One of the side benefits of TV’s continued renaissance is that more and more actors are opting for the small screen over the big one. As a direct result the general hotness of TV characters has risen about 64% just within the past decade (don’t …
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Wow, what an episode. “The Other Woman” kicked us right in the ass, then left us heartbroken wanting to cry (then turned around and curbed stomped us last minute): Joan prostituting herself for Jaguar, Peggy quitting. But in the end, Don won Jaguar; to most …
“The gods have no mercy, that’s why they’re gods” Cersei Lannister Hype is a bitch. When a TV show, movie or book (they still print those, don’t they?) is cursed with excessive hype, it’s almost impossible to judge and critique based on its own merits. …
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oZDKFoCqAw&w=560&h=315] The trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s newest epic, The Master, dropped at Cannes this past week, and it looks to be just as beautifully and bizarrely psychotic as his all of his other films (There Will Be Blood, Magnolia, Boogie Nights). The clip, which …
We were introduced to Father’s Office visiting Santa Monica after friends had made the suggestion for lunch and we were delighted with our experience, because who wouldn’t enjoy some well-prepared burgers and some tasty brews? The restaurant’s casual feel and self-seating arrangement is definitely relaxing …
You can never go home, as the saying goes, but the rough truth of it is that sometimes, you just have to try. This week, in an episode co-written by Judd Apatow, Hannah returns to her childhood home in Michigan to join her parents in …
“What kind of king do you want to be?” – Lady Talisa “I don’t know. The good kind?” – Robb Stark Robb Stark has long been one of my favorite characters and I haven’t always been entirely sure why. Sure, he is a likable individual …
When you think about it: J.J. Abrams, TV’s (and now film’s) golden boy, doesn’t have that spectacular of a track record when it comes to getting series picked up for second seasons. Of the ten shows he has produced, only six have made it to …
For months, Bethany Cosentino has been saying that The Best Place, her follow-up to her great 2010 debut, Crazy For You, would be different but the same. Featuring producer Jon Brion and what Cosentino calls “grown up” and “seriously emo” themes—as well as country western …
Of all the complaints aimed toward Girls, the one thing you’ll never hear is that it doesn’t move fast enough. The show has fallen into a fairly steady rhythm of conflict/resolution/conflict, and “Hard Being Easy” is no different. This week opens on Hannah/Marnie/Charlie immediately after …