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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series

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Humans create Cylons. Cylons destroy most of humanity in a nuclear holocaust. The survivors run from the Cylons in a creaky old spaceship, l...

Life on Mars: Series One

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There are police dramas that deliver far more engaging procedurals than Life on Mars . There are also time travel shows that offer up far mo...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Grey Gardens

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When Grey Gardens premiered on HBO earlier this year, I was telling a friend how good it was and how he really needed to watch it. He refus...
Thursday, July 16, 2009

Doctor Who: The Rescue / The Romans

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As a Doctor Who fanatic, it always seems treacherous to admit that the William Hartnell era of the series is something I can take or leave....

Kath & Kim: Season One

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If there was a network series more lambasted, loathed and condemned at the start of the Fall 2008 TV Season than Kath & Kim , I sure as ...
Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Secret Diary of a Call Girl: Season Two

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At the close of the first season of Secret Diary , the show looked as if it was set to deliver a far superior second season. While Season T...

Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen

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I imagine the same can be said of many genre shows, but when you’re a fan of Doctor Who , there are always a few stories that you enjoy but ...
Sunday, June 28, 2009

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

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Writing about the fourth Doctor Who Christmas Special is, admittedly, about as much fun as sitting down to eat a bowl of shredded wheat. I ...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

For the record...

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...I would like for it to be known that on 6/25/09, Ross Ruediger came up with the following quote: "In the future, a celebrity will di...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Wallander

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There are two bold strokes with which Wallander , a BBC produced crime series, is painted that set it apart from most other TV fare. The fir...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

The Hunger: The Complete First Season

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Sex and death have a long, rich history of being cinematically intertwined. Sometimes, such as in Tony Scott’s 1983 movie The Hunger , it’s ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

"Laugh? I Thought I'd Die" - 15 Funny(?) Vampire Films

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Vampires are often painted as dark, sinister characters with a penchant for gothic fashion and a taste for blood that can never be fully que...
Thursday, June 11, 2009

Vanilla Sky

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When Cameron Crowe unleashed Vanilla Sky on unsuspecting audiences back in 2001, few were prepared for it, especially considering that it b...
Friday, June 05, 2009

Land of the Lost - Season Three: Enik the Dick

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The third and final season of Land of the Lost is often considered the ugly, misshapen, redheaded bastard stepchild of the series. Indeed, ...
Thursday, June 04, 2009

Land of the Lost - Season Two: "Mysterious Forces"

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Before jumping into Season Two, allow me to discuss the Land of the Lost movie for a bit. As you might glean, I’m a pretty hardcore fan of ...
Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Peyton Place: Part One

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It doesn’t take long after putting in the first disc of Peyton Place to see that it must have been a huge influence on David Lynch, ultimat...

Earth: Final Conflict - Season One

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It might be difficult to imagine an entire TV series being built around the leftover notes and story ideas of a deceased individual, unless ...

Land of the Lost - Season One: "It's Not Just for Kids Anymore"

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If there’s one thing the upcoming Land of the Lost movie can be counted on to do, it’s generate some long overdue interest in the classic S...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Dallas: The Complete Tenth and Eleventh Seasons

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Waking up from a season-long dream, Pam realizes that Bobby is still alive and well, and it’s quickly back to corrupt business as usual at S...
Sunday, May 17, 2009

S. Darko

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Despite the fact that Donnie Darko was one of the most imaginative, bold, exciting and talked about cult films of the last ten years, nobod...
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