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The PopFilter Fall TeeVee PreVee FOX GOTHAM WHAT IT BE: The most famous fake city of all time gets to become the main character of its own show. Starting from the death of the Wayne family, Gotham follows the rise of Detective Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie), as he watches Gotham go from bad to worse,…
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The PopFilter Fall TeeVee PreVee ABC AMERICAN CRIME WHAT IT BE: A crime takes place in a small town. Unfortunately for the town, but fortunately for ABC and its viewers, it’s one of those crimes that has a ripple effect, and many angles it can be looked at. WHY IT MIGHT BE DECENT:…
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The PopFilter Fall TeeVee PreVee NBC A TO Z PREMIERES OCTOBER 2ND WHAT IT BE: Cristin Miloti follows up her run on the much-heralded, not-at-all-maligned final season of How I Met Your Mother with a titular role in which she’ll probably get some actual screen time. At least I assume it’s…
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the PopFilter Fall TeeVee PreVee CBS It’s my favorite time of the year, when we haven’t yet discovered that 90 percent of the time we spend watching new fall shows is a complete waste. The world is full of optimism and wonder. The nation twitches with excitement, hoping to add dozens of new shows…
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We did it! Thank you Filterinos for your support, be it monetary, emotional, spiritual,, intellectual, sexual, but most of all monetary. It means a lot that everyone would give so generously to a handful of people who are addicted to pop culture, even if you only gave to get us to shut the fuck up.…
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While I write this update, I’m drinking a Bloody Mary, and doing so for a couple of reasons: First off, because it’s Saturday. That means it’s totally okay for anyone to start drinking whenever they feel like it, regardless of what “time†it is or how many “families†with “kids†are running around to say…
Read MoreJULY 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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