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Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Glass Onion” & “Pearl”

GLASS ONION (Netflix – November 4 in theaters, December 23 online): After Rian Johnson’s Knives Out broke through to become one of the increasingly few non-IP-based mainstream hits in the market ($311.6M wo...

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Sundance 2024 Film Reviews: “Little Death” & “Good One”

LITTLE DEATH (no distrib): Jack Begert’s first feature (co-written with Dani Goffstein) is a diptych about Los Angeles, put together in sharply contrasting ways. The first half is about sitcom writer Martin (Da...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Argo”

At this point, with 3 first-rate films to his name, it’s time to stop remarking on how surprising it is that Ben Affleck is a major American filmmaker and just accept that he is one. His latest, ARGO, is his best yet, ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “In A World…”

The actress Lake Bell’s feature-film writing/directing debut IN A WORLD… has a fresh slant on showbiz comedy, and it’s both consistently likable and sometimes very funny. It’s also sloppy, ove...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Californication”

> CALIFORNICATION lost a step this season, which is what often happens when a series of limited scope reaches Year 5. Unlike other Showtime series like Weeds and Dexter, Californication has never had the appetite for seas...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “90210”

90210: Monday 8PM on CW WHERE WE WERE: Mid car-crash. A truck was plowing into Dixon (Tristan Wilds), in a way that would surely kill an actor in the middle of contract renegotiations. Dixon’s love Adriana ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “Luce” & “Sonja: The White Swan”

LUCE (Neon): Julius Onah’s film was one of the most gripping and provocative of the festival, combining a tale about social and racial tensions with the suspense of a psychological thriller. Based by director J...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “The Affair”

There was a trainwreck quality to the final season of Showtime’s THE AFFAIR, although it managed to gather itself with some grace for tonight’s series finale, which ended with a remarkably happy conclusion fo...

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A SHOWBUZZDAILY Guide To Movie Profitability (Or Not) – Part II: Distribution Fees and Back-End

Yesterday we looked at some of the ways that the costs of producing a feature film are higher and more complicated than they might seem. Today, some additional obstacles that lie between any movie and profitability. &n...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere + 1 Review: “White Famous”

WHITE FAMOUS: Sunday 9PM on Showtime – Change the Channel Showtime’s shaky new comedy WHITE FAMOUS is spectacularly ill-timed for the week after the downfall of Harvey Weinstein. The premiere half-hour ha...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Episodes”

The first season of Showtime’s EPISODES was hobbled by its own agenda, but in its much better Season 2, the series relaxed into a very solid sitcom. The show, written throughout by Must-See-TV veterans David Cran...

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THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “Ray Donovan”

RAY DONOVAN: Sunday 10PM on Showtime – Potential DVR Alert Ray Donovan (Liev Schreiber) is a fixer with plenty to fix. Professionally, he’s sort of a lower-rent LA version of Scandal‘s Olivia Pope, ...

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A SHOWBUZZDAILY Guide to Movie Profitability (Or Not) – Part I: Budget

Let’s start with something simple: anyone who claims to have reliable knowledge about the profitability of a specific film, without having detailed access to its production budgets, financing documents and key ta...

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THE SKED REVIEW: “Liz & Dick”

Did anyone, anywhere, expect LIZ & DICK to be something other than junk? Lifetime’s TV-movie, with its stunt casting of Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor, was calibrated to get train-wreck eyeballs (it might ...

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Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Glass Onion” & “Pearl”

Sundance 2024 Film Reviews: “Little Death” & “Good One”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Argo”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “In A World…”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Californication”

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “90210”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “Luce” & “Sonja: The White Swan”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “The Affair”

A SHOWBUZZDAILY Guide To Movie Profitability (Or Not) – Part II: Distribution Fees and Back-End

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere + 1 Review: “White Famous”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Episodes”

THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “Ray Donovan”

A SHOWBUZZDAILY Guide to Movie Profitability (Or Not) – Part I: Budget

THE SKED REVIEW: “Liz & Dick”

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