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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER – Not Even For Free – An Unconstitutional Offense Against Moviegoers Honestly: how is a movie called ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER not a comedy? It’s as if Wood...

by Mitch Salem

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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�...

by Mitch Salem

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The Sked: Cable Ratings April 17-23

>History’s Pawn Stars tops this week’s cable chart, with a 2.0 rating from 10:00-10:30 pm Monday with Adults 18-49. Usually the 10:30 pm Pawn Stars is slightly higher rated (up a tenth of a rating point or two...

by Mitch Metcalf

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Zero Dark Thirty”

ZERO DARK THIRTY: Worth A Ticket – The Year’s Most Gripping Thriller Is True You already know how ZERO DARK THIRTY ends. You knew how All the President’s Men ended, too, and Apollo 13 and Titanic. ...

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THE CONSPIRATOR: Court In Session

> Watch It At Home: Scrupulously accurate, to a fault. In an era that so recently gave us “The Kennedys,” possibly the worst piece of pop culture history ever produced for American television, it seems downrig...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Cloud Atlas”

It isn’t often that one needs to invoke Intolerance to describe a current film, but CLOUD ATLAS demands it. Like D.W. Griffith’s epic, it intercuts between stories taking place across hundreds of years o...

by Mitch Salem

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LIMITED RELEASE: “The Double Hour,” “Incendies” & “Cave of Forgotten Dreams”

> Plot spoilers are even more problematic when it comes to limited releases, because by definition they’re only being seen by a few people in certain selected locations, and–if they’re good–will ideally ...

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THE SKED: “Hatfields & McCoys” Blows Up The Record Books – Again

It’s not exactly a surprise that History’s HATFIELDS & MCCOYS had another spectacular ratings night with its conclusion on Wednesday. The show actually went up from its record-setting Part 1 audi...

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “J. Edgar”

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Sarah’s Key” – Doors That Stick

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 3.13.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

BROADCAST FINALS ABC: THE BACHELOR dropped 0.07 to 0.52, and THE GOOD DOCTOR ticked down to 0.31. CBS: Returning from a rerun week, THE NEIGHBORHOOD lost 0.04 to 0.52, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA fell 0.06 to 0.45, NCIS was ...

by Mitch Salem

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Albert Nobbs”

> Rodrigo Garcia’s film ALBERT NOBBS (he shares auteurship with Glenn Close, who served as screenwriter with John Banville and Gabriella Prekop and as a producer as well as star) caters to what used to be called the James...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Sapphires”

With The Silver-Linings Playbook and now Wayne Blair’s THE SAPPHIRES, Harvey Weinstein may have the feel-good part of the coming awards season locked down. This slight but charming true story (or at least R...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Vikings”

History Channel has been on quite a streak in its last two seasons. Its first foray into scripted television, the miniseries Hatfields & McCoys, was a surprise smash hit, as was this year’s follow-up The Bibl...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Hell On Wheels”

HELL ON WHEELS – Sunday 9PM on AMC WHERE WE WERE: Building the transcontinental railroad. Our antihero, former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon, joined the Union Pacific Railroad’s march to the west on...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Company You Keep”

The Sked: Cable Ratings April 17-23

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Zero Dark Thirty”

THE CONSPIRATOR: Court In Session

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Cloud Atlas”

LIMITED RELEASE: “The Double Hour,” “Incendies” & “Cave of Forgotten Dreams”

THE SKED: “Hatfields & McCoys” Blows Up The Record Books – Again

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “J. Edgar”

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Sarah’s Key” – Doors That Stick

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 3.13.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Albert Nobbs”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Sapphires”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Vikings”

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Hell On Wheels”

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