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Pushing Daisies 'Comfort Food': The Secret Life of Chuck
Knowing we've lost our dearly beloved Pushing Daisies makes watching the new episodes very bittersweet, but I'm still glad at least the final episodes of this amazing show are getting aired instead of just getting cut off upon the cancellation.
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Heroes 'The Eclipse: Part 1': The True Test of a Hero
Last week we were told "it's coming," and finally after a few weeks of build-up episodes, this "it" finally came - and while I'm not as in love with this show as I used to be, this "it" brought some interesting developments which became instantly ...
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A Chuck Thanksgiving: 'Chuck vs. the Gravitron'
I've already made my plea for giving Chuck a chance if you haven't already during our Cancellation Danger Zone week, but I must plea yet once again after the unofficial cancellations of a few other sophomore shows, Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone, and ......
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Entourage Season Finale: 'Return to Queens Blvd'
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Ugly Betty: 'When Betty Met YETI'
Ugly Betty is one of my favorite shows these days, but also one in which last season, I was fearing for its direction and continuation possibilities, but this season is really impressing me with all new angles for our characters to move forward in...
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Pushing Daisies: 'Oh, Oh... It's Magic'
While the theme of this week's Pushing Daisies episode was a magic show mystery, the episode title, "Oh, Oh... It's Magic," could really be applied to any Pushing Daisies episode as every episode has that special touch of fairy tale magic that mak...
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24: Redemption Variety Review
Shot partly on location in South Africa, FOX's "24" movie gives Jack Bauer a new continent across which to righteously kick ass, as well as get his own chops busted in creative (read: tortured) ways. "Redemption" not only teases the coming season'...
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House: 'Emancipation' for All
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Heroes 'It's Coming': Lacking Luster or Building Up?
Last week, we featured Heroes as part of our Cancellation Danger Zone because while it had a pretty good comeback from its long break because of the WGA strike, it's not delivering as well as hoped, so it just might be in trouble.
So while I'm assu...
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True Blood: 'To Love is to Bury'
With True Blood's awesome first season nearing its end, there are storylines we're dying to get conclusions for, while others are just opening up to leave plenty of new storylines for the new season which I already can't wait to see!
In this week's...
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The Office 'Business Trip': We Laughed, We Cried...
The Office got a whole lot more cultured this week as Michael, Andy, and Oscar headed out for an exciting international business trip - to Canada.
We heard David Wallace explaining he was glad Michael was excited about the trip since he knew Michae...
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Top Chef Takes on New York!
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House 'The Itch': To Scratch or not to Scratch?
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Gossip Girl 'Bonfire of the Vanity': Sacrifices of Freedom and Success
This week's Gossip Girl, "Bonfire of the Vanity," actually gave Dan an interesting storyline involving the Bass men, which was a nice change of pace to Dan's more sidekick role in his recent storylines. Speaking of his sidekick role, where on eart...
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The Office 'Customer Survey': The Scranton Hardy Boys
I didn't find this week's The Office episode as hilarious as usual, but it still held some quality funny moments and some interesting developments for our characters as well.
We started off with Michael getting congratulated for getting engaged, wh...
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Gossip Girl 'There Might Be Blood': Risky Business
On this week's Gossip Girl, "There Might Be Blood," we carried on with the storyline of Serena and Blair working towards Yale, which led to Blair babysitting a bratty teenager convinced she need to lose her virginity as a competition with another ...
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True Blood: 'Plaisir D'Amour'
This week's True Blood didn't bring us all the answers we may have liked, but it brought some very interesting plot developments and some answers too!
Last week's episode ended very abruptly with Sookie and Bill in Fangtasia with Sookie reading the...
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The Office 'Employee Transfer': "Why so Serious?"
This week's The Office gave us a little dose of Halloween fun as our favorite Dunder Mifflin office dressed up - including 3 Jokers, one of which was particularly creepy... oh Creed, you scare me daily, but wow, what a good Joker! If he'd gotten i...
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Pushing Daisies: 'Dim Sum, Lose Some'
It's incredibly hard to resist stating every week how much I love Pushing Daisies, so, I just won't say it! But, well, because it looks like Pushing Daisies could be in trouble, I suppose it's proper to gush since it's well-deserved love and hopef...
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House 'Joy': The House Giveth, and The House Taketh Away
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90210: "There's No Place Like Homecoming"
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Gossip Girl 'Pret-a-Poor-J': Fashionista Gone Wild
There have been a few storylines this season on Gossip Girl that have been a bit ho-hum or a little too much for my liking such as Nate's relationship with Catherine that got all tied up in him owing her money for his family.
It was clear that wasn...
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True Blood: 'The Fourth Man in the Fire'
True Blood continues to surprise me as it just gets better and more intense every week!
We've dug deeper into the vampire world which continues to get creepier, and one of the most fascinating part is how Bill sometimes has to go along with what th...
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The Office 'Crime Aid': Michael Scott, My Hero
First of all, let me just say that I love Michael Scott. Sure, he's a total moron, but he cares about people like nobody's business.
For instance, what says "I care about you, co-worker I used to hit on and now consider a bff" than getting that co-...
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Pushing Daisies 'Frescorts' For Sale
On Pushing Daisies, we've been following the sad story of our burly detective, Emerson Cod, and how he wrote his bizarre children's book, "Little Gumshoe" about his detective adventures growing up with his mother (but with the character as a littl...
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House 'Lucky Thirteen': Secrets, Lies, and Lesbian Jokes
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The Office: Ain't No Baby Shower Like a Scranton Baby Shower
Last week, I felt as if The Office dropped the ball a little bit on its usual hilarity, but this week, it generally picked it back up, though it's still missing a little something that is probably partly the off feeling of not having Pam in the of...
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Pushing Daisies 'Bad Habits': For Whom the Bell Tolls
In watching this week's Pushing Daisies, "Bad Habits," I was struck with the fact that part of the reason these characters are so fascinating (besides being able to bring people back from the dead and being back from the dead), is that they're pre...
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Sons of Anarchy "Old Bones" Early Review
Sons of Anarchy has become surprisingly addictive as in watching it so far, I was feeling it was somewhat formulaic in that the SOA run into trouble, then they find a way to work it out - but as the series continues, it becomes more and more clear...
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House 'Birthmarks': The Sins of Our Fathers
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LAist Movie Review: What Just Happened
LAist Movie Review: What Just Happened by Farley Elliott
There are delicately few films that choose to tackle the other side of the silver screen. There's something strangely cannibalistic about the whole process, as behemoth studios coil inside th...
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My Own Worst Enemy Premiere Review
My Own Worst Enemy made SideReel's Fall Preview: What's Lookin' Bad, not because I have anything against Christian Slater, but because the promos for the show looked odd, confusing, and pretty dumb.
So to give this newbie its fair chance, I checked...
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What Just Happened? Review on Variety.com
Movie Review by Todd McCarthy on Variety
Hollywood is skewered, but with a degree of benevolent indulgence, in "What Just Happened?" This is scarcely the first time prominent industry insiders have turned their lenses on their own kind to hold them...
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Heroes: Who's Who in 'Angels and Monsters?'
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Chuck Ep 3: Chuck vs. The Spy Who Shagged Her
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True Blood Heats up in "Cold Ground"
As someone who's generally not a fan of vampire shows, True Blood just continues to surprise me as I get more hooked every episode! This week's episode, "Cold Ground," really intensified the issue of the murders in town as they stretched from a fe...
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Eleventh Hour: Some Lukewarm Hope for CBS's Fringe
As some critics and fans have noted, Eleventh Hour is basically CBS's Fringe for the season, though it may or may not have been meant to equate itself with Fringe, or Fringe with Eleventh Hour.
But along the lines of comparison, Eleventh Hour is al.........
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The Office: 'Business Ethics' = A Scranton Oxymoron
I usually am instantly in love with every episode of The Office, but this week's "Business Ethics" didn't quite do it for me. I thought a lot of it was hilarious (cue Jim discussing Battlestar Galactica and its cylons, wookies, and wizards with An...
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Ugly Betty: "Crimes of Fashion"
What a great episode of Ugly Betty! My favorite part of Ugly Betty is the balance between drama, humor, and Betty's optimism that always makes things worse and better, sometimes in different orders - and this was wonderfully played out in "Crimes ...
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Kath & Kim: Not a Complete Disaster
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The Starter Wife: Series Premiere Review
The Starter Wife makes its transformation from miniseries to series as it hits USA Network Friday at 9/8c for a 2-hour premiere!
I really enjoyed the miniseries, and was very glad to hear it was coming back as a full series, but just as the exec. p.........
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Pushing Daisies: Circus of Emotions
Going into Season 2 of this amazing show, I was thrilled to have it back, but a little curious as to how Pushing Daisies could proceed as last season, the conflicts were pretty much laid out and all without a chance of resolution.
We had the major ...
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Hereos Ep 4: Stepping on Too Many Butterflies
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Chuck Episode 2: Chuck vs. the Seduction
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Pushing Daisies Premiere: Buuzzingly Delicious!
Oh how I missed you, Pushing Daisies! This was by far my favorite new show of last season and with the strike cutting the season short, I was thrilled to see it got a renewal and now thrilled it's back!
While I wonder where the storyline of this sh...
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House: Getting to Know You...
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90210: Model Behavior
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Heroes Episode 3: Mother Dearest
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Entourage "Fire Sale" - So Close, Yet So Far
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Chuck Premiere Review: Bartowski, Chuck Bartowski.
Chuck returns tonight to NBC at 8/7c, but if you want an early peek, you can check it out like I did on Hulu or NBC for its early "preview" release:
Chuck Versus the First Date on Hulu
Chuck Versus the First Date on NBC
*Only mild spoilers included.*
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Desperate Housewives Premiere: The Future Unfolds...
Desperate Housewives has returned for its 5th season with the very curious twist we discovered at the end of last season - we've skipped forward 5 years in the lives of our Wisteria Lane ladies.
After watching the premiere episode, I don't hate thi...
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The Office Premiere: Weight Loss Gone Wild!
*Spoilers Included!*
The Office is the best show ever. Nope, no arguing.
I've loved just about every episode of The Office, but I have to say this premiere is one of my new favorites!
Going into this premiere, I really wanted to find out where Jim & Pam...
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Ugly Betty Premiere: The Manhattan Project... of Doom?
*Spoilers Included!*
Hooray for Ugly Betty's return! After last season's big cliffhanger, I was dying to find out what our dear Betty would do, though it turns out my prediction was correct, which is fine by me considering I think it's really how B...
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Gary Unmarried: A Possible Hit in the Making
Gary Unmarried didn't strike me from the previews to be a great new comedy, but as a fan of Jay Mohr, I figured it had to have some laughs to it - and it did!
Still, not this season's best new comedy... well, actually I guess it could be considerin.....................
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House: Cancer, but not Cancer. Wilson, but not Wilson.
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The Mentalist Pilot: Not so bad... but not so good.
After shunning CBS's new drama, The Mentalist to SideReel's fall preview list of What's Lookin' Bad, I figured I should at least give the pilot a chance to see if it lived up to its lame and dull-looking previews or if it actually has something to...
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Heroes Premiere: Back in plenty of Glory!
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Entourage: Drama & Ari Freak-out Extravaganza - Take 2!
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Lipstick Jungle Premiere Review: Early Release on Hulu
Lipstick Jungle won the fight of the Sex and the City wannabes last season, taking down Cashmere Mafia, so now it's ready to prove its worth as the second season starts up!
NBC has decided some pre-released premieres are the way to go with Hulu.com...
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Sons of Anarchy Early Review: "Fun Town"
*Mild Spoilers Included!*
Sons of Anarchy promised to be shocking, down and dirty, and dramatic... and well, it is. Almost to the point of an overload, though perhaps this just means it's an excellent, edgy drama.
I haven't kept up with FX's The Shield...
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90210 Round 3: The Impenetrable Bubble
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House Returns: Dying Changes Everything
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Entourage: SO the Drama & Ari Freak-out Extravaganza!
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Fringe Premiere Reviewed: Perfectly Creepy with the Smarts to Match
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90210 Round 2: Striking Out
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Gossip Girl Review: The Duchess of Nate
On this week's Gossip Girl, "Never Been Marcused," I was prepared to enjoy some just-reunited bliss between Serena and Dan, and hey, deal with those issues later.
So we started off the episode with a bit of that bliss as they woke up on the beach s...
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Entourage Premiere: The Boys are Back in Town!
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True Blood Premiere Review: A Juicy New Series
Even as a TV viewer very weary of vampire shows, I was drawn in by the promos to check out the premiere, and I have to say True Blood has a lot going for it!
They took full advantage of being on HBO with some creepy vampire scenes including a super...
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Bloomberg.com Review: Brad Pitt Excels as Idiot Gym Trainer in 'Burn After Reading'
Review by Farah Nayeri, Bloomberg.com
Brad Pitt, one of Hollywood's most sought-after heroes, is knocked off his plinth in Burn After Reading.
The spy comedy, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, casts Pitt as a goofy personal trainer who blackmails a C...
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Samurai Girl Review: Another Hit for ABC Family!
ABC Family's new original event, Samurai Girl airs this weekend with 3 2-hour installments airing Friday at 8/7c then continuing Saturday and Sunday.
I got the chance to check out the first 2 hours, and I was ready for more! Samurai Girl stars Jami...
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Burn After Reading Review by Richard Corliss, TIME
"This is a man practiced in deceit," says one character of another in Burn After Reading. "It's almost his job." Deceit is very much the job of the new film from Joel and Ethan Coen. It's as if, after winning two fat Oscars (best picture and direc...
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90210 Premiere Reviewed: Believe the Hype!
90210 has been hyped to the max as this fall's hottest show, and well, I don't know about the best, hottest drama ever, but I was definitely impressed with last night's premiere!
I haven't seen much of the original Beverly Hills 90210, but I felt l.........
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Sons of Anarchy Early Review: Delivering the True Dirty Drama
With an early look at the first two episodes of FX's new drama, Sons of Anarchy, I can definitely say this is one to check out this fall!
While I'm not particularly drawn to watch anything having to do with a bunch of tough guys on motorcycles, thi...............
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