THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Straw Dogs”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “American Horror Story”
> 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...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Prometheus”
PROMETHEUS: Worth A Ticket – For the Visual Splendor, Not the Plot Expectations were undoubtedly too high for PROMETHEUS. The Alien franchise (and notwithstanding Ridley Scott and co-writer Damon Lindelo...
THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “Orphan Black”
ORPHAN BLACK: Saturday 9PM on BBCAmerica – Potential DVR Alert BBCAmerica’s second foray into original scripted drama, ORPHAN BLACK, while less inherently prestigious than Copper–lacking as it does th...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Side Effects”
SIDE EFFECTS: Watch It On TV – Soderbergh’s Final Big-Screen Film (For Now) Isn’t His Best Steven Soderbergh’s announcement that with SIDE EFFECTS, his career as a director of movies produced to...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO: Worth A Ticket – David Fincher Meets Lisbeth Salander The most remarkable thing about David Fincher’s version of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (written for the Engl...
NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: ABC’s “The Whispers”
THE WHISPERS: Midseason TBD on ABC THE FACTS: Something is taking possession of American children and making them do very bad things–like “kill your parents” bad things. They may be on their way t...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Last Resort”
A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and the production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have ha...
ShowbuzzDaily Sundance 2022 Reviews: “God’s Country” & “Phoenix Rising”
GOD’S COUNTRY (no distrib): A deliberative character study that’s also a thriller of sorts, anchored by one of the best performances of Thandiwe Newton’s career. When two hunters (Joris Jarsky and Y...
THE SKED REVIEW: The Return of The Walking (and Talking) Dead
> Since we last saw our rag-tag band of survivors, they’ve had to endure the loss of their leader, the man most responsible for mapping out their initial strategies and saving them along the way from all manner of deadly ...
THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: “Missing”
> MISSING: Premieres Thursday 8PM on ABC – If Nothing Else Is On… If you’ve seen any of the commercials for ABC’s new MISSING, you know that it’s basically Ashley Judd playing Liam NeesonR...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “The Secret Circle”
> 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...
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 ...
THE SKED FALL TRAILER REVIEW: ABC’s “666 Park Avenue”
666 PARK AVENUE: Sunday 10PM on ABC WHAT IT’S SAYING: The Devil’s Advocate, Rosemary’s Baby and The Shining in a stunning NY apartment, and fielding an all-star team of ABC veterans (T...