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Jon Hamm or Russell Brand for MTV's Best Dirtball?new
As always, February’s stiff Oscar ceremony tried to dress the movie industry in an ill-fitting tuxedo. The MTV Movie Awards, by contrast, reminds us that the medium is supposed to be fun.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
06-01-2012 |
TV
Tags: MTV Movie Awards
'Texas Music Scene' gets its duenew
It's a simple, remarkably straightforward idea that's already been tried successfully once. "It's like Austin City Limits circa its beginning in 1976," said Tom Hoitsma, creator of Texas Music Scene, a weekly public-television music show dedicated to Texas musicians.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
05-24-2012 |
TV
'American Idol' matters. No, seriously!new
I used to be American Idol’s biggest fan, but by now most of us know it’s jumped the shark. After a string of bland winners — Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze, Scotty McCreery — we realize that the show will most likely disappoint us after its long process of sifting and winnowing.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
05-16-2012 |
TV
Tags: American Idol
Sherlock Holmes tackles the sexy dominatrixnew
Last year, Masterpiece Mystery's "Sherlock" did Sherlock Holmes a favor by plunking him down in our own time.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
05-03-2012 |
TV
'Don't Trust the B---' script smells of desperationnew
With their greed, brutality and lust — not to mention their Italian Renaissance duds — the Borgias make the Sopranos look practically modest.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
04-26-2012 |
TV
'Game of Thrones' drama nearly sunk by rampant sadismnew
Season two of Game of Thrones is in full swing, with five kings battling to claim the Iron Throne in fantastical Westeros.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
04-20-2012 |
TV
Tags: Game of Thrones
Fox's 'Touch' = A smoldering Sutherland, pseudo-religious hokum, and a 'magical Negro'new
TV networks have always had a weakness for mysticism, from The Twilight Zone to The X-Files to Lost.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
04-02-2012 |
TV
Mad to be back: The return of 'Mad Men'new
This Sunday at 8pm, '60s ad man Don Draper and the sharp-dressed, sharp-tongued crew at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce return to AMC after an unbearable 18-month absence.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
03-28-2012 |
TV
Ashley Judd is our new, favorite undercover mothernew
Becca (Ashley Judd) is a normal middle-aged mom who sends teenage son Mike (Nick Eversman) off to school in Rome.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
03-18-2012 |
TV
Tags: Missing, Ashley Judd
Sarah Palin Takes on 'America's Next Top Models'new
An expert dramatization of a crazy moment in American history: Sarah Palin's selection as John McCain's running mate in the 2008 presidential election.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
03-09-2012 |
TV
Tags: Game Change
Getting 'Jerseylicious' with Jason Isaacsnew
This new drama rivals The Twilight Zone with its reality-bending premise. Detective Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs) wakes up from a family car crash to find that his wife (Laura Allen) has survived and his son (Dylan Minnette) has died.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
03-01-2012 |
TV
Tags: Jason Isaacs, Jerseylicious
Hope for the Oscarsnew
I’m trying to be optimistic about the Oscars. I hold out hope for an enjoyable ceremony even after last year’s fiasco with hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
02-23-2012 |
TV
Tags: 2012 Oscars, 2012 Academy Awards
Primal Screen: The Sinner-in-Chiefnew
n 2008, American Experience presented a whitewashed portrait of President George H.W. Bush’s presidency, presumably to avoid Republican charges of liberal bias.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
02-16-2012 |
TV
MLK: The Assassination Tapesnew
This doc re-creates the days before and after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination using TV and radio reports from the time, most not broadcast since 1968. It gives you the feeling that you’re living through the civil rights leader’s last minutes.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
02-08-2012 |
TV
'The Finder' delivers hero juicenew
The Finder (7pm Thursday, Fox)
If I had a dime for every pilot that failed at being simultaneously exciting, funny, sexy, and poignant, I’d be able to finance my own series.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
01-11-2012 |
TV
