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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Good House,” “Where Is Anne Frank” & “Official Competition”

THE GOOD HOUSE (DreamWorks – TBD): By my count, it’s been two full decades since Sigourney Weaver was at the center of a feature film (that was Heartbreakers, where she shared the spotlight with Jennifer Lo...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Charmed”

CHARMED: Sunday 9PM on CW CW’s reboot of CHARMED wants to be a lighthearted supernatural romp, but it also seeks to push as many topical buttons as it possibly can. So while the basic story of a trio of young w...

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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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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Black Lightning”

Although it’s part of the CW/Greg Berlanti DC Comics assembly line, BLACK LIGHTNING, created by Salim Akil, has been strikingly different from its comrades. So far, it hasn’t noticeably been part of the sha...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Mick”

THE MICK: Tuesday 8:30PM on FOX – Change the Channel FOX has ushered in network TV 2017 with a show that feels less than fresh: THE MICK, a sitcom that’s basically a not-quite-cable retread of Uncle Buck....

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”

BIRDMAN or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance): Worth A Ticket – A Stunt, But An Amazing One Alejandro G. Inarritu’s BIRDMAN is, like this year’s Boyhood, a film defined by its form. In the case of...

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THE SKED Series Finale Review: “Treme”

TV is a little poorer for the loss of TREME, a series that never fully received the appreciation–from viewers or critics–that it deserved. Even a bit watered down from its usual density in a last season of ...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “The Bridge”

THE BRIDGE: Wednesday 10PM on FX – DVR Alert FX has assumed a leadership role in the development of serious, ambitious TV drama over the past decade (The Shield, Rescue Me, The Americans), and with its new series...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Good House,” “Where Is Anne Frank” & “Official Competition”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Charmed”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Good Girls”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Black Lightning”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Mick”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”

THE SKED Series Finale Review: “Treme”

THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “The Bridge”

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