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May 4, 2020May 4, 2020

BILLIONS [Season 5 Premiere Review]: Ready To Do The Job.

Holy. Shit. Yup. That about sums the Season Five debut and the return of Showtime's long-standing blue-chip drama, Billions. When we last saw Bobby Axelrod (Damian Lewis), Chuck (Paul Giamatti) & Wendy Rhoades (Maggie Siff), Taylor Mason (Asia Kate Dillon), and company, new battle lines were being drawn as Chuck set his eyes on Axe …

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May 3, 2020

HOMELAND [Series Finale Review]: The Spy Who Loved Us.

***SPOILERS*** This is a review of a well-earned series finale, so if I even have to say it, please watch the entire series before proceeding. It has one of my favorite first seasons of this past decade. Carrie & Brody, man. Episode 7: “The Weekend” is all I have to say about that. And, if …

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July 7, 2016July 7, 2016

ROADIES [Season 1, Eps. 1&2 Review]: Moog Over!

If there is anyone out there who has already shown us the credibility to show the inner workings of life in the music scene.. well.. then.. yeah, it’s writer/director Cameron Crowe. His 2000 cinematic opus, Almost Famous, was a highly successful journey through the lives of a fictitious band on the concert tour road. Now …

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October 5, 2015October 5, 2015

HOMELAND [Season 5 Premiere Review]: Separation Anxiety.

After the tumultuous, yet meandering third season and the shock ending to the fourth season, Homeland viewers might be forgiven for thinking the show unable to maintain that same momentum; maybe so far as expecting an inevitable downward slide in quality that most good shows experience in their life-times... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yBHxsTnIXg Instead, Homeland has managed to …

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June 30, 2014June 30, 2014

CALIFORNICATION [Series Finale Review]: From One Moody to Another.

Dear Hank, “Our time in the sun has been a thing of absolute fucking beauty.” There was no way I was going to bed tonight without writing this to you-- 'cause Dude, you changed my life. You gave me an identity. You gave god-fearing geeks someone to look up to. You were the fucking man... …

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May 11, 2014May 11, 2014

PENNY DREADFUL [Series Premiere Review]: Quite the ‘Bond’ing Experience!

Although Daniel Craig, Pierce Brosnan and Sean Connery don't have roles in Showtime's new scare-series Penny Dreadful (however rad that would be!), there's quite a band of Bond vets that take precedent here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCb3p4z3mF8 Former 007 himself, Timothy Dalton (The Living Daylights, License to Kill), plays the progressively anguished Sir Malcom Murray, only to be outdone by former …

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