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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “American Horror Story: Freak Show”

The braintrust behind AMERICAN HORROR STORY, headed by series creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, seemed to think their work was done when they came up with the FREAK SHOW subtitle for this season. Despite the limit...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Doubt”

DOUBT: Wednesday 10PM on CBS – If Nothing Else Is On… As highly prized as the talents of Shonda Rhimes are, it takes the continuing line of her failed imitators to remind us just how difficult it is to dupl...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Sabotage”

SABOTAGE: Not Even For Free – A Bloody Waste SABOTAGE is a lot bloodier than you’re expecting. A lot bloodier. I mention this upfront because although an R-rated Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle carries wi...

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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Mixology”

MIXOLOGY: Wednesday 9:30PM on ABC Previously… on MIXOLOGY: On one night, in one bar, ten people variously search for romance or its temporary facsimile through the course of the season’s run. We were br...

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THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Orange Is the New Black” (Episodes 1-3)

One of the ways the emergence of Netflix as an important programming platform has changed the way we regard “television” is in its obliteration of the concept of a series “season” as something tha...

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TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW: “August: Osage County”

The writer/producer/director John Wells made his reputation as the showrunner of ER, and he’s known as one of the most consistent, professional producers in the network business, with impeccable shows like The Wes...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Big Little Lies”

BIG LITTLE LIES: Sunday 9PM on HBO – DVR Alert We no longer blink when movie stars sign on for TV work, and this week’s arrivals are Oscar winners Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman, not to mention Shailen...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Parenthood”

PARENTHOOD: Thursday 10PM on NBC It’s something of a miracle that PARENTHOOD, with its marginal-or-worse ratings, low concept and large, expensive cast, even survived to a 6th season on NBC. Much of its luck ...

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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Sleepy Hollow”

SLEEPY HOLLOW has grown into one of the (few) pleasant surprises of the fall network season, a keenly judged mix of supernatural folderol, increasingly well-drawn characters and light time-travel comedy. Enough of a hi...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL: Worth A Ticket – Wes Anderson’s Latest Fancy Box Has Something Inside Where has the “Academy” 1.37:1 screen aspect ratio been all of Wes Anderson’s life? One of...

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THE SKED Netflix Review: “Orange Is the New Black” (Full Season 2)

SPOILER ALERT: This review will discuss events that occur throughout Season 2 of ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK. The second season of ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, like the first, ends with an act of violence–and this one is...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”

BIRDMAN or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance): Worth A Ticket – A Stunt, But An Amazing One Alejandro G. Inarritu’s BIRDMAN is, like this year’s Boyhood, a film defined by its form. In the case of...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Shameless”

In its 5th season, SHAMELESS recognized that some of its younger Gallaghers were now old enough to be corrupted, which resulted in strong storylines for Carl (Ethan Cutkosky), whose drug dealing ended up putting him (and...

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THE SKED Midseason Finale Review: “The Fosters”

Almost every quality series, at one point or another, takes a wrong turn (remember the Friday Night Lights murder storyline?); the mark of one with staying power is whether it can bounce back. THE FOSTERS was in danger...

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THE SKED Fall Finale Review: “Grey’s Anatomy”

GREY’S ANATOMY doesn’t get much attention these days, not even compared to its creator Shonda Rhimes’s shinier Scandal—Grey’s is just a soap–but after 10 years, it still knows how to p...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “American Horror Story: Freak Show”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Doubt”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Sabotage”

THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Mixology”

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Orange Is the New Black” (Episodes 1-3)

TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW: “August: Osage County”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Big Little Lies”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Parenthood”

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Sleepy Hollow”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

THE SKED Netflix Review: “Orange Is the New Black” (Full Season 2)

SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Shameless”

THE SKED Midseason Finale Review: “The Fosters”

THE SKED Fall Finale Review: “Grey’s Anatomy”

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