"Television is a goddamned amusement park."
No specifics have yet been added but if Stephen Colbert takes over Letterman as a straight shooter – that is, someone who makes the occasional political joke then gives giant blow jobs to studios for promotion’s sake – what a shame, what a loss. To me, Colbert is the only sane voice on the airwaves …
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Sunday night’s HBO settle-in brought back two solid season premieres of the best HBO has to offer right now: Game of Thrones and Veep. It also introduced a new series, Silicon Valley, by Mike Judge, which suffered greatly for delivering a singularly male vision of the tech industry. This did two things to sabotage the …
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Last night’s episode of Girls seemed to upset the apple cart yet again as Hannah Horvath has the nerve to contemplate leaving her hot boyfriend Adam for Iowa’s writing workshop. Some will complain that the show is too unrealistic. After all, society has long since put “overweight” girls in their place. This is who …
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“The police do terrible things to people, with impunity.” These are the words from Rust (McCoanughey) in episode two of the HBO series. That is probably the key to the whole thing. If you have watched the show up to the last episode, coming Sunday, some of the things I’m about to write might make …
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From IndieWire’s Shadow and Act blog: Comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele have joined the cast of the highly-anticipated TV series adaptation of the Coen brothers classic Fargo, which will debut April 15 on FX. The comedy duo will guest star in an arc that will span the final four episodes of the 10-episode limited …
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Agh, I can’t wait for this.
(continued from main page) It’s the heat of Oscar season and all anyone can talk about is House of Cards and True Detective. When did it become all about TV? It’s hard to say when but television has provided a global community in ways that film can’t quite match. David Fincher’s Netflix series House of …