Tag: best
member name: Alan Waldman
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September 12, 2006 11:58 AM EDT --
According to the nearly 200 critics sampled at rottentomatoes.com, the following are the best movies now in theatres (rated by the percentage of critics who recommend them): Little Miss Sunshine (93% approval; . . .
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August 28, 2006 11:58 AM EDT --
My wife and I just enjoyed the historic thriller THE ILLUSIONIST, starring a mysterious Edward Furlong, an evil Rufus Sewell (longtime Brit heart-throb) and a dangerous Paul Giamatti. The plot is compelling, . . .
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August 30, 2006 10:24 PM EDT --
Everybody knows that John Grisham writes great legal thrillers and that England's Dick Francis keeps pumping out entertaining, educational thrillers that have something to do with his former profession . . .
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October 10, 2006 01:11 PM EDT --
So far this new season, ABC has one hit and five flops. Ugly Betty is doing very well, but Help Me Help You, The Nine, Six Degrees, Men in Trees and Brothers & Sisters are all doing poorly and . . .
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October 03, 2006 12:41 PM EDT --
These are my favorites. (It's not hard to guess my age from these choices.) Who are yours?
1) Jimi Hendrix, 2) Eric Clapton, 3) Chuck Berry, 4) B.B. King, 5) Keith Richards (Rolling Stones), 5) Mark . . .
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December 18, 2006 10:45 AM EST --
I enjoyed Blood Diamond and thought it was very well acted, had some dramatic visuals, dramatized the conflict diamonds problem well and pointed a finger at the guiltiest party--the powerful, heartless and . . .
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September 08, 2006 01:29 PM EDT --
The Wire begins its fourth season this Sunday evening on HBO (with repeat episodes every weeknight on one HBO channel or another). I have told you this is the best-written TV series of the past decade. . . .
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August 17, 2006 08:36 PM EDT --
I love DEADWOOD (and anything else David Milch has ever written). I have interviewed Milch several times and am certain he is a genuine genius (although a very amusing and eccentric one).
Deadwood . . .
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September 27, 2006 12:43 PM EDT --
If you get cable and missed Meerkat Manor, you get a second chance this Friday and season two of this delightful, highly compelling series returns. It is not for young children, as some of the lovable . . .
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September 28, 2006 01:01 PM EDT --
I just started a free daily subscription to Mediaweek's newsletter The Programming Insider, which gives detailed ratings for the previous night's shows. I don't know if any of you are interested . . .
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October 23, 2006 12:54 PM EDT --
My favorite actress, mega-talented Helen Mirren (who once kissed me on the cheek when I called her the "greatest actress on the planet "and declared "I love everything you have done") . . .
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November 09, 2006 10:36 AM EST --
Rottentomatoes.com rates movies 0-100 based on the percentage of about 150 critics who liked them. Today, the highest rated new, current and soon-to-arrive movies are: The Queen (98%), Borat (94%), . . .
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April 18, 2007 02:18 PM EDT --
I am devastated that my all-time favorite writer, Kurt Vonnegut, just passed away. If you have not read him, you have missed many great treats. My favorite is Cat's Cradle, although his . . .
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December 27, 2007 11:47 AM EST --
Although way too bloody (to attract 17-year-old boys who would usually avoid musicals), the new film Sweeney Todd is terrific. I have long considered it the greatest American musical--Sondheim's . . .
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July 25, 2006 08:43 PM EDT --
In the past four years, dozens of smart, well-made documentaries have been flooding art theatres (sometimes even spreading into mall multiplexes), amassing awards and critical kudos and generating strong . . .
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September 27, 2006 12:27 PM EDT --
The dozen TV shows I find most exciting and intelligently written all did well in the first week of the season, with each drawing 11 million to 22 million viewers and ranking in the top 35 shows (of 142), . . .
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October 01, 2006 05:31 PM EDT --
Only 11% of American critics (tabulated by rottentomatoes.com, as of 10/1/06) could stand the new Sean Penn film All the King's Men. Other stinkers that were panned by 80% to 100% of critics include: . . .
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November 22, 2006 10:08 AM EST --
Rottentomatoes.com, which turns the reviews of 100-plus major and minor critics into a score (from 0 when everyone hated a pic to 100, when everyone loved it). I had been looking forward to several films . . .
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April 18, 2007 02:15 PM EDT --
My very favorite film of 2006, The History Boys, is now out on DVD, and I strongly recommend it to you. This is such a rich film. I believe that the more intelligent you are the more you will find in it . . .
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September 13, 2006 03:12 PM EDT --
Excerpted from� TV Week September 12, 2006 article HBO Renews, Cancels Low-Rated 'The Wire,' By James Hibberd
With critical acclaim for "The Wire" at a fever pitch, HBO has renewed—and . . .
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