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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Campaign”

THE CAMPAIGN: Not At Any Price – Abstain THE CAMPAIGN, like many a politician before it, tries to be all things to all people, and winds up delivering almost nothing. There was reason to be hopeful about The Camp...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Veep”

VEEP: Sunday 10PM on HBO You wouldn’t expect Armando Iannucci’s VEEP to change much from season to season, and you’d largely be right. Notwithstanding its four-letter words and bustling cinema verit...

by Mitch Salem

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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...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Weeds”

A suburbanite with money troubles gets into the drug business, gradually becoming corrupt, paranoid and power-hungry, increasingly alienated from family and former life… Not to take anything away from Breaking Bad,...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED REVIEW: SNL Weekend Update Thursday

The political comics of America owe a heartfelt “thank you” to Mitt Romney for his “47%” bungle that became public this week. (So do the Democrats, but that’s another story.) Jon Stewart...

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THE SKED’S SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “30 Rock”

30 ROCK: Thursday 8PM on NBC WHERE WE WERE: Jack (Alec Baldwin) was divorcing his now-freed North Korean prisoner wife Avery (Elizabeth Banks). Jenna (Jane Krakowski) was engaged to her Jenna-impersonator boyfriend...

by Mitch Salem

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Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Empire of Light” & “Triangle of Sadness”

EMPIRE OF LIGHT (Searchlight/Disney – December 9): Sam Mendes takes the first solo screenwriting credit of his long career on Empire of Light, a personal film inspired by his youth and his mother. The story is ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Good Girls”

It was clear from the pilot of NBC’s GOOD GIRLS that the series had a trio of strong assets and some major challenges. The strengths were its three stars, Christina Hendricks, Retta and Mae Whitman, each of them ...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “House Of Lies”

> After a full season, it’s still not clear just what HOUSE OF LIES is. The season finale, written and directed by series creator Matthew Carnahan, centered on what became the show’s main storyline in the latter par...

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Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Causeway” & “The Menu”

CAUSEWAY (Apple – November 4): After a decade as one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, there was reason to wonder whether the Jennifer Lawrence who first came to prominence with the Sundance movie Winter’...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Suburgatory”

When SUBURGATORY went on the air last season, it had a clear vision: as the title suggests, it was a light but acerbic satire about the perils of living a few too many miles from New York City, reflected through the ga...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Parks & Recreation”

PARKS & RECREATION: Thursday 9:30PM on NBC WHERE WE WERE: Celebrating the election of Leslie Knope to the Pawnee, Indiana City Council. But a little concerned that her new post, and the new job in Washington DC...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Frankenweenie”

FRANKENWEENIE: Watch It At Home – Tim Burton Tries To Bring His Old Creation Back to Life Tim Burton certainly can’t have planned it this way, but his new stop-motion feature version of FRANKENWEENIE serves...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “Official Secrets” & “Greener Grass”

OFFICIAL SECRETS (IFC): Film festivals have a way of creating unintended double features when thematically similar films are seen in close proximity, and it’s hard to watch Gavin Hood’s Official Secrets wit...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”

CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND: Monday 8PM on CW – In the Queue With a Netflix-driven need to keep its line-up as stable as possible (returning shows are automatically included in the network’s lucrative streaming dea...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Campaign”

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Veep”

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

THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Weeds”

THE SKED REVIEW: SNL Weekend Update Thursday

THE SKED’S SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “30 Rock”

Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Empire of Light” & “Triangle of Sadness”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Good Girls”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “House Of Lies”

Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Causeway” & “The Menu”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Suburgatory”

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Parks & Recreation”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Frankenweenie”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “Official Secrets” & “Greener Grass”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”

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