AltWeeklies Wire
'Project Runway' is Too Much Like Itselfnew
I had high hopes. The fashion reality series is probably one of the only shows I take in religiously, waiting each week for the next episode. But the premiere of season five offered no surprises.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
07-29-2008 |
TV
Examining CNN's Series on Race Relationsnew
While CNN's ambition must be lauded, somehow you want Black in America to do more, say more.
Metro Times |
Jim McFarlin |
07-29-2008 |
TV
Why Aren't There More Musical TV Shows?new
Like RENT or Carousel or Pippin or Moulin Rouge or whatever, but in televised episodic form.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
07-28-2008 |
TV
A New Crop of Game Shows Take On-Air Debasement to a New Lownew
Watching a real Japanese game show conjures up mixed feelings of glee at the rampant creativity and sadness for the desperate contestants who'll do anything for money or attention. Watching shows like Wipeout and Hurl! is merely depressing, a reminder that when faced with a choice between originality and exploitation, American reality-TV producers will almost invariably choose the latter.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
07-25-2008 |
TV
Joel McHale of 'The Soup' Talks Bad TV and Standup Comedynew
Under the steady smirk of McHale, The Soup has been transformed from just another show built on easy, ironic jabs to a surprisingly effective front in the unending battle against terrible television. McHale is funny, for sure, which is why his new interest in performing stand-up comedy is so promising, but it's his point of view that adds purpose to all the cynicism.
Dig Boston |
Rob Turbovsky |
07-24-2008 |
TV
Let Your Geek Flags Fly at Star Trek the Exhibitionnew
Local Trekkies (and Trekkers) continue their flight on the Enterprise--albeit vicariously, expensively and in a stationary setting.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMaria Stephens |
07-23-2008 |
Recreation
Leanimal Debuts on Project Runway!new
Great news for Portland fashion: Leanne Marshall, designer of the Leanimal label (leanimal.com) has just returned from New York, where she has secretly been for the past month or so ... filming the fifth season of Project Runway!
The Portland Mercury |
Marjorie Skinner |
07-17-2008 |
TV
'Generation Kill' Author Evan Wright Talks Ass Time, Crack Highs and Why Roadblocks Killnew
Wright, who wrote parts of the script and was involved in other aspects of the production, has invited me over before the series debut for a private screening. But though we started the show more than a half-hour ago, we haven't gotten very far -- five minutes in at best. Despite apologetically promising to let me watch, Wright keeps pausing the DVD to offer behind-the-scenes tidbits that suddenly evolve into fascinating non sequiturs and counterintuitive spiels about the war. I'm not complaining.
L.A. Weekly |
Matthew Fleischer |
07-11-2008 |
TV
The Creators of 'The Wire' Take on Iraq in 'Generation Kill'new
Generation Kill transforms Iraq from a theoretical problem into something you feel in your gut. Plus, an interview with the HBO series creators Dave Simon and Ed Burns.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
07-10-2008 |
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
A New HBO Series Puts the War into Perspectivenew
After HBO snatched up the rights to Evan Wright's best-selling 2004 book about his experiences embedded with a squad of First Recon Marines during the early weeks of the Iraq War, he met with The Wire's David Simon and Ed Burns. The resulting seven-part miniseries, says Wright, is very similar to his own experiences.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
07-09-2008 |
TV
It's a (Mad) Man's Worldnew
Mad Men is about a segment of society so drunk on its power and influence that the better part of a decade passes before it realizes its time has come and gone.
San Antonio Current |
Luke Baumgarten |
07-09-2008 |
TV
Game Show Imports Like 'Wipeout' are a Study in Orientalismnew
Poking fun at the insanity of a Japanese game show isn't new. But now that mockery is being married with a shrewd commercialism as the very concepts that were once gently derided are Americanized.
Willamette Week |
Daniel Carlson |
07-09-2008 |
TV
The Summer's Best Sitcoms Aren't on TV. They're Onlinenew
There's no need to pay for cable if you've got a nearby wi-fi connection. What's more, some of the best sitcoms currently being made are only available online.
Willamette Week |
Staff |
07-09-2008 |
TV
Steve Earle on TV Roles and Winning Another Grammynew
It was a case of art imitating life when Earle found himself cast as a recovering addict on The Wire, the alt-country troubadour having suffered for years from heroin addiction before finally going clean 13 years ago.
Colorado Springs Independent |
John Benson |
07-08-2008 |
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