Disney Noir—Once Upon a Time’s “Pilot”
Once Upon a Time offers a weirdly difficult double-world, with some (hopefully) darker takes on classic fairy tales. Could be good... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Tag Archives: ABC
2010 Academy Award Nominees Announced
The nominees for this year's Academy Awards include one more genre picture than last year, but three fewer nominations...
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Under My Skin—V’s “Serpent’s Tooth”
The writers have lost their way in a war against soulless monsters. It's time to bring on the cheese (although we did get to see a lizard eat a rat)... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Mayhem—V’s “Red Rain”
This episode was more complex dramatically, but too simple emotionally. The pace is up but the temperature is down... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Robert J. Sawyer’s Illegal Alien optioned for tv miniseries
Robert J. Sawyer's 1997 novel Illegal Alien has been optioned for a television miniseries...
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Mom Wars—V’s “Fruition”
Erica gets a clue, Anna gets evil, and we'll be getting another season... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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V-icissitudes—V’s “John May”
The villains are not very menacing, the girls are not very bright, and the writers are still focusing on the whiny teen angst. What's a very have to do to get a good lizard around here? (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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2009 Academy Award Nominees Announced
The nominees for this year's Academy Awards include almost twice as many genre pictures as last year, and one of them is tied for the top of the heap, with nine nominations...
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Exit, Guns Blazing—FlashForward’s “A561984”
Hints of a bigger reason behind many small annoyances, hope that the series can be retooled sufficiently to save it, and a longer-than-expected hiatus mean this episode will have to stand much taller... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Queen V—V’s “It’s Only the Beginning”
Interesting story twists, a really good villain, and some decent cliff-hangers. Now if only ABC can maintain the interest for a three-month hiatus... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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TV briefs: cancellations of Dollhouse and Eastwick
Dollhouse and Eastwick have been canceled, but will air the episodes already produced. FX bought rights to 2012...
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Zzzzzzzz…—V’s “Pilot”
The reimagination could have used more imagination... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Adios, Robert Sawyer—FlashForward’s “White to Play”
Forget the novel on which it was based, this series is now going its own way, and that way isn't too shabby... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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The Anti-Lost—a review of FlashForward’s “No More Good Days”
A great concept may be quickly reduced to only a routine police procedural. Let's hope ABC can kick it back up to the heady, cerebral, fascinating concept the book sets forth... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Speak of the Devil—a review of Eastwick’s Pilot
The pilot for this seventh adaptational incarnation of John Updike's novel is only fair, and it's doubtful the thrill of the novel can translate to the television screen... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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