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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: Free Agents”

> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may hav...

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LIMITED RELEASES: “Queen to Play,” “Ceremony” and “Meet Monica Velour”

> Today, 3 films from first-time directors: Caroline Bottaro’s marvelous QUEEN TO PLAY is, in a sense, a sports movie. We have the out-of-nowhere player whose newly-discovered talent shakes up her whole life, the wi...

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THE SKED: NBC Still At it

More, more, more news from The Peacock: Try to hold on to your lunch: WHITNEY is back, lack of quality (and even lack of ratings) apparently not meaning too much at the network these days. (At least it seems t...

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THE SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – “Bent”

> 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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THE SKED PILOT REPORT: NBC’S “Up All Night”

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Magic Mike”

MAGIC MIKE: Worth A Ticket – Soderbergh Again Earns His Crumpled Dollars Although he hasn’t appeared in any of the year’s giant action blockbusters (GI Joe 2, probably not that giant anyway, w...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Suburgatory”

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Suburgatory”

SUBURGATORY: Wednesday 9:30PM on ABC WHERE WE WERE: Meeting Grandma. In the season finale, having survived her first year in the titular Chatswin, Tessa (Jane Levy) met her long-absent mother’s mom–on M...

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THE SKED REVIEW: “Brand X With Russell Brand”

BRAND X WITH RUSSELL BRAND: Thursday 11PM on FX – Change the Channel Russell Brand has been more or less flailing around for the past several years, trying to find a place in American pop culture. His introduct...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “True Blood”

“Are you kidding me? It’s always the weird stuff that’s the best,” Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) said at one point during tonight’s season finale of TRUE BLOOD–he was watching the birth o...

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THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: “Bunheads”

Back in 2000, the rapid-fire fizzy dialogue of Gilmore Girls prompted some to spread an utterly unfounded rumor that Amy Sherman-Palladino, its creator and chief writer, didn’t actually exist, and that Girls was re...

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Carnage”

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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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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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” – Palatably Painless

> Watch It At Home: Fodder For the Undemanding Young One of the running gags in MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS is that the birds are fascinated by old Charlie Chaplin movies, and can be kept calm for hours just by placing them in ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Fright Night”

FRIGHT NIGHT – Watch It At Home: At Least Farrell Had Fun The new remake of Tom Holland’s 1985 FRIGHT NIGHT has a great set of credentials. Craig Gillespie, the director, was behind the well-reg...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: Free Agents”

LIMITED RELEASES: “Queen to Play,” “Ceremony” and “Meet Monica Velour”

THE SKED: NBC Still At it

THE SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – “Bent”

THE SKED PILOT REPORT: NBC’S “Up All Night”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Magic Mike”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Suburgatory”

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Suburgatory”

THE SKED REVIEW: “Brand X With Russell Brand”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “True Blood”

THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: “Bunheads”

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Carnage”

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID–RODRICK RULES: Shortbus

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” – Palatably Painless

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Fright Night”

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