THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Captain America: The First Avenger” – Red, White & Retro
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Oscar Odds: After the Golden Globes
After its Golden Globes win for Best Drama, the odds of winning Best Picture for Argo improved a bit (moving from a $7.50 payout on a $1 wager to $5.25 and moving past Les Miserables into second place). But the favorite rem...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “The River”
> Let’s face it, “season finale” is a euphemism for what tonight’s episode of THE RIVER almost certainly was in reality: the SS Minnow from Gilligan’s Island is more likely to make a return v...
THE SKED PILOT REPORT: FOX’s “Terra Nova”
> 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 SKED: “Terra Nova” Becomes Extinct
> FOX did what it had to do today, shutting the time-travel portal on TERRA NOVA. The show (which, because of its CG postproduction, would have needed an early renewal to be ready for air in Fall 2012) was enormously expe...
BROADWAY JOURNAL: “War Horse” and “Jerusalem”
> For a new play, WAR HORSE has strong movie connections. The play is adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford from the 1982 novel by Michael Morpurgo, and that novel is also the basis of Steven Spielberg’s upcoming f...
THE SKED PREMIERING TONIGHT: ABC’s “The River”
> 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 SKED @ CABLE REVIEW: “Falling Skies”
> FALLING SKIES – Sundays 10PM on TNT – If Nothing Else Is On… Or: how is FALLING SKIES not Terra Nova? I’ve raved about FOX’s Fall dinosaur spectacle, and here’s another Steven S...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Smash”
And so the curtain drops on the first season of SMASH, which may have set the all-time television speed record for going from shining beacon to punching bag. Tonight’s season finale, written by now-deposed showru...
BROADWAY JOURNAL; “Catch Me If You Can”
>Steven Spielberg week on Broadway continues: after War Horse, the director’s next film, we have CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, based on his 2002 comedy-drama (that film was written by Jeff Nathanson). Spielberg&#...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Lincoln”
LINCOLN: Worth A Ticket – The West Wing, Civil War Edition In today’s Hollywood, there aren’t many directors whose names are trademarks. “A Martin Scorsese movie” doesn’t have the ...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “The River”
> 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...
COUNTING TO 10: Best Spielbergs
> On the occasion of Super 8‘s release, the Top 10 movies directed by Steven Spielberg: 10. THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS (1974): His first feature film, it suggests that had he never touched a special effect in his life, S...