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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Supergirl”

SUPERGIRL: Monday 8PM on CBS (premiere at 8:30PM tonight) – In the Queue SUPERGIRL is more thrilling as an experiment in network scheduling than as a TV show. There’s nothing terribly wrong with the ser...

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PREMIERING TONIGHT – THE SKED PILOT REPORT: CW’s “Arrow”

ARROW: Wednesday 8PM on CW – If Nothing Else Is On It’s Comic-Con week in San Diego, and while we here don’t participate in that particular hullabaloo (waiting for hours just to see a trailer that’...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Agent Carter”

The signs are foreboding for AGENT CARTER: not only have the Season 2 ratings gone from lukewarm to frigid, but star Hayley Atwell has signed for another ABC pilot (although since the same studio and network are involv...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Black Lightning”

Although it’s part of the CW/Greg Berlanti DC Comics assembly line, BLACK LIGHTNING, created by Salim Akil, has been strikingly different from its comrades. So far, it hasn’t noticeably been part of the sha...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Tim Burton’s “Batman”

It’s been 23 years since the pre-Christopher Nolan version of the Batman franchise launched into the boxoffice stratosphere, and a lot has changed in the movie landscape. (1989 is so long ago that it was a topica...

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COUNTING TO 10: Bad Superhero Movies

> To commemorate Green Lantern‘s arrival, 10 superhero movies that couldn’t fly: 10. WATCHMAN (2009): Not a total disaster, but Zack Snyder’s failed epic earns its place by providing definitive proof tha...

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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: ABC Trailer – “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”

AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. is The Big One, not just for ABC but for any network this fall. A spin-off of one of the most successful movies ever made (and part of a gigantically successful ongoing franchise), co-written and...

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THE SKED @ BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Wonder Woman”

> This year’s WONDER WOMAN pilot did not fly under the radar. Produced by Warner Bros Television for NBC, it was the subject of speculation before it was even placed with a network, scrutiny while it was being produ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins”

To say BATMAN BEGINS successfully rebooted the Warners franchise is accurate, but incomplete. Christopher Nolan’s film, from the script he wrote with David S. Goyer, is a complete rethinking of the very concept o...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Arrow”

The success of ARROW was a big win for CW and for DC Comics this season. The appeal of CW’s single-girl soaps was running thin, while DC has been reeling from the otherworldly success of arch-rival Marvel’s...

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THE BIJOU: Captain America: The First Boxoffice

> The Hollywood Reporter has some rough early numbers for Friday’s boxoffice, and the news looks good for CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER. Including Thursday midnight grosses of $4M, it seems to be around $...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Legends of Tomorrow”

The well-oiled Greg Berlanti & Co DC superhero TV machine has so far slipped a gear with CW’s LEGENDS OF TOMORROW. Despite half a season of careful preparation before its January start, including pre-premiere...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight”

If THE DARK KNIGHT had no superhero or comic book trappings–if The Joker were scarred but not hideously made up, and Batman were a bit lower-tech and merely disguised rather than wearing a cowl and cape–Chris...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “Man of Steel”

MAN OF STEEL: Watch It At Home – Another Guy In a Cape “Kneel before Zod!” the villain of that name roared in what’s probably the best-remembered piece of dialogue from Superman 2. That line ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: “The Avengers” Awaits the Witching Hour – 5/3/12

> It seems like only yesterday that we were reviewing the records for midnight openings (actually, it was March 23, when The Hunger Games opened with a 7th-highest $19.7M Thursday midnight–the highest ever for a non-seque...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Supergirl”

PREMIERING TONIGHT – THE SKED PILOT REPORT: CW’s “Arrow”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Agent Carter”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Black Lightning”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Tim Burton’s “Batman”

COUNTING TO 10: Bad Superhero Movies

THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: ABC Trailer – “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”

THE SKED @ BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Wonder Woman”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Arrow”

THE BIJOU: Captain America: The First Boxoffice

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Legends of Tomorrow”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight”

SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “Man of Steel”

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: “The Avengers” Awaits the Witching Hour – 5/3/12

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