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The Predator Review: Get to Your Choppa, Poppa Predator Returns

Philip Brown — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 19:00:35 +0000

When it was announced that Shane Black would bring the Predator franchise back from the dead, it didn’t face nearly the same level of hype or skepticism as the return of the Alien series. The Predator has no masterful mythology to screw up. Even caring about that stuff at all was a step forward. All...

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‘The Expanse’ 2.01 & 2.02 Recap: “Who’s Gonna Feast on Earth’s Sky and Drink Their Rivers Dry?”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 20:00:43 +0000

Syfy’s ambitious space drama ‘The Expanse’ was one of the most exciting new series of the 2015-2016 TV season, but its incredibly complex plot was often a challenge to keep straight even week-to-week during its first ten episodes. The second season arrives a full year since the last episode aired. I feel like I should...

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‘The Expanse’ 1.09 & 1.10 Recap: “How Could You Ever Leave a Place Like Earth?”

Josh Zyber — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 20:00:03 +0000

Syfy’s ambitious and fascinating space drama ‘The Expanse’ drew its first season to a close last week with a two-hour finale that answered a lot of questions, but still left enough lingering to tease us for the already-announced Season 2. Throughout the season, we’d been given little bits and pieces of the Julie Mao storyline,...

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‘The Expanse’ 1.03 Recap: “Earth Must Come First”

Josh Zyber — Mon, 28 Dec 2015 20:00:17 +0000

As most of the TV season’s other series take a break for a few weeks (or months), Syfy is happy to offer viewers something interesting to watch through the holidays. The third episode of its terrific space drama ‘The Expanse’ really heats up the show’s political intrigue. At the end of the second episode, the...

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‘The Expanse’ 1.02 Recap: “You Think Rank Matters Now?”

Josh Zyber — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:00:52 +0000

I caught the premiere of Syfy’s intriguing new space drama ‘The Expanse’ early via On-Demand a couple weeks ago. The show had its proper broadcast premiere this week as a two-day event, airing both the pilot and a new episode on Monday and Tuesday respectively. Although it still may be a little too soon to...

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‘The Expanse’ Pilot Recap: “When People Don’t Tell the Truth, It Always Ends Badly”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:00:49 +0000

The Syfy network’s new space drama ‘The Expanse’ doesn’t officially premiere until December 14th. However, the network has made an early sneak preview of the pilot episode available on many streaming and cable On-Demand services. Normally I’d just wait until the regular airing, but the show piqued my interest enough to take a look. Could...

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Off the Shelf: 28 Random Observations About ‘Deep Blue Sea’

Aaron Peck — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:00:26 +0000

“Deepest, bluest, my hat is like a shark’s fin…” Much like LL Cool J’s perplexing theme song lyrics, the reason why I put ‘Deep Blue Sea’ in the Blu-ray player last week is just as mystifying, especially to me. There it was, still on my shelf, still factory sealed, only ‘Cyrus‘ and ‘The Dark Crystal‘...

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HBO Cancels Two Great Comedies

Josh Zyber — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:00:28 +0000

In a very surprising development (to me, anyway), HBO announced this week that two of my favorite comedies on the network, ‘Hung’ and ‘Bored to Death’, have been officially canceled. ‘How to Make It in America’ also got the axe, but I can’t imagine that comes as a shock to anyone. While perhaps not ratings...

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‘Hung’ 3.01 Recap: “Welcome to Orgasmic Living!”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:00:01 +0000

HBO’s ‘Hung’ returned for its third season this Sunday. Ostensibly a comedy, the series often leans more toward drama. It’s about down-and-out characters scraping to get by, after all. The new season premiere, however, is all about the funny. In a welcome change of pace, the episode also finds our characters on an unexpected upswing....

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‘Hung’ 2.01 Recap: It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp

Josh Zyber — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:00:32 +0000

Along with ‘Entourage’, HBO has also brought back ‘Hung’ this week. I realize that this is a divisive show that doesn’t click with everyone. (Drew pretty much trashed it in his review of the first season Blu-ray set, for example.) It took me a while to warm up to it as well, but I did...

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