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20th Anniversary of The X-Files Celebration: More Best Of Lists
20th anniversaries only come around once and I’m making a big fuss for one of my favorite shows, The X-Files–IMHO, one of the best TV shows ever. So in the spirit of tradition, here are some of my votes for … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture, Reviews, TV, Writing Craft
Tagged best of the x-files, most gruesome deaths, The X-Files
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More Sappy Holiday Movies on Basic Cable
You know it’s that special time of year again when TV ads start appearing framed by ribbons and bows of your favorite stars in Yuletide dilemmas. Hallmark, Lifetime, Ion, and others keep up a steady stream of sap from now … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Pop Culture, TV
Tagged Christmas movies, Hallmark holiday movies, holiday movies on cable
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The Comic Con Diaries, Final Chapter: Joss, Joss, and more Joss
Yes, San Diego Comic Con 2012 ended months ago but the images are still fresh in my mind, and also in my camera. So here’s my last report. Missed: Adam and Jamie of the MythBusters. (Stupid Comic Con iPad app.) … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Movies, Pop Culture, TV, Writing Craft
Tagged Dark Horse comics, female action heroes, Joss Whedon, SD CC 2012, writing advice
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Copper on the BBC America
Kevin “Corky” Corcoran is a hard-case detective in New York’s Five Points neighborhood circa post-Civil War. He gives an egg to a starving child and doesn’t require pleasuring in return, so we know he’s a good hard-case detective. And, like … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture, Reviews, TV
Tagged BBC America, damaged detectives, Kevin "Corky" Corcoran, New York's Five Points, Tammany Hall
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The Comic Con Diaries Two: You’re Not Fan Enough
Can you guess from the above shot (I call it “Dinklage Hall”) who my favoritest guy on Game of Thrones is? Confession: I don’t even watch Game of Thrones. But, hi Peter!) No, I didn’t get to see him live, … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Movies, Pop Culture, TV
Tagged Comic Con, fans, Firefly, Game of Thrones, Joss Whedon, Peter Dinklage, Psych, Robert Pattinson, Twilight
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The Comic Con Diaries One: Smells Like Comic Con
Day one: I forget to wear deodorant-twice. I SMELL LIKE COMIC CON. A friend of mine described his first CC experience exactly the same way. I feel like I’ve arrived. While buying the first of many, many pretzel dogs, I … Continue reading
Closing The Closer: Now That’s What I Call a Finale
Remember back in the day when Brenda Leigh Johnson first arrived at the LAPD? The pretty, dainty Southern belle was put in charge of alternately crusty, macho, and skeptical officers whom she would have to supervise. And, she was put … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture, Reviews, TV
Tagged Battlestar Galactica, Columbo, finale, Kyra Sedgwick, Mary McDonnell, Monk, The Closer, TNT
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AMC’s The Killing: Fooled Me Once
I was like a lot of people last year when The Killing debuted. I watched the first episode and went online to talk about it. “Good show. Kind of slow but it’s slow with atmosphere, not boredom.” My main nitpick: … Continue reading
Posted in Characterization, Commentary, Plot, Reviews, TV, Writing Craft
Tagged AMC's The Killing, Aristotle, catharsis, detective shows, Linden, Rosie Larsen, Seattle
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Mid-season TV Guide, January Edition, by Devlin
The fall TV season is over. The casualties are cold (bye bye, Playboy Club and Man Up!). Time for the series circling like vultures to come out and play. Hey, Castle was a mid-season replacement. So was Buffy. Miracles can … Continue reading
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Tagged Alcatraz, Are You There, Betty White's Off Their Rockers, Callum Keith Rennie, Chelsea?, Don Cheadle, House of Lies, JJ Abrams, Kiefer Sutherland, Kristen Bell, Lost Girl, Luck with Dustin Hoffman, Napoleon Dynamite, Project Runway All Stars, Rob Schneider, SyFy Channel, The Finder, The Firm, Touch on Fox
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The X-Files Twenty Years Later: Still Truthy?
As impossible as it seems, it’s been twenty years since the Deadpan Duo of Mulder and Scully blazed onto the TV scene, making it cooler, rainier, and more paranoid than ever before. The Truth is Out There. Trust No One. … Continue reading →