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Justified – “Harlan Roulette” – review

Justified – “Harlan Roulette” – review
February 1, 2012
Reviews

This season has really wasted no time in setting up the big bads, with this week’s “Harlan Roulette” featuring Robert …Read the Rest

Justified – “Cut Ties” – review

Justified – “Cut Ties” – review
January 25, 2012
Reviews

The throwaway story dominated a whole lot more than the serialized elements this week, but what was there was pretty …Read the Rest

Justified – “The Gunfighter” – review

Justified – “The Gunfighter” – review
January 18, 2012
Reviews

Last year’s season of Justified is clearly gonna be tough to top.  The Bennett clan cast a tall shadow that …Read the Rest

Benches & Telephone Malfunctions & Cutting Cable

Benches & Telephone Malfunctions & Cutting Cable
November 15, 2011
TV

Just a few days after I wrote about PRIME SUSPECT and the growing potential of a show that looked like …Read the Rest

Opinion: PRIME SUSPECT – next casualty of bad marketing?

Opinion:  PRIME SUSPECT – next casualty of bad marketing?
November 12, 2011
TV

I’ll never watch the American version of PRIME SUSPECT. I uttered that months ago, when the ads started, and would …Read the Rest

Breaking Bad – “Face Off” – review

Breaking Bad – “Face Off” – review
October 11, 2011
Reviews

You folks probably recall how last week how I was bitching about the shakiness of the motivations behind the characters …Read the Rest

Breaking Bad – “End Times” – review

Breaking Bad – “End Times” – review
October 4, 2011
Reviews

Lots of action yet again in this week’s episode of Breaking Bad, though really “End Times” was a lot about …Read the Rest

Breaking Bad “Crawl Space” – review

Breaking Bad “Crawl Space” – review
September 26, 2011
Reviews

After last week’s big “holy shit!” episode, I figured “Crawl Space” might take it easy a bit, let us all …Read the Rest

Breaking Bad – “Bug” – review

Breaking Bad – “Bug” – review
September 12, 2011
Reviews

When I saw the title of this episode I instantly thought of “Fly,” the hugely divisive “bottle” episode from season …Read the Rest

Breaking Bad – “Hermanos” – review

Breaking Bad – “Hermanos” – review
September 7, 2011
Reviews

This week’s episode was about control and how, as Walt harshly advises a newbie cancer patient while they wait to …Read the Rest

Breaking Bad – “Problem Dog” – review

Breaking Bad – “Problem Dog” – review
August 29, 2011
Reviews

Seems like everyone but Jesse gets a little wiser this week in “Problem Dog,” an episode that pretty much guarantees Aaron …Read the Rest

Breaking Bad – “Cornered” – review

Breaking Bad – “Cornered” – review
August 22, 2011
Reviews

“Someone has to protect this family from the man who protects this family.”  Thus is the closing line and ultimate …Read the Rest

Breaking Bad – “Shotgun” – review

Breaking Bad – “Shotgun” – review
August 15, 2011
Reviews

For all the suspense of last week’s cliffhanger ending and the high intensity sequences that opened this week’s Breaking Bad, …Read the Rest

Breaking Bad – “Bullet Points” – review

Breaking Bad – “Bullet Points” – review
August 8, 2011
Reviews

Been hearing some folks bitch (not on this site, though, because you’re all fuckin’ lovely, naturally) about the slowness of …Read the Rest

Breaking Bad – “Open House” – review

Breaking Bad – “Open House” – review
August 1, 2011
Reviews

Walt and Jesse are getting out of their work clothes, knocking off for the day. Jesse asks Walt if he’d …Read the Rest

Breaking Bad – “Thirty-eight Snub” – review

Breaking Bad – “Thirty-eight Snub” – review
July 25, 2011
Reviews

The reason for the title of this week’s episode, “Thirty-eight Snub,” was made evident from the start with the kick-ass cold open. …Read the Rest

Breaking Bad Season 4 trailer

Breaking Bad Season 4 trailer
June 21, 2011
TV

Brian LindenmuthBrian is the non-fiction editor of Spinetingler magazine and one of the fiction editors of Snubnose Press. In addition …Read the Rest

Justified – “Bloody Harlan” – review

Justified – “Bloody Harlan” – review
May 6, 2011
Reviews

As evidenced by last week’s comments, my readers may have been able to call Loretta’s vengeful streak but me, I …Read the Rest

HBO’s Luck – First Look

HBO’s Luck – First Look
May 2, 2011
TV

Go inside the new HBO original series “Luck” with executive producer/director Michael Mann and executive producer/writer David Milch. “Luck” will …Read the Rest

Justified – “Reckoning” – review

Justified – “Reckoning” – review
April 28, 2011
Reviews

The way shit was winding down towards the end of “The Reckoning” I was starting to think that maybe I miscounted …Read the Rest