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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Shadow Dancer”

Plot and character revelations are a critical part of James Marsh’s subtle, complex spy drama SHADOW DANCER, adapted by Tom Bradby from his own novel, so I’ll be circumspect in describing its plot beyond the ...

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THE SKED MIDSEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Scandal”

SCANDAL has been having a barn-burner of a Season 2, emerging as a pulpier, crazier Homeland (not that Homeland hasn’t been pretty crazy the last couple of weeks), a DC-set melodrama where everybody is lying to som...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Twisted”

TWISTED: Tuesday 9PM on ABCFamily Previously… on TWISTED: Danny Desai (Avan Jogia) served 5 years in jail after (as far as we know) strangling his aunt to death as an 11-year old. Now he’s out, and his ...

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Point Blank”

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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THE SKED’S MIDSEASON RETURN: “The Secret Circle”

> After a hiatus so long that it seemed as though CW had found its own witchcraft to create more repeats of THE SECRET CIRCLE than there’d been original episodes to start, the series finally returned to original episodes....

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Bourne Legacy”

THE BOURNE LEGACY: Watch It At Home – Not Up To the Real Bournes THE BOURNE LEGACY has been concocted with a combination of ingenuity and desperation. It exists because Universal–a studio dangerously ligh...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “The East”

A couple of Sundances ago, the actress/writer/producer Brit Marling was a festival darling, with two acclaimed pictures unveiled the same week. In the end, while both Another Earth and Sound of My Voice received di...

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TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW: “Prisoners”

The prevailing atmosphere in Denis Villenueve’s PRISONERS will be familiar to anyone who’s been watching cable TV drama for the past few years. Gloom, grief, hopelessness, helpless rage–it’s h...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Safe House”

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Point Blank”

POINT BLANK – Worth a Ticket: A Thrill-Ride with Subtitles The most gripping Hollywood thriller of the summer is… in French. (But not for long.) This isn’t a complete surprise: POINT BLAN...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Homeland”

HOMELAND: Sunday 10PM on Showtime WHERE WE WERE: Wincing, as bipolar CIA agent Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) underwent electroshock therapy, which we knew was going to make her forget the proof she had that former P...

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THE SKED’S PILOT (+ 1) REVIEW: “Red Widow”

RED WIDOW: Sunday 10PM on ABC The “2-hour premiere” of RED WIDOW actually consisted of the pilot that was shot before last year’s upfronts, combined with the first regular episode (both halves written...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “The Following”

Hardly anyone who wasn’t earning a paycheck from Kevin Williamson’s THE FOLLOWING will miss it. It was as close as any network series has ever come to torture porn, with at least one or two innocents being ...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Poe”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots We round out our survey of some of the more notable busted pilots of the season with the distinctive POE, produced by Warner Bros Television for ABC and written by Chris Hollier (a former writer...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Safe House”

SAFE HOUSE: Watch It At Home – You’ve Seen It SAFE HOUSE feels like a remake, even though technically it’s not. It’s a little bit Training Day, a little Bourne, a little Man On Fire (and ev...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Shadow Dancer”

THE SKED MIDSEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Scandal”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Twisted”

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Point Blank”

THE SKED’S MIDSEASON RETURN: “The Secret Circle”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Bourne Legacy”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “The East”

TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW: “Prisoners”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Safe House”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Point Blank”

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Homeland”

THE SKED’S PILOT (+ 1) REVIEW: “Red Widow”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “The Following”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Poe”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Safe House”

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