THE BIJOU RETROSPECTIVE: “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: ABC Trailer – “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”
AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. is The Big One, not just for ABC but for any network this fall. A spin-off of one of the most successful movies ever made (and part of a gigantically successful ongoing franchise), co-written and...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Grimm”
The second season of NBC’s GRIMM was considerably more satisfying than its first, although it did show the strain of trying to establish a series mythology. The season’s final episode (really, last weekR...
THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Green Lantern” – Shining Not So Bright
> Watch It At Home: For Fans of Florescent Green Another summer weekend; another superhero epic. What used to be an extravagant event genre is now hard-pressed to muster more than a yawn. What is there to say ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Taken 2”
TAKEN 2: Watch It At Home – “Particular Set of Skills” Indeed As silly sequels to mindless hits go, TAKEN 2 is fairly entertaining, at least for a while. The first movie, of course, was a sur...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Snow White and the Huntsman”
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN: Worth A Ticket – Not a Disneyland Ride Just to be clear, the new SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN bears about as much resemblance to this spring’s Mirror Mirror as The Dark ...
THE SKED FALL FINALE REVIEW: “Revolution”
One of the many ways in which broadcast networks have started to resemble their cable counterparts is in the structure of a series season. For years, cable has aired its shows, especially serialized series, in clearly-...
THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Game of Thrones”
> GAME OF THRONES: Sundays 9PM on HBO Bend the knee, everyone: GAME OF THRONES is back. WHERE WE WERE: Reeling from the decapitation of Eddard Stark, who until the loss of his head had seemed to be the stalwar...
THE BIJOU BULLETIN: “Spy Kids 4” Stinks (Intentionally)
> Get all the stench jokes out of your system: come August 19, the new SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD won’t just be in tired old 3D, but in what they’re calling the 4D of Aromascope. In other ...
SHOWBUZZDAILY MOVIE REVIEW: “After Earth”
AFTER EARTH: Not Even For Free – The Smith Family In Outer Space In AFTER EARTH, Will Smith plays Cypher Raige, an emotionally austere father who withholds affection from his son because of his doubt that the boy...
THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Captain America: The First Avenger” – Red, White & Retro
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Hooten & The Lady”
HOOTEN & THE LADY: Thursday 9PM on CW – Change the Channel Here’s an indicative moment from CW’s summer adventure series HOOTEN & THE LADY. The disreputable treasure-hunter Hooten (Michael L...
THE SKED MIDSEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Arrow”
ARROW, CW’s successful new superhero action series, has found its own best secret identity as a quasi-soap, a fact imperfectly illustrated by tonight’s midseason finale. The tactic of conveying a comic book s...
THE SKED PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Revolution”
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 ...