The problem in reviewing the first episodes of this season of The Sopranos was being unable to write about anything interesting that happened. Tony’s getting shot, his wandering in that odd Southern California purgatory and then his awakening from a coma last night — a critic had little to say except. "Um, some interesting stuff [...]
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Populist
Top 10 CIA Movies
Ever notice how movies like Safe House almost always make the Central Intelligence Agency the bad guy? TIME looks back at some of the most memorable flicks starring the secretive organization.
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This Week's Movie Reviews
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island—The Rock's Latest Family Role
The former athlete smiles a heck of a lot in this blithely idiotic family movie, a sequel to 2008's Journey to the Center of the Earth.
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Blogging the Dickens
Counting Down Dickens' Greatest Novels. Number 1: Bleak House
Bleak House is the great writer’s grandest, most virtuosic achievement.
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Box Office Report
A Super Bowl Squeaker: Chronicle Edges The Woman in Black
Superhero teens battled Harry Potter and a dead lady, and all Hollywood cheered this high-grossing battle
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Photos
A Photo History of Etta James, Dead At 73
The cross-genre singer of hits like “At Last” has died of complications from leukemia.
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Oscar Nominated Films
The Descendants: George Clooney's Tragedy in Paradise
Alexander Payne's tale of a grieving Honolulu husband has been touted as Oscar bait but it's closer to Hawaii Five-No
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TV Recaps
Downton Abbey Watch: The Ballad of Sad Lady Edith
This week's episode marks the point at which Downton turned from a soap opera that held a small allegiance to reality into something approaching high farce.
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Q&As
Margin Call Director J.C. Chandor on VOD and the Awards Season Hustle
Chandor spoke to TIME about what one has to do to get nominated for an Oscar and his film's unique release strategy.
