The Sessions is an amusing and frank story of intimacy and struggle

Friday, October 26, 2012
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‘The Sessions’ is the ‘based on a true story’ tale of becoming a man when you can’t move a muscle.

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Last Resort’s Marcus Chaplin: what’s his endgame now?

Thursday, October 25, 2012
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‘Last Resort’s’ Marcus Chaplin has gone through a great deal of trouble to protect his crew, and the story he is trying to tell. But does he have any idea how his conflict might come to an end?

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Let’s blow the system up: How to fix the fall TV season

Thursday, October 25, 2012
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Using my patent-pending multi-tiered approach to television show promoting, shows that might otherwise wind up in an early grave could have new life breathed into them.

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Is Once Upon a Time’s Belle the worst feminist ever?

Thursday, October 25, 2012
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Is Belle REALLY a good role model for little girls? Storybrooke’s Belle’s increased forgiveness of Rumpel’s lies rubs me the wrong way as an adult woman. If this weren’t a fairy tale, would you REALLY want your best friend or daughter dating this guy?

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A few things to consider on The Walking Dead

Tuesday, October 23, 2012
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An even more satisfying 2nd episode in the new season continues to keep us in suspense and build dynamically while leading us down a more intriguing path than its source material (the comic) ever did. But it has me thinking, too …

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Another season, another reason, for panning sitcoms

Tuesday, October 23, 2012
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It’s the curse of every new television season: a bumper crop of sitcoms that leave us longing for the heyday of comedy. But when did “critically acclaimed” become code for “failed concept that a network just won’t quit?” And what series gets to wear that crown this season?

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Disney’s Secret of the Wings will enchant the entire family

Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Disney's Secret of the Wings

Don’t look down your nose on Disney’s new direct-to-video feature ‘Secret of the Wings.’ It’s a magical experience for children and adults of all ages.

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A drastic proposal: No more remakes

Monday, October 22, 2012
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We need to ban remakes for a while, to bring some originality back into our cinemas.

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Alex Cross was 100 minutes I’ll never get back

Friday, October 19, 2012
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‘Alex Cross’ falls flat in just about every way. What should have been a fairly straightforward cop story devolved into a hot mess of uneven acting, odd camera work and Matthew Fox as you’ve never seen him before.

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Vampire Diaries season 4 continues well-crafted thematic episodes

Thursday, October 18, 2012
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‘The Vampire Diaries’ excels at centering an episode around a theme, and “Memorial” is all about the juxtapositions: loners and teams, dead and living, symbolic versus true mourning.

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