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Good Guy or Bad Guy?new
The big Kahuna of bad guys on Lost, megalomaniacal Others leader Benjamin Linus (Michael Emerson), has made a habit of insisting he's one of the good guys. How can a guy who once killed a bunch of his own people with nerve gas be good?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
03-28-2008 |
TV
A Visit to the Big Housenew
In each episode of the documentary series Lockup, the viewer is given a guided tour of one of our nation's prisons. Some are modern high-tech hellholes, others are collapsing chipped-paint, broken-toilet hellholes, but all are hellholes.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
12-07-2007 |
TV
Lowering the Stakesnew
As networks try to recreate cult-followed fantasy and sci-fi shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the new shows are derivative and, worse, dreadful to mediocre.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
11-09-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Californication': When the Porsche Is the Problemnew
In this new Showtime drama, Hollywood's concept of failure continues to be what most would see as the good life.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
08-17-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Saving Grace,' Fighting Crimenew
Since The Closer garnered good cable ratings, TNT seems to have adopted a bolder premise with their new, heavily promoted older-woman cop show.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
07-20-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Sopranos': Life Goes On?new
The Sopranos wraps everything and nothing.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
06-15-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
New Fox Game Show is Where Stupidity Roolsnew
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader has a scorpion sting in its tail -- sinking into the couch to watch this dubiously titled entertainment, the first thing you learn is that the average adult actually does know less than the clutch of kids on hand.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
06-08-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Seriously 'Wounded'new
As television, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee proves ponderously slow, more like a Ken Burns documentary than a drama.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
05-24-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Beyond the End of the Roadnew
Surfer Keala Kennelly steps off the pro tour to drop into the new HBO series, John from Cincinnati.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuipers |
05-18-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Carlos Mencia Just Said Thatnew
As Mind of Mencia starts its third season, the comedian keeps his vow to unite people by outraging everyone.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Carl Kozlowski |
03-30-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Taking Tony Outnew
Will The Sopranos end with a bang or a whimper?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
03-23-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Riches' Ain't Easynew
The Riches is wacky with a vengeance, with the basic premise that an on-the-lam Irish "traveler" family fraudulently assumes the identity of a comparable corporate McMansion brood in the post-Columbine suburbs.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
03-16-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Third Degree: Ken Burnsnew
The documentary filmmaker discusses the FCC, creeping fundamentalism, The War, and why soldiers should curse on TV.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
David Davin |
12-15-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
