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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
Colbert Report Unexpectedly Cancels Tapingsnew
The Colbert Report has canceled two scheduled days of filming this week.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
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
Chad Michaels Out to Take Reality TV With a Bang (and a Tuck)new
San Diego queen is going to 'drag Disneyland.'
San Diego CityBeat |
Enrique Limon |
01-20-2012 |
TV
Spoiler site claims Elise Testone makes American Idol top 42new
If an American Idol spoiler site is right, Charleston's very own Elise Testone wins over Randy, JLo, and Steven, landing in the singing contest's top 42.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
01-18-2012 |
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
Playing Dress-Upnew
This new seriesis a wish-fulfillment fantasy for ordinary teen girls who think they just might wind up in the glamorous fashion industry one day.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
12-30-2011 |
TV
Tags: Jane By Design
Grifter vs. Grifternew
Leverage is Mission: Impossible with a sense of humor about itself. In every episode, Timothy Hutton’s gang of thieves and hackers pull off a difficult task to help some underdog. They also pull off the difficult task of entertaining us, making it look easy.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
12-22-2011 |
TV
I Scream, You Scream… We all Scream over Stephen King's 'Bag of Bones'new
The miniseries wastes no time scaring you to death. With horror movies I can usually keep my wits about me at least through the credit sequence, but not this time, thanks to merciless music, editing, and imagery.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
12-08-2011 |
TV
