AltWeeklies Wire
5 Things We'll Miss About Communitynew
Community is about to disappear from NBC's lineup, and no one's sure when it's coming back.
Houston Press |
Daniel Carlson |
12-06-2011 |
TV
The Kids Are All Wrongnew
It’s hard to believe that Fox, the same network that premiered New Girl this fall, now gives us I Hate My Teenage Daughter.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
12-02-2011 |
TV
Kim Kardashian Karries Onnew
I got caught up in the excitement of Kim Kardashian’s whirlwind romance with basketball player Kris Humphries, which played out on Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
11-22-2011 |
TV
The Horrible and the Miserablenew
More than a decade after the disappointing Wild Man Blues, American Masters gives Woody Allen the documentary he deserves.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
11-17-2011 |
TV
'Frasier' Gets Creepynew
I never thought I’d be scared of Kelsey Grammer. The genial sitcom comedian is cast against type in this well-written new series about hardball politics set in Chicago.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
11-10-2011 |
TV
Reasons to Watch the Scariest Films You’ve Never Seennew
Halloween, outside of being the one time of the year you can show up to work dressed like a cat and take out your office aggression through competitive pumpkin carving, affords the opportunity to watch disturbing and/or outright revolting movies and not seem like a sociopath.
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
10-27-2011 |
TV
Man vs. Beastnew
Truth be told, the title American Hoggers didn’t fill me with anticipation for this new reality series. But it turns out to be a fascinating look at boar hunters in Texas, where the feral beasts are terrorizing landowners.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
10-26-2011 |
TV
All Hail Pearl Jamnew
The grunge band is immortalized in a Cameron Crowe documentary.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
10-19-2011 |
TV
Diners, Drive-Ins, and Disastersnew
David Page made Guy Fieri a TV star. Then he lost control.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Gregory Pratt |
10-19-2011 |
TV
Delivering the Malenew
I usually wince when a network sitcom panders to the 18-49 male demographic (see this year’s Last Man Standing, last year’s Traffic Lights). But the new Man Up hits this demographic where it hurts. It’s a brilliant satire of male pretension and pride, so painfully on target that it might drive away the very viewers it seeks to attract.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
10-12-2011 |
TV
Laura Dern Finds Intermittent Serenity in Enlightenednew
Laura Dern joins the list of brilliant actresses (Edie Falco, Laura Linney, Toni Collette) who have made cable TV an exciting place to be.
San Antonio Current |
Sa Current News Team |
10-06-2011 |
TV
Primal Scream: Things to Watch (or Avoid) Before Killing Your TVnew
Suburgatory runs roughshod through the suburbs, laying waste to the malls and manicured lawns. This new satire stars Jane Levy as Tessa, a Greenwich Village wild child whose dad moves her to suburban hell for a supposedly more wholesome life.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
09-29-2011 |
TV
War Stories De La Razanew
The unwavering pride of Chicano Vietnam War veterans is epitomized during a scene in San Antonio director Laura Varela’s documentary As Long As I Remember: American Veteranos when Juan Farías, one of the three vets featured in the film, displays genuine frustration when a fallen comrade’s name is mispronounced during a ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
09-14-2011 |
TV
Fall TV Is Sort of Winningnew
Ashton Kutcher plays opposite the guy who was in an '80s coming-of-age movie with Molly Ringwald.
Boise Weekly |
Amy Atkins |
08-31-2011 |
TV
Missing 'Men': Ten ways to stay busy until 'Mad Men' returnsnew
Show creator Matthew Weiner’s well-documented battles with his writing staff, Lionsgate producers and AMC network execs led Season 5 negotiations up to the precipice. Weiner isn’t, as he threatened, going to take his ball and go play on another network, but the delay means fans will have to wait until March 2012 for their next fix, instead of the late-July/early-August premiere of the previous four seasons. Until then, we’ve devised a list of substitutes – Nicorette for your Lucky Strikes, if you will. Break out the chip ’n’ dip; it’s going to be a long seven months.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young and Justin Strout |
08-16-2011 |
TV
