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FALL TV EXTRAVAGANZA!!!
FALL TV EXTRAVAGANZA!!! HART OF DIXIE ** (OUT OF ****) In the interest of full disclosure, I feel like I should tell you that I was and continue to be a diehard The OC fanatic. Someday I’ll write about all of the reasons that it was great, and hopefully come off as a critic…
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FALL TV EXTRAVAGANZA!!! PAN AM *** (out of ****) Success breeds failure. It might be a rule of life, but who cares. It is a rule of pop culture, and that’s what matters. And it’s a rule for one reason: people want success so badly and so quickly, that they will do whatever it…
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THE POP FILTER TOP TEN REALISTIC SEX SCENES 10-KNOCKED UP When Leslie Mann delivers the line of “Seriously?†while looking at Seth Rogen, the tone in her voice should really resonate with each and every one of you. Everyone has been there before [or have you buried your shame with the salt bath you gave…
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FALL TV EXTRAVAGANZA!!! A GIFTED MAN *** (out of ****) A Gifted Man has a lot of shit going on in its pilot, especially for a first episode. Patrick Wilson is a neurosurgeon. He is a dick. He has a sister with a criminal kid. His sister is a loser. His ex-wife who he…
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FALL TV EXTRAVAGANZA!!! PRIME SUSPECT **1/2 (out of ****) Maria Bello take over for Helen Mirren, something no actress wants to do unless we’re talking about a prequel to Red, in Prime Suspect. In it, she plays New York detective Jane Timoney. I know what you’re thinking: Maria is a girl’s name! Jane is…
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FALL TV EXTRAVAGANZA!!! WHITNEY *1/2 (out of ****) I know Whitney Cummings from a couple of stand-up specials, and some of the Comedy Central Roasts, but apparently most people know her from being on Chelsea Lately. I can’t imagine her being very good on that show, it being the place where comedy goes to…
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FALL TV EXTRAVAGANZA!!! REVENGE **1/2 (OUT OF FOUR) Make no mistake: just because this show is on when it’s dark out, only airs once a week, and doesn’t look like it’s filmed with a camera lathered with Vaseline, doesn’t mean it’s not a soap opera. Revenge stars Emily Van Camp as Emily Thorne, a…
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WEEK FOUR BATMAN So far, almost every great book that has come out of the DC relaunch has been a little “undergroundâ€, for lack of a better term. The B-level, or lesser known, characters have been given to the writers that are a little more out there, or aren’t afraid to take chances. These are…
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FALL TV EXTRAVAGANZA!!! NEW GIRL 2.5 STARS (OUT OF 4) I’ve never been one to instantly fall for what the A.V. Club calls the “manic pixie dream girlâ€, despite everyone else I know being mesmerized by them, and calling me homophobic slurs for not. In New Girl, we get the queen of the MPDGs,…
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FALL TV EXTRAGANZA!!! THE PLAYBOY CLUB 2 STARS (OUT OF 4) There’s a fun game you can play while watching The Playboy Club, especially if you DVR’d, and can pause whenever you want. After any character in the show says a line of dialogue, pause it (but typically, you won’t have to) and come up…
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