THE BIJOU RETROSPECTIVE: “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Beautiful Creatures”
BEAUTIFUL CREATURES: Watch It At Home – Many Witches, Little Magic BEAUTIFUL CREATURES can’t be dismissed as merely an overlong TV episode meant for the CW, but it never really comes together, either. Ric...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”
Whatever one can say about Chris Columbus–and there’ll be plenty of less than glowing words about him below–he’s the man who cast Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as the leads in 200...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Fahrenheit 11/9,” “The Predator” & “Greta”
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Star Trek: Discovery”
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
It was all so cute when it started… David Yates’ 2009 HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE is surprisingly funny at times–surprising, because in all other ways the film was, up to that point, by far t...
THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “CSI”
CSI: Wednesday 10PM on CBS WHERE WE WERE: This time, as they say, it was personal. In last season’s finale, imprisoned former Las Vegas Undersheriff and more recently mob boss Jeffrey McKeen (Conor O&#...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES – Worth A Ticket: Simian Power Although it’s positioned as the last big adventure epic of the summer, for most of its length Rupert Wyatt’s RISE OF THE PLA...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Bourne Legacy”
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “CSI”
As of this week, there’s just one CSI left standing on CBS, and after 13 years, it’s the original recipe. Having survived the bump in its creative road a couple of seasons ago when the misguided hire of Lau...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Lethal Weapon”
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THE BIJOU RETROSPECTIVE: “Harry Potter and the Order Of the Phoenix”
> The magically moving portraits are pulled off the walls of Hogwarts in 2007’s HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, and the colors have started draining from the Potter universe. Gone are the lush visuals of ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part 2
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