THE BIJOU REVIEW: “We Bought A Zoo”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
PREMIERING TONIGHT–THE SKED FALL PILOT REPORT: ABC’s “The Neighbors”
THE NEIGHBORS: Wednesday 8:30PM ABC – Change The Channel It could have been worse. Initially, ABC slotted THE NEIGHBORS, which is just a New Normal away from being the worst new sitcom of the fall, in the netwo...
THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Breaking In”
> WHERE WE WERE: Contra Security, a wacky high-tech firm run by the extravagantly enigmatic Oz (Christian Slater). Contra tests the security measures of its clients by cracking them wide open, staging mock break-ins...
THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Girls”
GIRLS: Sunday 9PM on HBO The newly Golden Globe-winning GIRLS has returned, despite all its intervening success and attention, with its messiness intact. “Messy” is a relative term in the world of Girls,...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Veep”
> 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 ...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Parks & Recreation”
If NBC’s Thursday night sitcoms were a movie about college roommates, The Office would be the one who doesn’t study or do the work but still gets better grades than anyone else, 30 Rock would be the teacher&#...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “That’s My Boy”
THAT’S MY BOY: Not Even For Free – Low-Rent Even For Sandler THAT’S MY BOY is 116 minutes long. I mention that up front because, for those of us who consider time spent watching Adam Sandler movies ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted”
MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED – Worth A Ticket – A Circus Indeed There’s a certain luxury in being DreamWorks Animation. Pixar gets the awards and the acclaim, but it’s also held ...
“THE HANGOVER PART II” – Hair Of the Dog
> Worth a Ticket; It Wasn’t Broke, They Didn’t Fix It In Hollywood, the word “sequel” is often code for “remake.” This isn’t news: the James Bond series has been going on fo...
THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Happy Endings”
HAPPY ENDINGS: Tuesday 9PM on ABC WHERE WE WERE: Chicago, where six of the oddest balls on television hang out. When last seen, Alex (Elisha Cuthbert) and Dave (Zachary Knighton), who started the whole show off whe...
THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Butter”
> Jim Field Smith’s comedy BUTTER, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, ambitiously makes a play for both the heartwarming indie Little Miss Sunshine audience and the satire-minded Election crowd. That may ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Ted”
TED: Watch It At Home – More Than a TV Show, Less Than a Movie With TED, Seth MacFarlane makes his move to the big screen from a spectacularly successful career in adult-oriented TV animation, steering m...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Parental Guidance”
PARENTAL GUIDANCE – Not At Any Price – Stupefying “Family” Sitcom Too Little For the Big Screen This is said with all due respect to a pair of performers who have entertained millions for decades,...
PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED’S PILOT REPORT – CW’s “The Carrie Diaries”
THE CARRIE DIARIES: Monday 8PM on CW – Change the Channel THE CARRIE DIARIES is CW’s last big gun of the season (Cult, still forthcoming, is smaller caliber), the show that the network hopes wil...
The Sked: Thursday Ratings September 20 — NBC Thursday…Yikes
NBC Thursday premiered last night, landing in third place with a 1.5 Adult 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm. A premiere night is often one of the highest rated nights of the year, especially when facing two networks in repeats like ...