Dear TV Executives: A Few New Years Resolutions Notes for 2011
Television executives should resolve to do a few things for me this year.
26 Jan 2011
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If you want to know what's new on primetime TV this fall, stop right here.
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Accepting the Blame: The Top Guilty Pleasures of 2007
PopMatters proffers its collection of 2007's most notable defective faves. And it's okay to laugh. After all, we'd probably do the same to you and your uncomfortable fixations as well.
16 Jan 2008
Live Free or Die Hard
Bruce Willis' career may not have mandated a fourth trip into Die Hard territory. Who knew that action fans needed it so badly?
02 Jan 2008
Balls of Fury
What really gives the cinematic pallet a high-quality cleansing is a ripe old fashioned dose of certifiable stupid.
30 Aug 2007
Die Hard Neocon
In yet another Die Hard film this summer, Bruce Willis will reprise his role as John McClane. But can the public stomach the implicit politics that animate him?
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02 Jul 2007
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Bruce Willis as John McClane is back, recalling all the retro rightness and righteousness he first incarnated in 1988.
26 Jun 2007
Monkey Business (Part 2: June)
Apparently, as the sun's strongest rays finally settle over the movie going public, sequels are the remedy to cool down an overheated demographic. This month alone holds five examples of such redux refreshment. The rest of the choices are a variety pack of genres, ideas and possibilities.
01 May 2007
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