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Toronto Film Festival 2024 Reviews: “Heretic” & “Emilia Perez”

HERETIC (A24 – Nov. 15): A nifty piece of philosophical horror from Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the writers of the original A Quiet Place. The set-up is almost fairy tale in its simplicity. A pair of young wo...

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ShowbuzzDaily’s Sundance 2022 Reviews: “Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul,” “Cha Cha Real Smooth” & “Alice”

HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL (no distrib): Scandal-ridden mega-churches aren’t exactly fresh territory for screens big (The Tears of Tammy Faye) or small (The Righteous Gemstones), with tones that range from ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “The Leftovers”

There was a lot of attention paid to the amount of attention paid to the series finale of HBO’s THE LEFTOVERS, almost all of it because its co-creator was Damon Lindelof, and the last time he brought a series to it...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere + 1 Review: “The Young Pope”

THE YOUNG POPE: Sunday/Monday 9PM on HBO – DVR Alert The cinema-tization of television continues with HBO’s THE YOUNG POPE. It’s been created and directed by the filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, who made...

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THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Save Me”

SAVE ME had a late start, but it managed to be the worst network show to premiere during the 2012-13 season. Unspeakably self-righteous, smug and narcissistic–and also not remotely funny–it was a series abo...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Save Me”

Previously… on SAVE ME: Beth Harper (Anne Heche), didn’t die when, after the latest of many drunken nights, she choked on a hero sandwich. She was, in fact, saved by God Him/Herself, and is now a prophet ...

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PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED Pilot Review – “Save Me”

SAVE ME: Thursday 8PM on NBC – Change the Channel Note: This review was originally written after last year’s Upfronts, before it was known that SAVE ME would be held by NBC until the summer. It’s ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY VOD REVIEW: “To The Wonder”

TO THE WONDER: Malick Twirls and Twirls and Doesn’t Get Anywhere Terrence Malick’s last film The Tree of Life was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture; his new TO THE WONDER is receiving only a ...

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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...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Master”

THE MASTER: Worth A Ticket – The Title Describes the Filmmaker Our shorthand for describing movie directors, even great ones, is to compare them to other filmmakers. So Quentin Tarantino is Sergio Leone plus ha...

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SOUL SURFER: Charlie Don’t Surf

> Not Even For Free. There’s a key scene in the new SOUL SURFER where the one-armed teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who’s had her other arm chewed off by a shark and who despairs of her career in competition, is in Th...

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Toronto Film Festival 2024 Reviews: “Heretic” & “Emilia Perez”

ShowbuzzDaily’s Sundance 2022 Reviews: “Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul,” “Cha Cha Real Smooth” & “Alice”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “The Leftovers”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere + 1 Review: “The Young Pope”

THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Save Me”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Save Me”

PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED Pilot Review – “Save Me”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY VOD REVIEW: “To The Wonder”

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Touch”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Master”

SOUL SURFER: Charlie Don’t Surf

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