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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “True Blood”

HBO’s version of a summer drive-in movie is back. WHERE WE WERE: In the midst of multiple cliffhangers. Telepathic waitress and series heroine Sookie'(Anna Paquin) had just seen her best friend Tara (Rutina Wesley) ge...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Silver Linings Playbook”

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK: Don’t Get Sold Out – A Rom-Com With Dance Moves All Its Own Anyone who doubts that Jennifer Lawrence is a real-thing, big-time movie star should get thee hence to a theater showing ...

by Mitch Salem

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SCRE4M: Meta Boo!

> Watch It At Home; The thrills are so postmodern, they don’t seem to be happening in the theater. When the original Scream arrived in 1996, the slaughtering-the-teenagers genre was already old enough to drive; the ...

by Mitch Salem

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SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – “I Hate My Teenage Daughter”

> 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...

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DIARY OF A WIMPY KID–RODRICK RULES: Shortbus

> Not Even For Free It was a feel-good story last weekend when the expensive shambles called Sucker Punch went down, defeated by the relatively low-budget family comedy DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES. (Mitch Me...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Toy’s House”

TOY’S HOUSE is a delightful Sundance surprise, a fresh take on adolescent boys coming of age. The conceit of Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ film, written by Chris Galletta, is that Joe Toy (Nick Robinson), his best ...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “In A World…”

The actress Lake Bell’s feature-film writing/directing debut IN A WORLD… has a fresh slant on showbiz comedy, and it’s both consistently likable and sometimes very funny. It’s also sloppy, ove...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Cabin In The Woods”

Genre: Action

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

by Mitch Salem

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Playing For Keeps”

PLAYING FOR KEEPS: Not At Any Price – All Penalty, No Kick Has any actor more thoroughly wasted his 15 minutes in the Hollywood spotlight than Gerard Butler? Since he hit with 300 half a dozen years ago, heR...

by Mitch Salem

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Fright Night”

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “A.C.O.D.”

Stu Zicherman’s A.C.O.D. (written by Zicherman and Ben Karlin) suffers a bit from a familiar indie comedy malady: the conflicting desires to tell meaningful and even dark stories, while at the same time getting ...

by Mitch Salem

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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 ...

by Mitch Metcalf

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Don Jon’s Addiction”

When Joseph Gordon-Levitt decided to make his feature writing and directing debut with DON JON’S ADDICTION (starring in it as well), his attitude was clearly Go Big Or Go Home. To a large extent, he’s pulle...

by Mitch Salem

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Jack and Jill”

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

by Mitch Salem

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RIO: Cartoon Carnival

> Worth A Ticket; Birds Fly High Enough for Kids, and Adults Too. Click For More Reviews: THOR PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 4 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS Animation has, over the past decade, passed beyond ...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “True Blood”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Silver Linings Playbook”

SCRE4M: Meta Boo!

SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – “I Hate My Teenage Daughter”

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID–RODRICK RULES: Shortbus

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Toy’s House”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “In A World…”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Cabin In The Woods”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Playing For Keeps”

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Fright Night”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “A.C.O.D.”

The Sked: Thursday Ratings September 20 — NBC Thursday…Yikes

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Don Jon’s Addiction”

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Jack and Jill”

RIO: Cartoon Carnival

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