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TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL Day 5 Capsule Reviews: “Jackie,” “Arrival,” “Loving,” “Blue Jay,” & “Black Mirror”

JACKIE (Fox Searchlight – December 9): The most impressive film of the festival thus far is director Pablo Larrain’s jewel-like examination of the realities and artifices behind our perceptions of history, ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Company You Keep”

As soon as Robert Redford had enough clout to start generating his own movies, he began starring in and often producing some of the best politically-themed films of the 1970s, including The Candidate, Three Days of the Condor�...

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The Sked: Cable Ratings April 17-23

>History’s Pawn Stars tops this week’s cable chart, with a 2.0 rating from 10:00-10:30 pm Monday with Adults 18-49. Usually the 10:30 pm Pawn Stars is slightly higher rated (up a tenth of a rating point or two...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Sarah’s Key”

SARAH’S KEY – Watch It At Home: Misses a Difficult Mark There may be no cinematic minefield more dangerous for filmmakers than the Holocaust. For films entering that difficult territory, the...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER – Not Even For Free – An Unconstitutional Offense Against Moviegoers Honestly: how is a movie called ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER not a comedy? It’s as if Wood...

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THE SKED REVIEW: “Hatfields & McCoys” Episode 1

Even as the scripted drama business on the broadcast networks subsides into increasing irrelevance, new players arise who want to take part. Dramas may not be cost-effective in the way that they once were, but t...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Zero Dark Thirty”

ZERO DARK THIRTY: Worth A Ticket – The Year’s Most Gripping Thriller Is True You already know how ZERO DARK THIRTY ends. You knew how All the President’s Men ended, too, and Apollo 13 and Titanic. ...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Hell On Wheels”

HELL ON WHEELS – Sunday 9PM on AMC WHERE WE WERE: Building the transcontinental railroad. Our antihero, former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon, joined the Union Pacific Railroad’s march to the west on...

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Sarah’s Key” – Doors That Stick

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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THE SKED: “Hatfields & McCoys” Keep Shooting

History Channel, which just entered the world of scripted television 2 days ago, now owns the #1 and #2 scripted programs in the history of basic cable, as the 2d installment of HATFIELDS & MCCOYS barely declined fro...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Sapphires”

With The Silver-Linings Playbook and now Wayne Blair’s THE SAPPHIRES, Harvey Weinstein may have the feel-good part of the coming awards season locked down. This slight but charming true story (or at least R...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “J. Edgar”

J. EDGAR: Watch It At Home – Brokeback Hoover It’s a little unexpected that of all the films Clint Eastwood has directed, his new biography J. EDGAR most resembles The Bridges of Madison Count...

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THE SKED: “Hatfields & McCoys” Blows Up The Record Books – Again

It’s not exactly a surprise that History’s HATFIELDS & MCCOYS had another spectacular ratings night with its conclusion on Wednesday. The show actually went up from its record-setting Part 1 audi...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Django Unchained”

DJANGO UNCHAINED – Worth A Ticket – Pre-Civil War American History 101 With Professor Tarantino Quentin Tarantino is, when you think about it, the most successful avant-garde filmmaker in Hollywood. His tri...

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The Sked: Cable Ratings June 12-18

HBO’s True Blood tops the cable ratings chart again this week, although it’s down three tenths of an Adult 18-49 rating point from last week’s season premiere. TNT’s Dallas reboot looks impressive in t...

by Mitch Metcalf

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TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL Day 5 Capsule Reviews: “Jackie,” “Arrival,” “Loving,” “Blue Jay,” & “Black Mirror”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Company You Keep”

The Sked: Cable Ratings April 17-23

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Sarah’s Key”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”

THE SKED REVIEW: “Hatfields & McCoys” Episode 1

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Zero Dark Thirty”

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Hell On Wheels”

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Sarah’s Key” – Doors That Stick

THE SKED: “Hatfields & McCoys” Keep Shooting

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Sapphires”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “J. Edgar”

THE SKED: “Hatfields & McCoys” Blows Up The Record Books – Again

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Django Unchained”

The Sked: Cable Ratings June 12-18

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