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Emmy Re-Do: 2012-13
The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards should have aired this week. Alas, two strikes prevented them from going on as planned (as they should… give ’em hell, WGA and SAG!) and they won’t be handed out until January. Instead, I’ll take … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Reviews, Television
Tagged 30 rock, arrested development, breaking bad, hbo, homeland, house of cards, mad men, netflix, newsroom, parks and rec, saturday night live, showtime, snl, veep
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Emmy Guide 2019: Drama
DRAMA SERIES Better Call Saul (AMC) Bodyguard (Netflix) Game of Thrones (HBO) Killing Eve (BBC America) Ozark (Netflix) Pose (FX) Succession (HBO) This Is Us (NBC) Could win: Succession Should win: Bodyguard Will win: Game of Thrones Should have been … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Previews, Television
Tagged better call saul, bodyguard, game of thrones, handmaid's tale, hbo, house of cards, how to get away with murder, hulu, killing eve, netflix, ozark, pose, succession, this is us
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What I Watched This Week: 4 Nov 2018
NEW SHOWS It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – “Mac Finds His Pride” (B+) / season finale It’s hard to know exactly how to grade this episode. Until its last act, it’s an odd mix of heartfelt character development and gross sight … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Television
Tagged amazon, good place, homecoming, house of cards, it's always sunny in philadelphia, netflix
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Streaming Picks: November 2018
FILMS Top Picks The Adventures of Tintin – Prime 11/1 eXistenZ – Hulu 11/1 The Other Side of the Wind/They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead – Netflix 11/2 The first two are underrated gems from the well-regarded careers of Steven … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews, Television
Tagged 1983, adventures of tintin, aliens and agenda 21, amazon, angela's christmas, baby, ballad of buster scruggs, baskets, beat, beat bugs, bigfoot, bisexual, boo 2, brainchild, cam, children act, christmas calendar, christmas chronicles, christmas prince, coldplay, creative galaxy, crew, damascus cover, dave attell, death by magic, dietland, downsizing, durrels in corfu, dust 2 glory, existenz, expanse, f is for family, fair game, final table, follow this, frontier, fugitiva, gotti, great british baking show, gymkhana files, happy as lazzaro, holiday calendar, holly hobbie, homecoming, house of cards, hulu, inside jokes, into the dark, jeff ross, john leguizamo, judgement, k, keepers of the magic, killer bees, kominsky method, kulipari, kung fu panda, la reina del flow, larger than life, last kingdom, little big awesome, loudon wainwright, loving pablo, luis and the aliens, madea, married with children, may the devil take you, mcqueen, medal of honor, mighty magiswords, mirzapur, motown magic, mystery science theater 3000, narcos, netflix, nina's world, oh my ghost, ordinary man, other side of the wind, outlaw king, patriot, Pete the cat, ponysitters club, prince of peoria, princess switch, rajma chawal, remastered, sabrina, sailor moon, she-ra, siberia, sick note, six, sleepless, spirit, spy kids, super drags, they'll love me when i'm dead, tiempo compartido, to build or not to build, treehouse detectives, trevor noah, trolls, under the tree, warrior, westside, wonder, world is yours
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2017 in Review: The Best Shows and Specials
TOP 10 SHOWS 10. Godless (Netflix) Scott Frank’s Western takes full advantage (maybe too much advantage) of Netflix’s flexibility, with some episodes going on for more than 90 minutes, and others just barely 30. But even as he steps right … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of, Television
Tagged americans, big little lies, casual, chris gethard, dave chappelle, fargo, godless, good place, handmaid's tale, hbo, house of cards, hulu, legion, louis ck, master of none, neal brennan, netflix, oh hello, orange is the new black, patton oswalt, showtime, twin peaks
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2017 Emmy Predictions: Drama
DRAMA SERIES Better Call Saul (AMC) The Crown (Netflix) The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) House of Cards (Netflix) Stranger Things (Netflix) This Is Us (NBC) Westworld (HBO) Could win: The Crown Should win: Stranger Things Will win: This Is Us Should … Continue reading
What I Watched This Week: 18 June 2017
NEW SHOWS Twin Peaks – “The Return, Part 7” (B+) The most straightforward the show has been thus far, but no less intriguing. Laura Dern as Diane more than earns her fabulous entrance last week, and MacLachlan continues to give the … Continue reading
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Tagged hbo, house of cards, master of none, netflix, showtime, silicon valley, twin peaks, veep
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Netflix Picks: May 2017
BEST BET – FILM War Machine – 5/26 Netflix’s biggest acquisition to date: A $60 million satire about U.S. involvement in Afghanistan starring Brad Pitt from the director of Animal Kingdom. It’s going to be really tricky to pull off, … Continue reading
Posted in Previews, Television
Tagged all hail king julien, anne with an e, blame, bloodline, bunk'd, chelsea, f is for family, fosters, get me roger stone, handsome, hasan minhaj, house of cards, in the shadow of iris, joshua, kazoops, keepers, laerte-se, last kingdom, maria bamford, mars generation, master of none, mindhorn, norm macdonald, riverdale, roger stone, royal pains, sahara, sarah silverman, sense8, sherlock, simplemente manu nna, spirit, switched at birth, tracy morgan, unbreakable kimmy schmidt, under arrest, war machine
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2016 in Review: The Best Shows – Honorable Mentions
Even by including this list, I only scratched the surface of what I watched, which barely scratched the surface of the veritable buffet of options I could have partaken of this year. 70th Tony Awards So maybe “Love is love … Continue reading
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Tagged carmichael show, casual, crown, full frontal, game of thrones, grace and frankie, hbo, house of cards, hulu, netflix, silicon valley, this is us, tony awards, triumph
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