THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Hugo”
HUGO: Worth A Ticket – If Only For the Visual Splendors Paramount doesn’t have much choice but to market Martin Scorsese’s HUGO as a family movie: it’s got a PG rating, a young boy and ...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Kevin (Probably) Saves the World”
KEVIN (PROBABLY) SAVES THE WORLD: Tuesday 10PM on ABC – In the Queue ABC’s KEVIN (PROBABLY) SAVES THE WORLD is the closest any broadcast network has to a Big Swing this fall, and as such, it deserves some r...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Dark Knight Rises”
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: Worth A Ticket – The Saga That Rewrote Superhero Movies Goes Out With A Weighty Bang Christopher Nolan likes his intricate, novelistic plotting. You remember the portion of The Dark Knight wher...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Cabin In the Woods”
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS: Watch it At Home – Clever and Culty Seeing THE CABIN IN THE WOODS is sort of like being in Fight Club: the first rule is not to talk about it. Or, at least, not to reveal any of...
THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Revolution”
REVOLUTION: Wednesday 8PM on NBC Can REVOLUTION save itself? It had the splashiest start of any drama last season, leaping to a 4.1 rating on the back of The Voice. (That’s even higher than this week’s ...
THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Touch”
TOUCH: Friday 9PM on FOX Tim Kring’s Heroes is a famous example of a hit series imploding in its second season, but his TOUCH–not nearly as big a success in its first version–is, at least, more intrig...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Total Recall”
TOTAL RECALL: Watch It At Home – Unmemorable TOTAL RECALL isn’t the worst picture of the summer, and probably won’t be the biggest flop, but it may be the most unnecessary waste of everyone’s ti...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Touch”
TOUCH is a show that thrives on impenetrable mysteries, so perhaps one day it will solve its own. The show was FOX’s big midseason drama play (Terra Nova was the fall’s), by virtue of being created by Heroes write...
THE SKED REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – NBC’s “Awake”
>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 sho...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Downsizing” & “The Shape of Water”
DOWNSIZING (Paramount – Dec 22): Alexander Payne’s latest film (written with his usual partner Jim Taylor) is a delight–and a bit of a mess. On its face, Downsizing is a leap out of Payne and Taylor...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Arrow”
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...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “The Neighbors”
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...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”
ZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST – Sundays 10PM on NBC (starting February 16) In a broadcast network landscape musty with procedurals and the mildest possible sitcoms, NBC deserves credit for commissioning Austi...