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True TV | Kill the Music: Most digital-tier music-video channels suck: TV really is the new radio!

By Bill Frost
POSTED // Nov 7,2007 - So I’ve been reevaluating my package … my Comcast Cable package, pervos—but thanks for your kind words and support. Years ago, The Only TV Column That Matters™ signed up with Comcast for a Frankenstein bundle that included a random...

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Cinema | Soulless Train: Wes Anderson sends three brothers on an empty journey in The Darjeeling Limited.

By Scott Renshaw
POSTED // Oct 24,2007 - Editor’s Note: A different version of this review appeared in the print edition of the Oct. 25 City Weekly. After press time, it was announced that the short film Hotel Chevalier would be included with The Darjeeling Limited as of Oct. 26. This...

Film & TV

Cinema | Got to Be Real: Dan in Real Life finds authenticity beyond its wacky movie ironies.

By Scott Renshaw
POSTED // Oct 24,2007 - You know what would be fascinating? A movie in which a character who dispenses advice for a living—like a therapist, a member of the clergy, or, in the case of Dan in Real Life, an advice columnist—isn’t a complete basket case of a physician...

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True TV | ’Fornicated: Scrubs, Making Menudo, Californication, Nip/Tuck, Ghost Hunters

By Bill Frost
POSTED // Oct 24,2007 - Scrubs Thursday, Oct. 25 (NBC) Season Premiere: You can stop whining about those hour-long Office episodes—Scrubs is back! Now you’re going to whine about that, aren’t you? It’s the final season; show a little respect …...

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Cinema | Boston Lethal: The soul- (and body-) killing streets of a city come to life in Gone Baby Gone.

By Scott Renshaw
POSTED // Oct 17,2007 - Did you hear about the actor-turned-director who took an acclaimed Dennis Lehane novel and nailed both its distinctive South Boston atmosphere and its exploration of impossible moral choices? Hint: It’s not Clint Eastwood. There are those who still...

Film & TV

True TV | Ad Infinitum: Viva Laughlin, Mad Men, Damages Phenomenon, Dirty Sexy Money and Life.

By Bill Frost
POSTED // Oct 17,2007 - Viva Laughlin Thursday, Oct. 18 (CBS) Series Debut: Now that ABC’s Pushing Daisies has run away with the title of Weirdest New Show 2007, where does that leave flashy singin’ casino drama Viva Laughlin? After tonight’s debut, stuck on...

Film & TV

Video Games | Ten things more worthwhile than playing Halo 3.

By Charlie Deitch
POSTED // Oct 17,2007 - Do a quick Yahoo! search for Halo 3 and it’s obvious that you don’t need to come here for a review. The game is being marketed so well, there is probably a review in Cat Fancy magazine. I don’t like the Halo franchise; I am not convinced...

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DVD: Heathenly Creatures

“Godless” Hollywood doesn’t often challenge religion, but some films do.

By MaryAnn Johanson
POSTED // Oct 10,2007 - The conventional wisdom among American conservatives is that Hollywood is liberal and godless—but just try finding a movie coming out of the studios that features a real, out-of-the-closet, honest-to- … well, honest-to-God, atheist. You might...

Film & TV

Cinema: Direction Finder

Michael Clayton misses a shot at greatness by having too much to say.

By Scott Renshaw
POSTED // Oct 10,2007 - In an early scene from Michael Clayton, the titular legal fixer (George Clooney) heads out on yet another sleazy mission to make a problem go away for one of his New York firm’s high-paying clients. But his Mercedes’ onboard navigation system...

Film & TV

True TV: Murder Face

Women’s Murder Club, Men in Trees, Fox Reality Awards, Samantha Who? and more.

By Bill Frost
POSTED // Oct 10,2007 - Women’s Murder Club Friday, Oct. 12 (ABC) Series Debut: A San Francisco cop (Angie Harmon) and her gal pals—who happen to be a medical examiner, a prosecutor and a reporter (!)—solve homicide cases that dumb ol’ men can’t,...
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