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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
The CW Cancels 'Girlfriends'new
When it's all said and done, I believe Girlfriends was one of the most important African-American shows to ever grace the television screen and I think it's worth having a proper sendoff. So here goes.
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
02-26-2008 |
TV
Striking Outnew
Are you happy the writers' strike is finally over? Well, I most certainly am ... NOT!! When networks get desperate, some really funny, dumbass ideas get to shine.
The Portland Mercury |
Wm. Steven Humphrey |
02-21-2008 |
TV
Let Us Cast the First Stonenew
For a show so tied to the possibility of a demonstrative God, Eli Stone has curiously little magic.
San Antonio Current |
Luke Baumgarten |
02-20-2008 |
TV
'Pleasure for Sale' Documents the Lives of Dedicated Sex Workersnew
Despite the occasionally tawdry tendencies, Pleasure is entertaining and even affecting at times, and a mostly fair look at what goes on in legal brothels.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
02-14-2008 |
TV
American Gladiator Auditions the Best of the Worstnew
If your wife can kick your ass, you might be an American Gladiator.
'Lipstick Jungle' Demeans Women, Pretends to be Feministnew
In actuality, the series is shamelessly anti-feminist. It falls all over itself to show that these powerful women are really scared little girls inside.
Not So Pleasurable 'Pleasure for Sale'new
Take HBO's softcore Cathouse, suck out all the fun and frivolity, throw in a bunch of traumatic sexual baggage and you have Pleasure for Sale, the six-part documentary series on the Sundance Channel.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
02-11-2008 |
TV
A Shrink Drama That May Drive You Back into Real Lifenew
This suggestion is far out, to be sure, but you know what you might consider doing instead of watching In Treatment five nights a week? Having a conversation with another human being.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
02-06-2008 |
TV
The Whitest Kids I Knewnew
When you were part of a sketch comedy group that now has a national television show, people expect you to be bitter about it.
New Haven Advocate |
Evan Brown |
02-05-2008 |
TV
Just Forget About 'T3'new
Whether or not you attribute its pilot’s big ratings to the current dearth of scripted shows, The Sarah Connor Chronicles mostly deserves its early success.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Doug Wallen |
02-04-2008 |
TV
What Happened to Our Show?new
For four seasons The Wire reinvented the crime drama. Now the viewer's the victim.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Athitakis |
02-01-2008 |
TV
Perception is Everything in 'How to Look Good Naked'new
Patterned after a popular British program of the same name, the American version features blond and boyish Carson Kressley from Queer Eye for a Straight Guy, this time directing his gaze to women’s bodies.
Port Folio Weekly |
Kathy Merlock Jackson |
01-31-2008 |
TV
The Long and Winding 'Road Rules'new
I am now too old to get away with regularly watching MTV, which makes The Real World/Road Rules Challenge perfect for me. Let me explain.
Willamette Week |
Staff |
01-30-2008 |
TV
Celebreality Checknew
Back-to-back evidence of the degradation inherent in being a celebrity in 2008 is available every Thursday, with NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice at 9 p.m. followed by VH1's Celebrity Rehab at 10.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
01-25-2008 |
TV
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