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Leave Mad Men Alone!
A couple of otherwise excellent previews of the return of Breaking Bad have put me in kind of an awkward position. I’ve been a flag-waver for Breaking Bad since marathoning the entire first season the morning of the second season … Continue reading
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Is On-Demand Really Killing Movie Theaters?
There’s an interesting article in the New York Times today about a growing feud between movie studios and the theaters that show their products. Studios, exhibitors and filmmakers are arguing about the future of the business, and whether people in … Continue reading
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TUiW Goes to SXSW
Greetings from Austin everyone! I’m going to be here for the next two weeks where, just like last year, I’ll be covering the film and music parts of the South by Southwest Festival. This looks to be a good year. … Continue reading
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TUiW Conversation – The King of Limbs
Jonah: Just think, 10 days ago we didn’t even know there was going to be another Radiohead album and now we’ve all listened to The King of Limbs and seen Thom Yorke’s sweet dance moves. I know a lot of … Continue reading
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The Office – “Threat Level Midnight”
At its best, The Office is about the gap between the person we dream of being and the person we are. It is not really about office drones, but the plans and fantasies that those drones had put in a … Continue reading
The Chicago Code – “Hog Butcher”
For better or worse, the second episode of The Chicago Code had a lot of balls in the air. When it worked, it felt a lot tenser than the average network cop show, but when it didn’t it felt a … Continue reading
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Justified – “The Moonshine Wars”
Deadwood excluded, the western is kind of a dead genre on TV. On the one hand, this isn’t really that surprising – the western has all but disappeared from the media landscape – but at the same time its weird … Continue reading
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The Chicago Code – “Pilot”
The Chicago Code, a new cop show on FOX, comes from Shawn Ryan, the man behind two of my favorite TV shows of all time. With Ted Griffin he worked on Terriers, the brilliant-but-cancelled show about two shaggy PIs who … Continue reading
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The Office – “The Search”
Well it was kind of an odd road to get there, but the payoff was nice enough to be worth it. One of the best things about the Michael-Holly relationship is how low-key it is. Here are two people who … Continue reading
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The Office – The Seminar
“Comedy is a place where the mind goes to tickle itself.” The lighting in the US Office is so much brighter than the UK Office. I’ve never really thought about it that much before but it seems Important. There’s an … Continue reading
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