THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Killer Elite”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – “Alcatraz”
> Disclaimer: Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall. Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot. So these critiques sh...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D”
STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE 3D, to give it its fully identifying title, has the distinction of being the most successful movie ever made that is generally agreed to be terrible. Over $900M in ticke...
SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “Man of Steel”
MAN OF STEEL: Watch It At Home – Another Guy In a Cape “Kneel before Zod!” the villain of that name roared in what’s probably the best-remembered piece of dialogue from Superman 2. That line ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Battleship”
BATTLESHIP: Not Even For Free – Watch a Transformers DVD Instead For about half an hour, BATTLESHIP could fool you into thinking it’s not the movie you were expecting it to be. It beg...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Alphas”
Like its central hero, Dr. Lee Rosen (David Strathairn), ALPHAS spent most of its Season 2 finale staggering about in a daze, apparently bleeding to death. And–SPOILER ALERT— also like Rosen, as well as eve...
THE SKED @ BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Wonder Woman”
> This year’s WONDER WOMAN pilot did not fly under the radar. Produced by Warner Bros Television for NBC, it was the subject of speculation before it was even placed with a network, scrutiny while it was being produ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Real Steel”
REAL STEEL: Watch It At Home – The Word is “Clunky” REAL STEEL wants to be loved so much, it practically walks the audience members to their cars and offers to give them all a lift home. And yet, th...
THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Hell On Wheels”
HELL ON WHEELS – Sunday 9PM on AMC WHERE WE WERE: Building the transcontinental railroad. Our antihero, former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon, joined the Union Pacific Railroad’s march to the west on...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Banshee”
As a series, Cinemax’s BANSHEE has been notable for the sheer knock-down, drag-out-edness of its action scenes. One episode started with a bungled robbery which led to a chase that must have lasted 10 minutes, an...
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 SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Gone”
GONE: Not Even For Free – Gone? Not Soon Enough When was the last time you saw a non-ironic, non-parody movie where someone was sneaking around in a room belonging to a possible villain, se...
THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Once Upon A Time”
ONCE UPON A TIME: Sunday 8PM on ABC WHERE WE WERE: Watching a season finale that looked like it could end the series, as Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison), AKA the daughter of Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard (Ginnifer...