The year is almost at an end and that means one thing for people who write about movies and TV: it’s time for LISTS!!! Best of, Worst of, Most Bizarre, Most Disappointing, you name it and we’ll list it. We do this cuz we’re a bunch of opinionated assholes with too much time on...
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Rectify concluded it’s third season on Thursday night and I’m sure that virtually none of you were aware of this. Hell, you probably weren’t even aware of its existence. It’s on a channel that everyone has but no one watches (Sundance), it doesn’t have an immediately engaging hook like ‘Sopranos in Middle Earth‘ or ‘Mr. Chips...
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Trying to get people to watch Hannibal is as difficult as trying to convince someone to change their political beliefs. It’s frustrating, fruitless, and ends with both people mad at each other. Seriously, this is how it goes nearly every time I try to tell a friend they should give it a shot: ME: Hannibal is the best...
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Internet beware! The Mike Staub Pod Show is back! After a long hiatus, the show has decided to make a somewhat triumphant return. This show we have Keith, Brendan, Chad, and Amanda in studio. We talk about the past year, as well as Brendan’s experience with Fifty Shades of Grey. We also celebrate the...
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House of Cards has never been a great show. It doesn’t have nearly as much to say about politics or the nature of power as it thinks it does. At its best, it’s a classier version of Scandal; filled with backstabbing, long buried secrets coming to light, conspiracies, corruption, and murder. At it’s worst, it’s portentous,...
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Parks and Recreation ends its seven season run on Tuesday night, which means that we are losing one of the greatest, funniest, and warmest sitcoms to ever grace our television screens. I remember first seeing previews for the show all those years ago and thinking, “well that’s not gonna be very good. It’s just an Office rip...
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Sunday brings the highly-anticipated (I suppose) premiere of AMC’s Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul. When this idea was first brought up by Vince Gilligan a few years ago, I almost wet myself I was so excited. Bob Odenkirk’s Saul Goodman was one of the many highlights of Breaking Bad. He injected some much...
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Listen, say what you will, Katy Perry’s Half Time Super-Bowl showstravaganza was a really big colorful beachball of FUN. There was a giant lion giving pony rides! There was a crazy enchanted chess board. But most importantly, there were dancing sharks Considering the wacky mess that Super Bowl XXIiL!I#^XIV9 was, these sharks were a...
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Back when Marvel started talking about doing television shows, I remember distinctly stating that Daredevil is the perfect hero for TV. He’s dark, gritty, and does not require intense special effects. Let’s also be honest, for most of the time, Daredevil is a C-level hero at best. He can’t go toe-to-toe with The Avengers...
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There has always been an abundance of crime dramas on TV, both here and across the pond. Most are episodic procedurals that focus on lazy cases of the week and have zero regard for character development or genuine suspense. That’s right, I’m talking about you CSI: Computer Crime Stuff or whatever the hell you’re...
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