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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Ringer”

> RINGER could have been a hell of a movie. It happens sometimes with TV shows. Remember Daybreak, featuring Taye Diggs as a cop who had to relive the same day over and over again, Groundhog Day style, until he could solv...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Master”

THE MASTER: Worth A Ticket – The Title Describes the Filmmaker Our shorthand for describing movie directors, even great ones, is to compare them to other filmmakers. So Quentin Tarantino is Sergio Leone plus ha...

by Mitch Salem

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Carnage”

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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SHOWBUZZDAILY NY THEATRE JOURNAL: “Venus In Fur”

> VENUS IN FUR exists, at this point in its Broadway life, as two overlapping but not identical entities: it’s a deft new play by David Ives, but also, and more prominently, it’s become the Star-Is-Born vehicl...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Company You Keep”

As soon as Robert Redford had enough clout to start generating his own movies, he began starring in and often producing some of the best politically-themed films of the 1970s, including The Candidate, Three Days of the Condor�...

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THE SKED’S MIDSEASON RETURN: “Revenge”

> Last night ABC’s REVENGE became the first of the network serialized dramas to return from its long midseson hiatus. Let’s see how the show managed its 2012 arrival. WHERE WE LEFT OFF: Emily Thorne (Emi...

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Sarah Polley’s “Take This Waltz”

> In just her second feature film as a director (her first was 2006’s Oscar-nominated Away From Her), Sarah Polley demonstrates that she’s already a filmmaker with rare grace and sensuality in TAKE THIS WALTZ, which...

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THE SKED PILOT REPORT: ABC’s “Once Upon A Time” – PREMIERING TONIGHT

> 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 BIJOU REVIEW: “My Week With Marilyn”

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Emanuel & The Truth About Fishes”

EMANUEL AND THE TRUTH ABOUT FISHES is deeply, satisfyingly strange. In a way, it’s a validation not just of Sundance, but the whole film festival system that is now our main way of finding out about distinctive ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY VOD REVIEW: “The Magic of Belle Isle”

THE MAGIC OF BELLE ISLE: In Limited Theatrical Release and on VOD – If Nothing Else Is On Few recent Hollywood career trajectories have been as puzzling as Rob Reiner’s. From 1984-1992, Reiner dire...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Vegas”

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 ha...

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Your Sister’s Sister”

> Lynn Shelton’s Humpday in 2009 was one of the most engaging pictures to come out of the mumblecore movement (“mumblecore,” for the uninitiated = ultra-low-budget, small scale film with dialogue mostly improv...

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Another Earth” – Deep Space

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Fringe”

The most paranormal thing about FRINGE, in the end, was that it actually survived 5 seasons on the air, as very possibly the lowest-rated series to be regularly renewed in the history of network television. (Made possi...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Ringer”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Master”

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Carnage”

SHOWBUZZDAILY NY THEATRE JOURNAL: “Venus In Fur”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Company You Keep”

THE SKED’S MIDSEASON RETURN: “Revenge”

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Sarah Polley’s “Take This Waltz”

THE SKED PILOT REPORT: ABC’s “Once Upon A Time” – PREMIERING TONIGHT

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “My Week With Marilyn”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Emanuel & The Truth About Fishes”

SHOWBUZZDAILY VOD REVIEW: “The Magic of Belle Isle”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Vegas”

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Your Sister’s Sister”

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Another Earth” – Deep Space

THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Fringe”

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