AltWeeklies Wire
Slave to the Grindnew
Adult Swim veteran Brendon Smalls stakes his hopes on metal with a new project -- the bombastic music-biz parody with the odd title of Metalocalypse -- and it's everything Home Movies commercially wasn’t.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
08-03-2006 |
TV
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The Cartoon Network Goes Metalnew
Heavy metal remains fertile ground for satire on all fronts, but what sets the Cartoon Network's new animated series Metalocalypse apart is the reverence that precedes the ridicule.
Boston Phoenix |
Larissa Glasser |
08-03-2006 |
TV
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Revenge of the Nerdsnew
Three gamer geeks from Massachusetts made a vid-cast that was slagged mercilessly on the Web, and then MTV called -- now they're cooler than you are.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
08-03-2006 |
TV
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Reality Strikesnew
Top Model scribes choose picket line over catwalk.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Mikulan |
08-03-2006 |
TV
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Minor Threatnew
Does The Daily Show really make college students apathetic?
The Village Voice |
Jessica Winter |
08-02-2006 |
TV
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Small-Screen Previews
We preview six TV shows, four DVDs, and one net video, for short attention spans.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
07-28-2006 |
TV
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Family Circlenew
Showtime's Brotherhood is TV's newest take on sibling crimes and misdemeanors.
L.A. Weekly |
Robert Abele |
07-06-2006 |
TV
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Fair and Foulnew
PBS does Japanese baseball with Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
06-28-2006 |
TV
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Mud, Blood and Contractsnew
Civilization rises in Deadwood's filthy streets.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-22-2006 |
TV
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Western Expansionnew
Director Walter Hill brings his new cowboy tale Broken Trail to commercial TV.
L.A. Weekly |
Robert Abele |
06-22-2006 |
TV
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Lion's Dennew
Documentary film A Lion in the House is an unflinching portrait of pediatric illness and adversity.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
06-15-2006 |
TV
L.A. Womannew
In The Closer, Kyra Sedgewick is a little lady in the City of Angels.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
06-12-2006 |
TV
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Alex Toth, 1928-2006new
If you ever got up at 6 am on a Saturday morning, poured half a box of Lucky Charms into a bowl, and watched a cartoon drama about three girl musicians who dress up as cats and solve crimes, it is time to pay some respect.
Boston Phoenix |
Bill Jensen |
06-09-2006 |
TV
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Things That Make You Go "Whoa!"new
The 4400 is the rare sci-fi show that is courageous enough to admit that its interest in the future is marked by a mixture of wonder, concern and bewilderment.
L.A. Weekly |
Robert Abele |
06-08-2006 |
TV
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