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JANUARY TV EXTRAVAGANZA
RAKE **1/2 (out of ****) Rake cheated. Or it figured out how the world should work. Either way, it gets a boost for one, huge reason: its first episode isn’t its pilot. I’ve watched so many terrible pilots, terrible not because the show has a bad premise, or won’t eventually produce good episodes…
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THE SPOILS OF BABYLON **1/2 (out of ****) So much of the allure of Casa De Mi Padre is how close it resembled the material it parodied. Rarely did the movie follow modern comedy rules, instead getting most of its jokes by being only as ridiculous as other Mexican melodramas are. This created a…
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CHOZEN ** (out of ****) From the moment you hear the pitch for Chozen, FX’s new FX-like show, it’s impossible not to come up with preconceived notions and serious doubts. Chozen, voiced by the incredibly underrated Bobby Moynihan, is a white, gay rapper just released from prison. Yeesh. It’s not just that you can feel…
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INTELLIGENCE ** (out of ****) Did CBS anoint Intelligence the biggest hit series of the fall before they even premiered it? Not that it matters. They’re probably going to be right. CBS farts out procedural hits on the reg, and this one has enough of a high-concept premise to make it feel more special than…
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ENLISTED **1/2 (out of ****) Sometimes, when watching a pilot, it’s hard to tell if a show is flailing, grabbing onto whatever it can from other, superior shows in the hope you’ll recognize something you like and keep watching, or if it’s actually creating its own, new thing. The fact that you can’t tell between…
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TURBO F.A.S.T. ** (out of ****) I would say that Netflix has figured out how to make all the money, if any of us had a clue as to what kind of ratings Netflix gets, or how much money they actually make. Last week, Netflix premiered its first original children’s show, TurboF.A.S.T., based on the…
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GROUND FLOOR **1/2 (out of ****) This seems to be the perfect time for a premise like that of Ground Floor, even if the show treats it more as its particular gimmick, as opposed to a way to shine a light on society, which isn’t really TBS’ strong suit. Skylar Astin (Pitch Perfect) plays…
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Best Movies of the 1990′s 1991 Edition As PopFilter “writer” Jason Noble continues through the collective garbage that is 90’s music, the 90’s, and music in general, struggling to find more than three songs that were good in any given year, I get to find out that 1991 is YET ANOTHER year full of movies…
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KIRSTIE ** (out of ****) I’ve said it before, but this is the hardest part of the job. Kirstie is among the truly unreviewable, not for anything good that it’s done, or bad, or challenging, or unchallenging. If some films are steaks at a four-star restaurant, and some films are McDonald’s double cheeseburgers, this is…
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BRODY STEVENS: ENJOY IT *** (out of ****) Comic nerds want to like the comedians their favorite comedians like. Comedians are typically not shy about the stand-ups they like, and they are usually pretty far left of center. No hip, alternative stand-up comedian talks about Jeff Foxworthy, or tells us we really need to hear…
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