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“For a Few Paintballs More,” the conclusion to Community‘s epic two-part finale/sequel to its vaunted first-season paintball extravaganza, wasn’t quite the tour de force of last week’s “A Fistful of Paintballs”; but since I was on the road and couldn’t weigh in on that one, this is a good time to give credit where due, and look back on …
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Myriad reports out this morning say that CBS will retool its hit Two and a Half Men by replacing ousted cautionary tale Charlie Sheen with Ashton Kutcher. (Kutcher teased toward a confirmation on his Twitter feed.) One almost wonders whether the network simply decided to twist the knife in Sheen by picking someone, anyone, with more …
The evil Lord Shen (voiced by Gary Oldman) has just introduced gunpowder to China and plans to aim it at the country’s greatest martial artists, a group that implausibly includes a pudgy panda bear named Po (Jack Black). Po’s …
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It wasn’t quite the dramatic blitz of announcements that Fox had for us the other day, but NBC‘s 2011–12 schedule is starting to take shape. Among the new series ordered for next season are Smash, a musical described as a kind of grown-up Glee (we’ll see if that’s a contradiction in terms) and the remake of Prime Suspect with Maria …
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Tonight, the four American Idol finalists sang songs that inspire them, plus the songs of Leiber and Stoller. (Inspired by the songs of Leiber and Stoller? Too bad!) Who was inspired? Who should be fired? Click the pix to read my reviews:
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Keith Olbermann has announced a roster of regular contributors for his new iteration of Countdown on Current TV, premiering June 20. A lot of political attention will go to voices-from-the-left (and monogram buddies) Michael Moore and Markos Moulitsas, but my attention was captured by …
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Quick spoilers for last night’s The Good Wife below:
“Getting Off” was the first of a two-part season finale, so it seems to make sense to withhold judgment on the episode, by and large, until the season wraps up. The confrontation between Alicia and Kalinda was more satisfying than the legal case of the week; pairing the ongoing …
Woody Allen loves Paris. He loves the rain and the statues, kiosks, Metro entrances. Most of all, he loves the rich history of a city whose inhabitants invented so many of the things he holds dear: romance (and cheating), and …
Wrapped in slapstick and sweetened with romance, Bridesmaids is at its core a shrewd examination of female friendship and insecurity
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The major-network “upfront” schedule announcements are next week, but as usual the programming news for next season is coming out earlier. Yesterday saw a major news dump from Fox, which announced several shows it would add and cut from its roster next year. Out: The Chicago Code, Traffic Light, Lie to Me, Breaking In and Human Target. …
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Spoilers for last night’s Glee follow:
Prom night, typically, is about failure to live up to expectations, the disparity between an impossible fantasy and an unattainable reality. It’s long stretches of mundanity, redeemed, if you’re lucky, by a few memorable moments.
(So I’m told. That, or your date comes down with mono like two …
The art-film industry’s rite of spring is upon us. The 64th Cannes Film Festival begins tomorrow with the promise of new work representing the finest international directors and stars. After a drab Cannes 2010, the Côte d’Azur …
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Catchup from the few days I was out, prep work for the couple days I have ahead and general lack of enthusiasm for the episode itself keep me from writing at more length about last night’s How I Met Your Mother. Fortunately, Alan Sepinwall expresses many of my thoughts about both the episode and the larger Zoey story arc, which (spoiler …
