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Weekend Roundtable: Bad Lawyers

Josh Zyber — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 19:00:59 +0000

This weekend brings us a bio-pic about Thurgood Marshall, one of the greatest legal minds in American history. Unfortunately, we’ve already done a Roundable about Favorite Lawyer Movies. I guess that means it’s time to look instead at some of the sleaziest, most incompetent, or even downright evil lawyers from movies and TV. You know,...

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R.I.P. Adam West and Glenne Headly

Josh Zyber — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 15:00:15 +0000

Holy mortality, Batman! The last few days have brought a couple of major losses to the entertainment industry, including a beloved TV icon. Due to the timing of our blog schedule, this post won’t run until Monday, which means that news of these two deaths has already made the rounds through the media. I don’t...

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2017 Golden Globe Nominations

Josh Zyber — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 20:00:42 +0000

As it inevitably must every year at this time, awards season has begun. This morning, actors Don Cheadle, Laura Dern and Anna Kendrick announced the 2017 Golden Globe nominations for movies and TV. I don’t know if it’s just typical Golden Globes quirkiness, but this seems like a particularly unexciting year in almost every category,...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of October 16th, 2016 – The Hunting of the Snark

Josh Zyber — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 12:00:30 +0000

With Halloween approaching, this is a good time for the home video studios to release a lot of horror movies on Blu-ray. Sadly, it’s also time to dump more of this summer’s box office flops. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Independence Day: Resurgence‘ – For acronym’s sake, I’ve long felt that the ‘ID4’ sequel should be called...

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‘The Night Of’ 1.08 Recap: “Did You Kill Her?”

Shannon Nutt — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 19:00:48 +0000

Well, this didn’t go quite as I expected it to. HBO gives viewers a feature-length (roughly 95 minutes) final episode to ‘The Night Of’ that wraps up the trial and seems to answer the question of who killed Andrea Cornish. But those expecting to really see what happened may walk away from this series disappointed....

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‘The Night Of’ 1.07 Recap: “There Goes the Party Train”

Shannon Nutt — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 19:00:53 +0000

With only one episode to go after this one, a big chunk of the latest entry of ‘The Night Of’ is devoted to Naz’s trial – which means that much of this episode is a rehash/reexamination of plot points viewers are already familiar with. Still, the performances this week are good enough that the episode...

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‘The Night Of’ 1.06 Recap: “She the Cat, and You the Yarn”

Shannon Nutt — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:00:00 +0000

I know I’m in the minority at this point, but I’ve become disappointed with the otherwise well-acted ‘The Night Of’ as it continues to throw (what I believe to be) red herrings at the audience, all while changing the very substance of its main character to make him look more suspicious each week. In this...

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‘The Night Of’ 1.05 Recap: “You Got Some Secrets in You”

Shannon Nutt — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 16:00:09 +0000

After a couple episodes that primarily focused on Naz’s adjustment to life in prison, Episode 5 of ‘The Night Of’ proves to be perhaps the most interesting one since the pilot. This one gets viewers to ask themselves if Naz is really the good boy he’s seemed to be up until this point in the...

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‘The Night Of’ 1.04 Recap: “Take the Deal”

Shannon Nutt — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 19:00:49 +0000

Since ‘The Night Of’ focuses on the guilt or innocence of a murder suspect, I have my own confession to make: My passion for this HBO limited series has dropped off considerably since the pilot episode. Yes, it’s well acted and I’m never too bored watching it, but there’s nothing here that I haven’t seen...

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‘The Night Of’ 1.03 Recap: “He’s As Clean As Donny Osmond”

Shannon Nutt — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 19:00:39 +0000

Those hoping to see some progression in the mystery of who killed Andrea Cornish will need to wait for at least one more episode. This week’s entry of ‘The Night Of’ focuses primarily – but not exclusively – on Naz’s first couple days as a prisoner at Rikers Island. This is a better episode than...

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‘The Night Of’ 1.02 Recap: “The Truth Can Go to Hell”

Shannon Nutt — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 19:00:38 +0000

Plenty of television series (or in this case, miniseries) begin with strong pilots, only to have things fall apart after the first episode. That’s not quite the case with the second entry of ‘The Night Of’. However, it does turn out to be far less engaging than the introductory episode, if still quite watchable. The...

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‘The Night Of’ Pilot Recap: “I Want a Lawyer”

Shannon Nutt — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 19:00:48 +0000

A new eight-episode miniseries for HBO (co-produced by the BBC and based on the short-lived British series ‘Criminal Justice’), ‘The Night Of’ has the potential to become the most talked-about show on the pay cable network since the first season of ‘True Detective’. It’s a taut mystery that takes aim at the criminal justice system...

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