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What I Watched This Week: 21 Feb 2016
NEW SHOWS Togetherness – “Hotels” (B+) / season premiere Earns a lot of points for jumping ahead and letting the aftermath of Michelle’s infidelity play out over the course of the season. But by cutting to another part of a … Continue reading
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Tagged brooklyn nine-nine, hbo, muppets, togetherness, wire
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What I Watched This Week: 14 Feb 2016
NEW SHOWS Brooklyn Nine-Nine – “House Mouses” (A-) Hitchcock and Scully get their time to shine, or rather, fail spectacularly as expected. My common refrain continues, as there’s at least one superfluous story (here, the ladies overcoming their fears, though … Continue reading
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What I Watched This Week: 7 Feb 2016
NEW SHOWS Brooklyn Nine-Nine – “The 9-8” (A) Another incredible episode in a season full of them. The invasion of the bizarro 9-8 precinct leads to gag after hilarious gag as they get on the nerves of every single cop … Continue reading
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What I Watched This Week: 31 Jan 2016
NEW SHOWS Brooklyn Nine-Nine – “Karen Peralta” (B+) Katey Segal is a national treasure, and she’s great as Jake’s mom. But the episode’s emotional resonance is stunted by its adjacent subplots. Again, when a show has an ensemble as terrific … Continue reading
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Tagged american crime story, brooklyn nine-nine, hbo, muppets, wire
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What I Watched This Week: 24 Jan 2016
NEW SHOWS Brooklyn Nine-Nine – “The Cruise” (B+) Not as strong as previous installments with the Pontiac Bandit, but nearly any time with Doug Judy and Jake Peralta is a magical time. CURRENT SHOWS It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia “Chardee … Continue reading
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What I Watched This Week: 17 Jan 2016
NEW SHOWS Brooklyn Nine-Nine – “9 Days” (B+) Its subplots were a bit disappointing – I don’t understand why more ensemble comedies don’t take risks in pairing off some characters and calling it a day – but Holt and Peralta … Continue reading
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What I Watched This Week: 10 Jan 2016
OLD SHOWS The Wire (Season 4) – “Soft Eyes” (B+) How much do you have to lie to comfort other people? That’s what so many Baltimore residents are wrestling with this episode. Do you underreport crime statistics so your constiuents … Continue reading
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What I Watched This Week: 3 Jan 2016
NEW SHOWS Brooklyn Nine-Nine – “Hostage Situation” (A) This show just keeps getting better. It starts with Holt breakdancing and only gets better from there, as Boyle and Peralta try to free Boyle’s sperm samples (aka “Boyle Oil” — eww) … Continue reading
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2015 in Review: The Best Films
Even more than usual, 2015 proved especially hard to narrow down to 10 films. I wouldn’t call this the best film year of the decade so far. But there were so many movies that were very good, but not quite all-timers, … Continue reading
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Tagged beasts of no nation, brooklyn, carol, ex machine, fury road, going clear, hateful eight, hbo, inside out, love and mercy, mad max, martian, mission impossible, netflix, phoenix, revenant, rogue nation, sicario, slow west, spotlight, spy, steve jobs, trainwreck, what we do in the shadows
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2015 in Review: The Best Shows – Honorable Mentions
As I mentioned in my top 10, there were simply too many shows to keep up with. So here are the honorable mentions for the year, which includes the finest hours of many merely very good shows, as well as … Continue reading
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Tagged grace and frankie, hbo, honorable woman, house of cards, hulu, inside amy schumer, john mulaney, key and peele, louie, mindy project, modern family, netflix, orange is the new black, togetherness
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