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'Battlestar Galactica' Goes for the Godnew
As the series gears up for its conclusion, it's becoming more contemplative, agonizing over how there can be faith without tests of that faith, and thus how real prophets can exist without fake ones -- how humans, tortured beasts that we are, can have certainty in anything without uncertainty about most everything else.
San Antonio Current |
Luke Baumgarten |
04-09-2008 |
TV
'Unhitched' is Alternately Slick & Soulless and Sloppy & Hammynew
This would be the most repulsive Fox sitcom since The War at Home if not for healthy competition from Back to You and 'Til Death.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Doug Wallen |
04-07-2008 |
TV
How Real is Reality TV?new
Vancouver producers face a vexing challenge: how to give mild-mannered Canadians more razzle-dazzle.
The Georgia Straight |
Pieta Woolley |
04-04-2008 |
TV
Soul Controlnew
VH1's new rock-doc treatment of James Brown's April 5, 1968, concert at Boston Garden -- The Night James Brown Saved Boston -- has a much broader scope than its title would suggest. And that's precisely why it's so good.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
04-03-2008 |
TV
Bi Sci-Finew
BBC's gleefully bonkers Torchwood returns born-again queer hard for its second season.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
04-01-2008 |
TV
Jerry Springer Stumps for Hillarynew
How he shills for Clinton between tranny midgets and onstage brawls.
Metro Times |
Jim McFarlin |
04-01-2008 |
TV
Good Guy or Bad Guy?new
The big Kahuna of bad guys on Lost, megalomaniacal Others leader Benjamin Linus (Michael Emerson), has made a habit of insisting he's one of the good guys. How can a guy who once killed a bunch of his own people with nerve gas be good?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
03-28-2008 |
TV
Has 'Battlestar Galactica' Jumped the Shark?new
Somewhere a shark is whimpering from a severe head wound created by a misfiring motorcycle, and one can only hope BSG's fourth season doesn't injure more sea creatures.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
03-26-2008 |
TV
Little Melvin Williams Is Not Who He Played On 'The Wire'new
Though the former gangster, whose public redemption was aided by his Wire appearances as a man of God, says he's cleaned up his act, he still considers himself a "world-class gambler."
Baltimore City Paper |
Van Smith |
03-25-2008 |
TV
A Non-History Lesson
The Tudors is fun. But remember: It's Showtime, not the History Channel.
Tags: TV
'John Adams': Who's Your Daddy?new
HBO offers earthy portrayal of Founding Fathers.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-14-2008 |
TV
Soledad O'Brien Talks About 'Black in America'new
The six-hour documentary begins airing Thursday, April 3rd, with its first installment revisiting the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Davis |
03-14-2008 |
TV
David Simon: 'The Wire' Exit Interviewnew
The Baltimore-set and -shot series that debuted in 2002 is officially over following this past Sunday night's series finale. It's over. Finished. Kaput. Long live The Wire.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
03-12-2008 |
TV
Trick or 'In Treatment'new
Therapy, as Winston Churchill remarked of Russia, is "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." That's why the new HBO series, In Treatment, makes for such compelling and fearsome drama.
Hartford Advocate |
A.J. Loftin |
03-11-2008 |
TV
'Predator' Gets Caughtnew
After years of putting suspected pedophiles on the hot seat, the people behind the Dateline segment "To Catch a Predator" now find themselves in a tough spot. Last week, a judge decided there is enough evidence for a lawsuit against the hit show to go to trial.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
03-11-2008 |
TV
