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SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “A to Z”

A TO Z: Thursday 9:30PM on NBC Previously… on A TO Z: Dating website marketer Andrew (Ben Feldman) and lawyer Zelda (Cristin Milioti) have had their meet-cute, they’ve discovered that the office windows i...

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Sundance 2023 Reviews: “Eileen,” “Shortcomings” & “Landscape With Invisible Hand”

EILEEN: A dark tale of liberation, based on the novel by Ottessa Moshlegh (and adapted by Moshlegh with Luke Goebel). Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie) is an anonymous employee at a boys’ prison in a confining, wintry...

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Toronto Film Festival 2024 Reviews: “Queer” & “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life”

QUEER (A24 – TBD): Luca Guadagnino has unearthed glamour in the blood-soaked dance troupe/witches’ coven of Suspiria and the cannibal romance of Bones and All, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that his s...

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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The Mindy Project”

After two full seasons, it’s become clear that Mindy Kaling’s THE MINDY PROJECT may never be a “well-made show.” Characters pop in and out–it was recently announced that receptionist Betsy...

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: NBC’s “A To Z”

A TO Z: Thursday 9:30PM on NBC THE FACTS: The title refers to Andrew (Ben Feldman) and Zelda (Cristin Milioti), who both work at an online dating company, and who, since this is a rom-com, are of course fated for eac...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Silver Linings Playbook”

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK: Don’t Get Sold Out – A Rom-Com With Dance Moves All Its Own Anyone who doubts that Jennifer Lawrence is a real-thing, big-time movie star should get thee hence to a theater showing ...

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PREMIERING TONIGHT – THE SKED’S FALL PILOT REPORT: FOX’s “The Mindy Project”

THE MINDY PROJECT: Tuesday 9:30PM on FOX – DVR Alert Companion shows don’t come more perfectly designed than FOX’s THE MINDY PROJECT. When FOX launched New Girl last fall, it became an instant ...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Hart of Dixie”

Sometimes shows overthink their season finales, and that may have been the case with tonight’s HART OF DIXIE. The show has gotten along quite well all season in its native Bluebell, Alabama, but for the finale se...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Virtual Sundance Reviews: “Land,” “Together Together” & “Marvelous and the Black Hole”

MARVELOUS AND THE BLACK HOLE: Goodhearted YA comfort food. Kate Tsang’s feature debut is about 13-year old Sammy (Miya Cech), who has become surly and rebellious toward her father Angus (Leonardo Nam) and siste...

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THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: NBC’s “A to Z”

A TO Z: Thursday 9:30PM on NBC starting October 2 – If Nothing Else is On… PLAYERS: Series creator Ben Queen (he wrote the script for Cars 2). Non-writing producers Rashida Jones and Will McCormick. S...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere (-ish) Review: “Hart of Dixie”

CW is treating Season 4 of HART OF DIXIE as carelessly as its characters tend to treat each other. The show’s return has been delayed until midseason, moved to the nether reaches of Friday nights, and its order c...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “The Mindy Project”

THE MINDY PROJECT: Tuesday 9:30PM on FOX After an uneven season and a half that seemed to slide from one genre and tone to the next on a nearly weekly basis (it’s a rom-com! it’s a workplace comedy!), lea...

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Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Wonder” & “What’s Love Got To Do With It?”

THE WONDER (Netflix – November 16): In the time of Ireland’s Great Famine, 11-year-old Anna (Kila Lord Cassidy) claims to have survived for 4 months without eating even one bite of food. Is she a miracle,...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere: “Girls”

GIRLS: Sunday 10PM on HBO As HBO’s GIRLS begins its 6th and final season, it somehow feels older than it actually is. That’s the way it is with television now: the revolutionary can become the familiar ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Obvious Child”

A surprisingly commercial concoction by Sundance standards, Gillian Robespierre’s OBVIOUS CHILD doesn’t feel very much unlike the pilot for a cable dramedy. That’s not meant as any kind of dire crit...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “A to Z”

Sundance 2023 Reviews: “Eileen,” “Shortcomings” & “Landscape With Invisible Hand”

Toronto Film Festival 2024 Reviews: “Queer” & “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life”

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The Mindy Project”

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: NBC’s “A To Z”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Silver Linings Playbook”

PREMIERING TONIGHT – THE SKED’S FALL PILOT REPORT: FOX’s “The Mindy Project”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Hart of Dixie”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Virtual Sundance Reviews: “Land,” “Together Together” & “Marvelous and the Black Hole”

THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: NBC’s “A to Z”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere (-ish) Review: “Hart of Dixie”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “The Mindy Project”

Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Wonder” & “What’s Love Got To Do With It?”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere: “Girls”

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Obvious Child”

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