Articles tagged "vincent kartheiser"

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‘Mad Men’ keeps its edgy edge

by Rick Kushman [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[22.Jan.09] :. We’re starting right off with good news. Matthew Weiner, creator and driving force behind AMC’s Emmy-winning “Mad Men,” has signed a deal to continue writing and producing the...

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Back to Basics - The 30 Best TV Shows of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[12.Jan.09] :. 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.

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Mad Men, Sad Men

by Shaun Huston

[6.Aug.08] :. The increasing prevalence and sophistication of advertising, the popularization of psychotherapy, and an emerging political consciousness in the American middle class all come to the fore in this excellent television series.

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Moss finds a perfect fit on ‘Mad Men’

by Luaine Lee [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)]

[28.Jul.08] :. BEVERLY HILLS - Though she’s been acting most of her life, Elisabeth Moss figures she’s fortunate she’s never been famous. That streak of luck may have run out as Moss maneuvers her...

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Feature

High Redefinition: The 30 Best TV Shows of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[18.Jan.08] :. In memoriam of a TV season cut down before its prime time, PopMatters staff celebrates the Top 30 TV Shows of 2007. Some are old favorites. Others have barely made their impression felt. But at a time when all broadcast fortunes are up in the air, they definitely deserve the recognition.

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Passing the torch: From made men to ‘Mad Men’

by Maureen Ryan [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[18.Oct.07] :. For all its ups and downs and long delays between seasons, it wasn’t easy to let go of “The Sopranos.” When the landmark HBO series finally called it quits June 10, fans of quality...

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ON THE TUBE: Critics go mad for AMC’s ‘Mad Men’

by Aaron Barnhart [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[31.Jul.07] :. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - I’m standing in the Milton Berle Dining Room at the Beverly Hills Friars Club when up walks a woman in a beehive wig and tiny cocktail dress who hands me a drink. The...

 
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TV Review

Mad Men

by Roger Holland

[26.Jul.07] :. Mad Men is stylish and clever, showing men who are simultaneously at the pinnacle of their corporate and personal worlds, and at risk of losing everything.

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Jon Hamm finally gets his big break with AMC’s ‘Mad Men’

by Luaine Lee [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)]

[25.Jul.07] :. It was not exactly propitious when actor Jon Hamm left his native St. Louis and steered his trusty Corolla into L.A. with $150 in his pocket. He planned to squat at his aunt’s house for a few...

 

Angel: Season Four

by Christine Klunk

[8.Nov.04] :. In the season overview, Joss Whedon asserts that he wanted this season to be 'operatic'. It was that.

 

Angel

by Cynthia Fuchs

[5.May.03] :. Tim Minear's fourth season finale of Angel makes elegant, self-conscious commentary on the ways that corporate structures frame (if not ordain) life decisions.

 

Another Day in Paradise (1998)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Larry Clark’s Another Day in Paradise is — no surprise — brazen about its interest in young bodies. Whether the filmmaker himself is into them or not is irrelevant (and...