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JULY TV EXTRAVAGANZA
YOU’RE THE WORST **1/2 (out of ****) A commonly used sentence by people trying to find ways to bitch about a movie or TV show is “I didn’t feel like I had anyone to root for.†Who gives a fat flying shit? What you root for is totally irrelevant to both me and the…
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WELCOME TO SWEDEN / WORKING THE ENGELS *** (out of ****)/ *1/2 (out of ****) Watching NBC’s new summer comedy hour, including Welcome to Sweden and Working the Engels, has convinced me that my job writing about pilots has come to an end. It’s not because I have changed the world, and have clearly expressed…
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ALMOST ROYAL *** (out of ****) Almost ten years after its release, Borat still has such a grip on its (very) specific genre that it’s still hard to release anything that recalls it. That genre, of course, is “comedies where improvising character actors trick everyday folk into thinking that the actors are not…
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MYSTERY GIRLS *1/2 (out of ****) Jennie Garth is an American treasure. Hmmm…let’s start over. Jennie Garth is underrated. I’m not saying she’s Television Hall of Fame material. I would say, however, that she’s a poor man’s Christina Applegate, while her current public status seems to be homeless man’s Christina Applegate or dead…
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JENNIFER FALLS ** (out of ****) As we trudge forward into the brave new world that is present day television, the only thing we can rely on is the fact that we can’t rely on anything. The fact that we can essentially watch anything we want whenever we want is fairly commonplace now. Even…
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That’s right folks, as the headline of this article subtly suggests, we have launched our very own YourPopFilter.com KickStarter! Why you ask? Well, look around this site. Pretty great articles and podcasts right? But notice how your eyes want to vomit while looking at it all? We at the YPF Headquarters noticed that too. And…
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DOMINION ** (out of ****) For all intents and purposes, the pilot for Dominion seemingly hits all of its goals, assuming that its goals are to feel like one of those cheesedick sci-fi shows that would run in syndication on Saturdays when we were kids. At least, it feels like it hits its goals…
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MURDER IN THE FIRST **1/2 (out of ****) It’s time to reveal my darkest secret: I used to be a reality TV watcher. It was never that hardcore (I’ve never seen a single episode of Survivor or The Bachelor), but I didn’t completely avoid it like I do now. I mostly dabbled in VH1…
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CROSSBONES **1/2 (out of ****) John Malkovich plays Blackbeard. That’s the first sentence you have to consider when deciding whether or not to watch Crossbones. In the other corner, facing off against that sentence, is this one: It’s about other pirates played by other actors, it’s on NBC, and its premiere is in June,…
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UNDATEABLE *1/2 (out of ****) I honestly don’t know if I’ve reviewed this show before. It’s not that old, so there hasn’t been that much time for me to do so. A quick check of the website’s search feature doesn’t show anything, but the search feature on low-budge websites like this typically ain’t exactly…
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