THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Margin Call”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Zoo”
ZOO: Tuesday 9PM on CBS – Change the Channel Of all the broadcast networks, CBS is the biggest fan of branding. It has its procedural hours during the regular season, its working-class half-hours (which are eit...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Missing”
> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may hav...
PREMIERING TONIGHT–THE SKED’S FALL PILOT REPORT: FOX’s “The Mob Doctor”
THE MOB DOCTOR: Monday 9PM on FOX – Worth A Look THE MOB DOCTOR may be the busiest pilot of the season. The idea hatched by creators Josh Berman and Rob Wright (previously of Drop Dead Diva and a host of...
THE SKED MIDSEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Beauty & the Beast”
The midseason finale of the purported romantic thriller BEAUTY & THE BEAST delivered almost all romance, no thrills, as it continues to have only a glancing relationship with its title. Plotting has been this show...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Contraband”
CONTRABAND: Worth A Ticket – Working-Class Thriller CONTRABAND is a B movie, but oddly enough, that’s one thing in short supply these days. Action movies in modern Hollywood usually c...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “American Horror Story”
> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may hav...
THE SKED REVIEW: “American Horror Story”
> AMERICAN HORROR STORY – Wednesdays 10PM on FX – Potential DVR Alert The first inkling of just how deranged AMERICAN HORROR STORY is going to be comes with one of the early “normal” scenes. The lo...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “The River”
> Let’s face it, “season finale” is a euphemism for what tonight’s episode of THE RIVER almost certainly was in reality: the SS Minnow from Gilligan’s Island is more likely to make a return v...
THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “Siberia”
SIBERIA: Monday 10PM on NBC-Worth A Look SIBERIA holds onto its conceit for a very long time. Until the closing minutes of tonight’s series premiere, the show presents itself as being what it’s pretending...
THE SKED’S PILOT (+ 1) REVIEW: “Red Widow”
RED WIDOW: Sunday 10PM on ABC The “2-hour premiere” of RED WIDOW actually consisted of the pilot that was shot before last year’s upfronts, combined with the first regular episode (both halves written...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Fringe”
It is, make no mistake, a wonderful thing that FOX (with the financial cooperation of studio Warner Bros) is bringing FRINGE, one of television’s most distinctive and imaginative shows, back for a 5th and final 13-...
SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Magic Magic”
MAGIC MAGIC never really makes clear what it intends to be, but it’s awfully fascinating to watch. Written and directed by the prolific Sebastian Silva, who had two films at Sundance this year (the other was the we...
SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “The East”
A couple of Sundances ago, the actress/writer/producer Brit Marling was a festival darling, with two acclaimed pictures unveiled the same week. In the end, while both Another Earth and Sound of My Voice received di...
THE SKED Pilot Review: “Resurrection”
RESURRECTION: Sunday 9PM on ABC – Potential DVR Alert The restrained tension of RESURRECTION‘s pilot may remind you of early, suburban Spielberg, and of M. Night Shyamalan before he became a punchline. ...