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THE SKED @ BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Wonder Woman”

> This year’s WONDER WOMAN pilot did not fly under the radar. Produced by Warner Bros Television for NBC, it was the subject of speculation before it was even placed with a network, scrutiny while it was being produ...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Arrow”

A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and the production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have ha...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Krypton”

KRYPTON: Wednesday 10PM on Syfy – Change the Channel With the engagingly odd exception of The Magicians, Syfy hasn’t had much luck with its big swings, and KRYPTON is unlikely to change that. The network&...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY MOVIE REVIEW: “Iron Man 3”

IRON MAN 3: Watch It At Home – Offbeat But Uneven Tentpole The last thing on earth that Shane Black, the co-writer (with Drew Pearce) and director of IRON MAN THREE (the way the credits spell it) seems to have wa...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Tim Burton’s “Batman”

It’s been 23 years since the pre-Christopher Nolan version of the Batman franchise launched into the boxoffice stratosphere, and a lot has changed in the movie landscape. (1989 is so long ago that it was a topica...

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THE SKED MIDSEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Arrow”

ARROW, CW’s successful new superhero action series, has found its own best secret identity as a quasi-soap, a fact imperfectly illustrated by tonight’s midseason finale. The tactic of conveying a comic book s...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins”

To say BATMAN BEGINS successfully rebooted the Warners franchise is accurate, but incomplete. Christopher Nolan’s film, from the script he wrote with David S. Goyer, is a complete rethinking of the very concept o...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Joel Schumacher’s “Batman & Robin”

And then this happened. With BATMAN & ROBIN, the franchise that had been reclaimed for adults by Tim Burton in 1989 was turned back over to children (and not bright children) by Joel Schumacher in 1997. Schumacher ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Gotham”

GOTHAM: Thursday 8PM on FOX Coming off its most satisfying season to date, the first where it seemed to have some control over its sprawl, GOTHAM has been given a new timeslot on Thursdays for its 4th season, and the s...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Agent Carter”

The signs are foreboding for AGENT CARTER: not only have the Season 2 ratings gone from lukewarm to frigid, but star Hayley Atwell has signed for another ABC pilot (although since the same studio and network are involv...

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PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED Pilot Review – CW’s “The Tomorrow People”

Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here. THE TOMORROW PEOPLE: Wednesday 9PM on CW – If Nothing Else Is On… THE TOMORROW PEOPLE is CW sticking with the CW playbook. The word “rip-off” may be a st...

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THE SKED Fall Finale Review: “Arrow”

Not to beat up on Agents of SHIELD more than it already has been, but comparisons between it and ARROW are particularly clear right now since both shows are pursuing essentially the same storyline, in which there’s...

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THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: CW’s “The Flash”

THE FLASH: Tuesday 8PM on CW starting October 7 – If Nothing Else Is On… PLAYERS: Series Creators/Executive Producers Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg and Geoff Johns, the first 2 of whom are also creators...

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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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SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “The Amazing Spider-Man 2″”

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2: Watch It At Home – The Webs Aren’t Very Tight This Time The huge, lumbering pieces of THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 rarely succeed in fitting together. It’s as though the studio...

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THE SKED @ BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Wonder Woman”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Arrow”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Krypton”

SHOWBUZZDAILY MOVIE REVIEW: “Iron Man 3”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Tim Burton’s “Batman”

THE SKED MIDSEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Arrow”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Joel Schumacher’s “Batman & Robin”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Gotham”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Agent Carter”

PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED Pilot Review – CW’s “The Tomorrow People”

THE SKED Fall Finale Review: “Arrow”

THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: CW’s “The Flash”

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

SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “The Amazing Spider-Man 2″”

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