Posts Tagged ‘Review’
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VEEP Season 2 Premiere Review
HBO’s VEEP is back for a second season just in time for “Midterms.” Selina (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and staff anxiously await the results of their party’s fate as the votes are counted for Congressional sea...
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DA VINCI’S DEMONS Review
Starz is launching a new series this week called DA VINCI’S DEMONS. Yes, that title refers to the famous artist and dreamer Leonardo Da Vinci. But rather than seeing an old, brilliant man, as most screen portrayals of the...
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ONCE UPON A TIME Recap Season 2 Episode 17 Welcome to Storybrooke
ABC’s ONCE UPON A TIME takes us back to the beginning this week with “Welcome to Storybrooke.” As Regina (Lana Parilla) plots to force Henry (Jared Gilmore) to love her by magic, a spell that requires Regina to kill Snow (Ginni...
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THE WALKING DEAD Recap Season 3 Episode 14 Prey
This week’s installment of AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD, “Prey,” is by and large a Woodbury-centric episode, even when it leaves the confines of the town. Andrea (Laurie Holden) is warned by Milton (Dallas Roberts) that the Governor ...
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BATES MOTEL Review
A&E is not particularly known for their dramas. They’ve had a few scripted series up to this point, like The Glades, Breakout Kings, and The Cleaner, but they are formulaic crime dramas, not a complex, serial show tha...
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ONCE UPON A TIME Review Season 2 Episode 15 The Queen Is Dead
This week’s ONCE UPON A TIME is entitled “The Queen is Dead,” and, for the first time, we see Snow’s mother, Queen Eva (Rena Sofer, 24, Covert Affairs), albeit on her death bed. She doesn’t have much time left, and young Snow i...
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THE WALKING DEAD Review Season 3 Episode 12 Clear
AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD takes a break from the action in last night’s “Clear,” with only four characters appearing. Rick (Andrew Lincoln), Carl (Chandler Riggs), and Michonne’s (Danai Gurira) supply...
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PARADE’S END Review
HBO will take its turn presenting the miniseries PARADE’S END this week, its partner in the endeavor, the BBC, having already broadcast it last fall. Perhaps HBO saved it so it would have a rich period piece this winter, ...
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THE WALKING DEAD Review Season 3 Episode 11 I Ain’t A Judas
AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD is heavy on great character moments and one-on-one scenes in the latest episode, “I Ain’t a Judas.” The series works best when delving into the tough choices these people have to m...
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GOLDEN BOY Review
At first glance, CBS’s GOLDEN BOY, premiering this week, may seem like more than your typical cop drama. After an intense opening, the story moves seven years into the future, where we see Walter William Clark Jr. (Theo J...
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THE AMERICANS Review Season 1 Episode 4 In Control
This week’s installment of FX’s THE AMERICANS is entitled “In Control.” No one knows exactly who is in control when President Reagan is shot. The CIA scramble to find out if the Russians are behind it. S...
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CULT Series Premiere Review
As the CW’s new pilot of CULT, entitled “You’re Next,” begins, Detective Kelly Collins (Alona Tal, Supernatural) searches for her missing sister, whom was last seen in the company of cult leader Billy Gr...
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KILLING LINCOLN Review
The National Geographic Channel has a new docudrama entitled KILLING LINCOLN, airing tonight. It is based on the book by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, and revolves around the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln,...
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ZERO HOUR Series Premiere
This week, ABC will present broadcast television’s latest attempt at a cool genre show in ZERO HOUR. The team who run Modern Skeptic Magazine are thrown into disarray when the editor’s wife is kidnapped. As they sea...
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TOUCH Season 2 Premiere Review
FOX’s TOUCH returns this Friday with two new hours. When last we see Martin Bohm (Kiefer Sutherland), he is in California, led there by Jake’s (David Mazouz) number trail. He encounters Lucy Robbins (Maria Bello, who guest star...
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SMASH Season 2 Premiere Review
NBC’s SMASH returns tonight with two new hours. Having viewed the first half of the sophomore premiere, I can report that some positive changes have been made that should improve the series, but fans will be satisfied tha...
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MONDAY MORNINGS Series Premiere Review
TNT will soon being airing the new drama MONDAY MORNINGS. It’s another doctor series, yes, but before you let that scare you away, as there are already so many medical shows on television, consider this: it’s from D...
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HOUSE OF CARDS Review
Netflix recently launched an original series entitled HOUSE OF CARDS. Based on the book and British series, HOUSE OF CARDS dives into the world of intrigue and betrayal in politics. The first thirteen episodes all went live on ...
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DO NO HARM Series Premiere Review
NBC’s DO NO HARM premieres this Thursday at 10 p.m. ET. It’s a Jekyl and Hyde story about a doctor who turns into a psychopath for twelve hours every day. The medical aspect is played up, with much of the drama set in the hospi...
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THE AMERICANS Series Premiere Review
FX’s newest drama, THE AMERICANS, premieres this Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET. It is a period piece set during the Cold War. Ronald Reagan is president, and the Russians would do nearly anything to destroy their greatest enemy. For ...
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WHITE COLLAR Season 4 Episode 11 Review
USA’s WHITE COLLAR resumes this week with “Family Business.” When we last leave our heroes (back in September’s fall finale), Peter (Tim DeKay) and Neal (Matt Bomer) are beginning to rebuild their trust,...
