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Thursday, April 9 2009

Southland: Series Premiere

If visuals are not mundane in Southland, neither is the dialogue, especially the incidental repartee that oils coexistence in a high-stress profession.


Thursday, January 15 2009

OMG - The 20 Worst Films of 2008

There's bad, and then there's 2008 level bad. You know this list is looking down into a deep dark bottomless pit of cinematic despair when Mike Myers' shameful Love Guru didn't even make the Top 20!


Friday, April 18 2008

88 Minutes

In 88 Minutes, Gramm's carelessness is increasingly annoying, less a characterization than a function of slack scripting.


Thursday, February 22 2007

The O.C.

Fans knew: when Ryan carried Marissa's lifeless body towards the camera, "Hallelujah" playing in the background, the show was finished as well.


Wednesday, May 25 2005

The O.C.

The Cohens open their door to anyone needing support and stability (which is almost everyone; rich equals lonely).


Tuesday, November 4 2003

The O.C.

Everyone feels like an imposter in The O.C.'s all-white, all-straight Newport Beach.


Sunday, January 1 1995

The O.C.

The producers finally figured out a way for commercial tie-ins to complement but not overwhelm the plot.


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