. It’s the first renewal of the sea...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Terra Nova”
> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may hav...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Big Year”
THE BIG YEAR: Watch It At Home – Very Small Pleasures THE BIG YEAR is an amiable, good-natured comedy that’s so insubstantial it seems to fly out of your memory even as you’re watching it. If...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “What’s Your Number?”
WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER? – Worth a Ticket: The Number’s Higher Than You’d Think Romantic comedies that are actually romantic and comic are so rare these days, it doesn’t matter ...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Alcatraz”
> Previously… On ALCATRAZ: San Francisco cop Rebecca Madsen (Sarah Jones), whose partner was recently killed, finds herself embroiled in a mysterious case in which an Alcatraz inmate from 40 years ago, apparently lo...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “New Girl”
> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may hav...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES – Worth A Ticket: Simian Power Although it’s positioned as the last big adventure epic of the summer, for most of its length Rupert Wyatt’s RISE OF THE PLA...