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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace”

If Ryan Murphy’s goal with the second season of AMERICAN CRIME STORY was to demonstrate the breadth of the show’s anthology branding, not just in subject matter but in style and structure–unlike the rel...

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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...

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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...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Grown Ups 2”

GROWN UPS 2: Not Even With A Gun To Your Head – Is It Time For the Razzies Yet? One can’t lightly dismiss Adam Sandler. After the first Grown Ups, it seemed implausible that he could make a movie even wor...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “Despicable Me 2”

DESPICABLE ME 2: Watch It At Home – Good-Hearted If Unexciting Sequel For the Kids Despicable Me was far from the most ambitious or striking animated feature of the last few years, but it was definitely cute. I...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Chicago Fire”

NBC is all-in on CHICAGO FIRE. Not only has it given the show a plum spot for the fall on Tuesdays with The Voice as its lead-in, it’s ordered a police-oriented spin-off for midseason. All this enthusiasm is a ...

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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 ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Star Trek: Discovery”

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY – Episodes available each Sunday at CBS All Access – In the Quene There are quite a few perils to reaching a judgment about the new STAR TREK: DISCOVERY based on its opening hour, the o...

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A SHOWBUZZDAILY “HUNGER GAMES” SCORECARD – 3/25/12

> So what just happened, and what’s likely to happen next? Here’s a quick look at what’s new in Panem: FINAL NUMBERS: It turns out THE HUNGER GAMES wasn’t such a hit after all, earning a meas...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “24: Legacy”

24: LEGACY: Monday 8PM on FOX – In the Queue It’s difficult to watch the “new” 24: LEGACY simply as a TV show. By the time the original series went off the air in 2010, it was already more tro...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Final Destination 5”

FINAL DESTINATION 5 – Watch It At Home: Death Takes No Holiday There’s only one thing worth mentioning in FINAL DESTINATION 5… and it’s the one thing I can’t talk about. Let’...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Joel Schumacher’s “Batman & Robin”

And then this happened. With BATMAN & ROBIN, the franchise that had been reclaimed for adults by Tim Burton in 1989 was turned back over to children (and not bright children) by Joel Schumacher in 1997. Schumacher ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “FBI”

FBI: Tuesday 9PM on CBS Dick Wolf and CBS have always seemed as made for each other as the leads of a rom-com. And as in that genre, only outside interference has kept the King and Network of Procedurals from falling...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Walking Dead: World Beyond”

THE WALKING DEAD: WORLD BEYOND – Sunday 10PM on AMC Even as AMC announced the upcoming termination of the WALKING DEAD mothership after one more super-sized season, the network went all-in on the franchise, unveili...

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Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Glass Onion” & “Pearl”

GLASS ONION (Netflix – November 4 in theaters, December 23 online): After Rian Johnson’s Knives Out broke through to become one of the increasingly few non-IP-based mainstream hits in the market ($311.6M wo...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”

SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Grown Ups 2”

SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “Despicable Me 2”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Chicago Fire”

THE BIJOU RETROSPECTIVE: “Harry Potter and the Order Of the Phoenix”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Star Trek: Discovery”

A SHOWBUZZDAILY “HUNGER GAMES” SCORECARD – 3/25/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “24: Legacy”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Final Destination 5”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Joel Schumacher’s “Batman & Robin”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “FBI”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Walking Dead: World Beyond”

Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Glass Onion” & “Pearl”

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