THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: ‘Hunted”
HUNTED: Friday 10PM on Cinemax – Potential DVR Alert On the same night that coincidentally brought the season premiere of Nikita, we have a new series that treads similar ground, both centering on gorgeous, betra...
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 PILOT REPORT: FOX’s “Terra Nova”
> 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: “John Carter”
JOHN CARTER: Watch It At Home – Never Goes Into Orbit All signs suggest that JOHN CARTER will be a financial failure of historic proportions, mostly because of its colossal cost (Disney admit...
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 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 BIJOU: Captain America: The First Boxoffice
> The Hollywood Reporter has some rough early numbers for Friday’s boxoffice, and the news looks good for CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER. Including Thursday midnight grosses of $4M, it seems to be around $...
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 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...
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 SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”
HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS: Not At Any Price – Audiences Won’t Live Happily Ever After HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS is mostly terrible, but say this for it: it’s not terrible like anyt...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Hell On Wheels”
The 2nd season of HELL ON WHEELS was different, and perhaps somewhat better, than its first. (Behind the scenes, experienced producer John Shiban was brought on to showrun with series creators Joe and Tony Gayton.) I...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Review: “The Martian”
Ridley Scott’s THE MARTIAN is the jaunty sci-fi offspring of Apollo 13 and McGyver, Scott’s least self-important movie in years and not coincidentally his most enjoyable. Drew Goddard’s expertly craft...