THE BIJOU REVIEW: “We Bought A Zoo”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Veep”
> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and the production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have ...
THE SKED PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Common Law”
A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and the production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may ...
THE SKED REVIEW: “Enlightened”
> ENLIGHTENED – Mondays 9:30PM on HBO – If Nothing Else Is On… As a writer, Mike White is drawn to stories of delusion. Even though their tones (and commerciality) are widely divergent, his screenplays f...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “How I Met Your Mother”
In HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, Carter Bays and Craig Thomas created an odd but appealing mix of traditional sitcom humor and conceptual originality (their upcoming FOX show The Goodwin Games looks like another unusual angle o...
THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Necessary Roughness”
WHERE WE WERE: Dr. Dani Santino (Callie Thorne) was a happy suburban wife and mother who provided therapy to a few clients on the side, when her entire life was disrupted by a nasty divorce that left her in need of a g...
THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Weeds”
WEEDS: Sunday 10PM on Showtime WHERE WE WERE: After a season largely concerned with a battle for supremacy in the New York drug trade, both within and outside the family, there seemed to be a moment of compara...
THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: “Perception”
PERCEPTION: Monday 10PM on TNT – Change the Channel A man stands on a chair in the middle of a police station, earphones fastened to his head, and frantically conducts the symphony he’s listening to....
THE SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – “Bent”
> Disclaimer: Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall. Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot. So these critiques sh...
THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Ten Year”
> TEN YEAR, which premiered tonight at the Toronto Film Festival, is one of the few festival movies that has the feel of a potential hit. This is because, apart from its hugely engaging cast and, to be sure, some effectiv...
“MIDNIGHT IN PARIS” : Ah, Paree!
> Worth A Ticket; A tasty croissant from Woody Allen. Woody Allen interrupts the opening credits of his new comedy MIDNIGHT IN PARIS to insert a montage of lovely Paris locations. I mention this because after more than 40...
PREMIERING TONIGHT–THE SKED’S FALL PILOT REPORT: FOX’s “Ben & Kate”
BEN & KATE: Tuesday 8:30PM on FOX – Worth A Look However it may fare in the ratings, this fall’s FOX Tuesday schedule is a model lesson in what a smoothly engineered line-up looks like. At 9:30...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Campaign”
THE CAMPAIGN: Not At Any Price – Abstain THE CAMPAIGN, like many a politician before it, tries to be all things to all people, and winds up delivering almost nothing. There was reason to be hopeful about The Camp...