THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”
TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY: Worth A Ticket – An Epic of Betrayals John LeCarre is (I guess one should say “arguably”) the greatest of all spy novelists, and his 1974 TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, ...
THE SKED: “Man Up!” Goes Down
> ABC has decided that MAN UP! isn’t even worthy of sullying its Tuesday 8:30PM timeslot during the low-rated holiday season. Effective immediately, it’s off the schedule, replaced for now by repeats of LAST M...
THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/7/11
> Last night, viewers took a stand against the hatred of teenage daughters. FOX: I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER, in its 2d airing (and first against new episodes on ABC) slumped to a 2.1 rating, losing more than a third of X ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Young Adult”
YOUNG ADULT: Worth A Ticket – Theron + Oswalt = The Real Thing Charlize Theron plays the hell out of her character Mavis Gary in the new YOUNG ADULT. Theron has had a curious Hollywood career, with the usual big-...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “I Hate My Teenage Daughter”
> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may hav...
THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/6/11
> Not much good news for anyone–including the night’s winner. FOX: The network ran the table 8-10PM, but with ugly numbers: GLEE and NEW GIRL both set season lows, and RAISING HOPE was just 0.1 above its...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “New Year’s Eve”
NEW YEAR’S EVE: Not At Any Price – Calling it a “Sit-Com” Insults TV NEW YEAR’S EVE is such a calculated piece of commercial manufacture that it deserves a Powerpoint presentation m...
THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/5/11
> For CBS on Mondays, the other networks can huff and puff and put specials on the air, but they can’t blow The Eye’s house down. CBS: Against atypical competition almost across the board, all their hits were ...
THE BIJOU @ SUNDANCE: Big-Time
> Like any showbiz stripper, the Sundance Film Festival has left its most notable revelations for last: after releasing its Competition Entries and its Midnight and Other Fringe Titles, today the Festival announced its hi...
THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/4/11
> Another Sunday where there was football… and then everything else. FOX: The early evening received a massive boost from the Giants vs. Green Bay game, which went down to the last second. That lifted THE SIMP...
BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Early International Report – 11/4/11
> The Hollywood Reporter has some early numbers for the weekend’s overseas boxoffice. (Remember: comparisons of international boxoffice receipts aren’t necessarily apples-to-apples, as films follow diffe...
BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Weekend Studio Scorecard – 11/4/11
> BREAKING DAWN PART 1: Running $8M below New Moon at the parallel place in their runs, but with a slower rate of decline (at least until New Year’s Eve opens next week). New Moon earned another $41M after the...