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The Boys of 'Entourage' are Back in Action, Almostnew
In the season opener of Entourage, Vinnie Chase finds himself in jail--a free-floating party jail with joints by the fist-load, gorgeous girls at the ready and, as always, the loyal buddies who follow him everywhere--this time behind the figurative bars of Hollywood prison.
New York Press |
David Blum |
09-04-2008 |
TV
Margaret Cho: An All-American Girl Returns to the Small Screennew
Rounding up her family and friends, Cho decided to create a show where the situations were planned in advance, based on stories from her stand-up routine, but all of the lines were ad-libbed a la Curb Your Enthusiasm.
New York Press |
Adam Rathe |
08-25-2008 |
TV
Roman Polanski Finally Gets His Due in This Penetrating Documentarynew
Polanski, in life, has been as fascinatingly enigmatic as his films, with a personal back-story capable of trumping even his most bizarre fictions, and now it's all dredged up in Marina Zenovich’s HBO documentary.
New York Press |
Felicia Feaster |
07-10-2008 |
TV
Documentarians at the Gatesnew
The last collaboration of the Maysles brothers, in an HBO look at the Christo/Jeanne-Claude masterpiece.
New York Press |
David Blum |
02-28-2008 |
TV
Retroactive Revelationnew
It's possible that the greatest horror filmmaker in movie history never cried "Action" on a set. That's because Val Lewton, whose name recalls RKO Pictures' creepiest outings of the 1940s, always served as producer and screenwriter, not director.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
01-10-2008 |
TV
BBC America's 'Torchwood' Keeps Sci-Fi Sexynew
In case you haven't heard, Bionic Woman bites -- meanwhile, out in the unfashionable backwaters of cable, another new fantasy series is showing NBC how it should've been done.
New York Press |
Tray Butler |
10-25-2007 |
TV
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'Pushing Daisies' is a Dark Cartoonnew
So far, the show is hard to predict, and in the copycat world of network TV, that's a good thing.
New York Press |
David Goldman |
10-18-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Sarah Silverman, Devastatingly Cute and Vice Versanew
In the first two second season episodes, Silverman's character takes a joyful trip down memory lane reliving her past abortions, sympathizes with a guy who had to give up crack and rigorously defends her right to lick a dog's anus. It's sick, stupid, brilliant and the bravest sitcom on TV.
New York Press |
Stan Friedman |
10-12-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Rick and Steve' Come Together, No Batteries Requirednew
If the boys of South Park grew up to be queer, with hinged elbows and knees, the results would be a lot like Logo's Rick and Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple In All The World.
New York Press |
Stan Friedman |
09-20-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'The Singing Bee' Creates Sweet TVnew
It's easy to dismiss NBC's ratings smash as the kind of eye candy/ear Muzak that contributes to the decline of Western civilization -- but make no mistake, this game show is a genius mix of the washed-up and the newly found.
New York Press |
Stan Friedman |
09-06-2007 |
TV
'Damages': Danson in the Darknew
Glenn Close's performance is the least interesting aspect of the FX thriller, which speaks to what a nice job the ensemble cast and crew have done in developing this cinematic tale of power and blood stains in the upper echelons of a greedy, litigious and claustrophobic NYC.
New York Press |
Stan Friedman |
08-23-2007 |
TV
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'The Kill Point': Kill Zonenew
Dramatizing Iraq War vets at last.
New York Press |
Jason Singer |
07-26-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Cable is Being Overtaken by 'Wives'new
In addition to USA's miniseries The Starter Wife, cable TV has seen the premiere of Lifetime's new dramatic series Army Wives, and the return of Footballers' Wives on BBC America for its final season.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
07-12-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Lil' Bush' Delivers the Oaf of Officenew
Comedy Central has taken South Park by its dirty collar, thrown it into a particle collider along with Jon Stewart's The Daily Show, and come up with Lil' Bush: Resident of the United States, a sometimes hilarious, often sick-in-the-head fever dream about contemporary politics.
New York Press |
Stan Friedman |
07-09-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Starting Over with 'The Starter Wife'new
Debra Messing revives the mini-series.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
06-07-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
