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In Memoriam
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No, James Cameron has nothing to do with this one, thank Zeus’s beard. Check out the Emmy Award winning anime on which M. Night Shyamalan is basing his newest labor of arrogance love and you won’t be disappointed by the clever dialogue, excellent pacing and plot, and truly unique storytelling, or you’ll have all...
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My wrists were limp, hands flopping up and down like I had rubbed novacaine all over them, my back arched like I was 9 months pregnant, my belly protruding out like I was 6 months pregnant, and a look on my face like I hadn't taken a shit in 9 1/2 weeks. My running...
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In its breakout season, this legal/family drama, starring many familiar faces (see Julianna Marguelies , Chris Noth , Matt Czuchry , Archie Panjabi , and Christine Baranski ) is...
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Anyway, I recently got punched in the face by a racist. I have a tendency to get punched in the face by assholes. I don't know what it is really. Could be that I'm really, really, really good looking?
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The collection of stars from Parenthood‘s cast range everywhere from Coach to Six Feet Under to Gilmore Girls to Die Hard. The writing works itself away from cliché (despite the show being one) when it comes out of the mouths of talented actors, to the point that I’ll wedge in a family dramedy between 24 (yes,...
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Teen dramas (read: The OC or Dawson’s Creek) plus town overcome by vampires (read: True Blood) equals a winning formula for guilty pleasures (see: Twilight series). Whether it’s the sibling rivalry between Salvatore brothers Damon (a/k/a Boone from Lost played by Ian Somerhalder) or Stefan (a/k/a Jack Bauer’s son-in-law played by Paul Wesley), Elena/Katherine, Elena’s witch...
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1.  Simon Cooper. Yes, it may be illegal to have a crush on someone who still attends comprehensive school but actor Joe Thomas’s 1983 birthdate makes it totally legit. 2.  Impress your friends. When the American version debuts, you can tell your friends in passing, “Oh, I loved the British version.” If the show...
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Rather than disrupt a small chain of solid SNL episodes, Kristen Wiig, Will Forte, and Maya Rudolph should have promoted MacGruber themselves. Unless there is ever a re-release of Breach, the creators of SNL should only ask Ryan Phillipe to host if Jon Hamm is unavailable.¹ ¹ Saturday Night Live – Saturday Night Live...
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Trying to explain (or, for that matter, even succinctly summarize) the myriad reasons why The Wire—one of the most, if not simply THE Most, critically lauded and acclaimed TV series in the history of, well, TV—is so damned richly deserving of every, single last comma and syllable ever committed to said veritable mountain of...
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