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Thursday, February 26 2009

‘Fringe’ zeros in on sustaining suspense


Monday, January 12 2009

Back to Basics - The 30 Best TV Shows of 2008

The Year in TV was a lot like the US economy: struggling until summer and then tanking under the hope of a 2009 comeback. Still, our staff found 30 solid reasons to be cheerful come entertainment investment time.


Tuesday, September 9 2008

‘Fringe’ creators blend the best of the past


Fringe: Series Premiere

The formula set in motion by the Fringe pilot is familiar, but also devious and delightful.


Tuesday, August 5 2008

Shutter (2008)

Something is exposed, the same thing is avenged, there’s a final gotcha moment, and then credits roll, as do eyes.


Friday, March 21 2008

Shutter (2008)

The shift in the remade Shutter's race and nation particulars underscores Jane's isolation as she's suddenly immersed in her husband's bad past.


Monday, April 16 2007

Bobby (2006)

As reporter Warren Wilson remembers, "That would have been less of an impact on me, had I been shot [as he nearly was], than Kennedy being killed, stopped, in a moment in America's history, when we needed him and his advocacy more than ever before."


Wednesday, June 22 2005

Cursed: Unrated Version (2004)

'I guess there's no such thing as safe sex with a werewolf,' whines one victim.


Sunday, April 24 2005

Shadows in the Sun (2005)

Claire Forlani goes so far as to call Shadows in the Sun her Il Postino. Oy.


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