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SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Weird Loners”

WEIRD LONERS: Tuesday 9:30PM on FOX Previously… on WEIRD LONERS: Out-of-work womanizer Stosh (Zachary Knighton) has just moved in with his odd cousin Eric (Nate Torrence) in Eric’s house, which is next do...

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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “New Girl”

It seems fair to ask just what the hell happened to NEW GIRL this season. A series that seemed to spring out of its pilot womb in complete command of its oddball voice and marvelous cast could suddenly barely take a st...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “You’re The Worst”

YOU’RE THE WORST: Wednesday 10:30PM on FXX The secret shame of Jimmy (Chris Geere) and Gretchen (Aya Cash), the protagonists of YOU’RE THE WORST, is that they’re far more conventional than they’...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “The Mindy Project”

THE MINDY PROJECT: Tuesday 9:30PM on FOX After an uneven season and a half that seemed to slide from one genre and tone to the next on a nearly weekly basis (it’s a rom-com! it’s a workplace comedy!), lea...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “Novitiate,” “The Incredible Jessica James” & “Marjorie Prime”

NOVITIATE (Sony Classics): It’s not clear how much of an audience there can be for a dark drama set amid the physical and psychological hardships of a pre-Vatican II midwestern abbey, but Margaret Betts’s N...

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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The Newsroom”

It is, to be honest, somewhat difficult to focus on the clatter of THE NEWSROOM on the same night that Breaking Bad aired one of the most devastating episodes in its history–which made it one of the most devastating h...

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PREMIERING TONIGHT – THE SKED’S FALL PILOT REPORT: FOX’s “The Mindy Project”

THE MINDY PROJECT: Tuesday 9:30PM on FOX – DVR Alert Companion shows don’t come more perfectly designed than FOX’s THE MINDY PROJECT. When FOX launched New Girl last fall, it became an instant ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Silver Linings Playbook”

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK: Don’t Get Sold Out – A Rom-Com With Dance Moves All Its Own Anyone who doubts that Jennifer Lawrence is a real-thing, big-time movie star should get thee hence to a theater showing ...

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THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: NBC’s “Marry Me”

MARRY ME: Tuesday 9PM on NBC starting October 14 – If Nothing Else Is On… PLAYERS: Series creator David Caspe, of the late and lamented Happy Endings. Stars Casey Wilson and Ken Marino, but especially W...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Blended”

BLENDED: Not Even For Free – A Bad Sitcom Episode, 4 Times As Long On the Adam Sandler Movie Pain-o-Meter (patent pending), the new BLENDED ranks about midway between the not-so-bad Just Go With It and the soul-c...

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: NBC’s “Marry Me”

MARRY ME: Tuesday 9PM on NBC THE FACTS: Happy Endings creator David Caspe reunites with Casey Wilson, one of that show’s stars, for a rom-com that pairs her with Ken Marino, as a longtime couple who finally get...

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SOMETHING BORROWED: The Weekend’s Not-Thor

> Watch it At Home; Something Acceptable. As romantic comedies with Kate Hudson go, SOMETHING BORROWED isn’t so bad. After her spectacular debut in Almost Famous, Hudson’s become something of a brand nam...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Virtual Sundance Reviews: “First Date” & “Pleasure”

FIRST DATE: Your regard for First Date is likely to directly relate to your nostalgia for the low-rent action comedies and Tarantino imitations of the 1990s and 2000s. Those comedies were marked by idiot plots that p...

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THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: NBC’s “A to Z”

A TO Z: Thursday 9:30PM on NBC starting October 2 – If Nothing Else is On… PLAYERS: Series creator Ben Queen (he wrote the script for Cars 2). Non-writing producers Rashida Jones and Will McCormick. S...

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Sundance 2023 Reviews: “Rye Lane,” “Passages” & “Run Rabbit Run”

RYE LANE (Searchlight/Disney – March 31): Raine Allen Miller’s feature debut Rye Lane is a bubbly surprise, a quick-witted, fast-paced rom-com overflowing with charm. The script by Nathan Bryon and Tom Me...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Weird Loners”

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “New Girl”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “You’re The Worst”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “The Mindy Project”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “Novitiate,” “The Incredible Jessica James” & “Marjorie Prime”

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The Newsroom”

PREMIERING TONIGHT – THE SKED’S FALL PILOT REPORT: FOX’s “The Mindy Project”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Silver Linings Playbook”

THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: NBC’s “Marry Me”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Blended”

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: NBC’s “Marry Me”

SOMETHING BORROWED: The Weekend’s Not-Thor

SHOWBUZZDAILY Virtual Sundance Reviews: “First Date” & “Pleasure”

THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: NBC’s “A to Z”

Sundance 2023 Reviews: “Rye Lane,” “Passages” & “Run Rabbit Run”

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