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TV Review: Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chronicle
For "The Librarian" movie franchise, it turns out that the third time really is the charm. The latest (and last) in the series featuring superhero librarian Flynn Carsen (Noah Wyle) packs more humor, suspense and adventure into two hours than either of its two predecessors.
For "The Librarian" movie franchise, it turns out that the third time really is the charm. The latest (and last) in the series featuring superhero librarian Flynn Carsen (Noah Wyle) packs more humor, suspense and adventure into two hours than either of its two predecessors.
TV Review: House of Saddam
The telefilm fills in enough details for a complete picture of the devious dictator to emerge but there is a catch. Youve got to be willing to put aside four hours.
The telefilm fills in enough details for a complete picture of the devious dictator to emerge but there is a catch. Youve got to be willing to put aside four hours.
TV Review: Little Spirit: Christmas in New York
This might be the first full-length cartoon written with product placement in mind.
This might be the first full-length cartoon written with product placement in mind.
TV Review: Spectacle: Elvis Costello With....
To warp a saying -- those who can do, and those who can't, interview them. The thing is, Elvis Costello, host of "Spectacle," can do and has done since 1977.
To warp a saying -- those who can do, and those who can't, interview them. The thing is, Elvis Costello, host of "Spectacle," can do and has done since 1977.
TV Review: Front of the Class
"Hallmark Hall of Fame" productions are typically feel-good, life-affirming movies that put a dent in your supply of tissues. However, not all of them are rendered as perfectly as this show.
"Hallmark Hall of Fame" productions are typically feel-good, life-affirming movies that put a dent in your supply of tissues. However, not all of them are rendered as perfectly as this show.
TV Review: Shatner's Raw Nerve
You might not think of William Shatner as a talk show interviewer but, in his own way, he is surprisingly effective at getting his celebrity subjects to reveal aspects of their lives that are fresh and surprising.
You might not think of William Shatner as a talk show interviewer but, in his own way, he is surprisingly effective at getting his celebrity subjects to reveal aspects of their lives that are fresh and surprising.
TV Review: Britz
The war on terrorism has produced mixed emotions and unintended hostilities outside and within Muslim on the London subway communities in western democracies. Divisions run particularly deep in the U.K.
The war on terrorism has produced mixed emotions and unintended hostilities outside and within Muslim on the London subway communities in western democracies. Divisions run particularly deep in the U.K.
TV Review: Rosie Live
Some say the popularity of "American Idol" and "Dancing with the Stars" is proof that variety shows are ripe for a primetime comeback. Of course, we'll never find out if the closest we get to the genre is "Rosie."
Some say the popularity of "American Idol" and "Dancing with the Stars" is proof that variety shows are ripe for a primetime comeback. Of course, we'll never find out if the closest we get to the genre is "Rosie."
TV Review: Starz Inside: Fashion in Film
Which came first, the fashion or the film? According to this docu, it's been a give-and-take relationship all along.
Which came first, the fashion or the film? According to this docu, it's been a give-and-take relationship all along.
TV Review: A Colbert Christmas
Nothing says you've arrived as a mainstream TV star more than having your very own Christmas special, which makes this a sort of coming out party for faux news commentator Stephen Colbert.
Nothing says you've arrived as a mainstream TV star more than having your very own Christmas special, which makes this a sort of coming out party for faux news commentator Stephen Colbert.
TV Review: The Drinky Crow Show
It took about 14 years plus the broadcast of a pilot in May 2007, but the decidedly offbeat comic strip "Maakies" finally has arrived as a series on the small screen.
It took about 14 years plus the broadcast of a pilot in May 2007, but the decidedly offbeat comic strip "Maakies" finally has arrived as a series on the small screen.
TV Review: Ricky Gervais: Out of England
You knew Ricky Gervais was a genius at writing comedy ("The Office") and a superb comic actor ("Extras"), but did you know he can do stand-up with the best of them? His new HBO special makes the case loud and clear.
You knew Ricky Gervais was a genius at writing comedy ("The Office") and a superb comic actor ("Extras"), but did you know he can do stand-up with the best of them? His new HBO special makes the case loud and clear.
TV Review: Nova: The Bible's Buried Secrets
A visually stunning two-hour special edition of "Nova" examines decades of archaeological studies that contradict much of what is in the Bible.
A visually stunning two-hour special edition of "Nova" examines decades of archaeological studies that contradict much of what is in the Bible.
TV Review: Accidental Friendship
This story of a homeless woman and a female police officer who strike up an unlikely friendship isn't as far-fetched as it might seem, especially these days, when women seem to bond everywhere on television.
This story of a homeless woman and a female police officer who strike up an unlikely friendship isn't as far-fetched as it might seem, especially these days, when women seem to bond everywhere on television.
TV Review: Mail Order Bride
A romantic drama that has so little drama we don't care about the romance
A romantic drama that has so little drama we don't care about the romance
TV Review: Chase
There have been plenty of previous entertainment projects based on the concept of people trapped inside a video game -- the 1982 feature "Tron" perhaps being the first -- but this Sci Fi Channel project pulls it off perhaps better than all of those who have come before.
There have been plenty of previous entertainment projects based on the concept of people trapped inside a video game -- the 1982 feature "Tron" perhaps being the first -- but this Sci Fi Channel project pulls it off perhaps better than all of those who have come before.
TV Review: Taxicab Confessions
While no one was paying much attention, HBO's sometimes uncomfortably voyeuristic late-night documentary series grew to become a long-term staple of the television landscape.
While no one was paying much attention, HBO's sometimes uncomfortably voyeuristic late-night documentary series grew to become a long-term staple of the television landscape.
TV Review: Center Stage: Turn It Up
There's something innately exciting about a competition in which young, talented, attractive performers compete for a few scarce openings in a prestigious arts academy. Or at least there should be.
There's something innately exciting about a competition in which young, talented, attractive performers compete for a few scarce openings in a prestigious arts academy. Or at least there should be.
TV Review: Legend of the Seeker
It seems somehow almost quaint that ABC Studios and Disney-ABC Domestic TV should trot a fantasy drama series into national syndication, in the faint footsteps of the 1990s phenomenons "Xena: Warrior Princess" and "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys."
It seems somehow almost quaint that ABC Studios and Disney-ABC Domestic TV should trot a fantasy drama series into national syndication, in the faint footsteps of the 1990s phenomenons "Xena: Warrior Princess" and "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys."
TV Review: Archangel
Those itching to see Daniel Craig, the reigning James Bond, before the Nov. 14 release of "Quantum of Solace" can catch him in a three-hour adaptation of "Archangel," a novel by Robert Harris.
Those itching to see Daniel Craig, the reigning James Bond, before the Nov. 14 release of "Quantum of Solace" can catch him in a three-hour adaptation of "Archangel," a novel by Robert Harris.
TV Review: 30 Rock
For all the good she has done on "Saturday Night Live," which has been considerable, Tina Fey's ultimate gift to TV viewers is her perfect portrayal of stressed producer Liz Lemon.
For all the good she has done on "Saturday Night Live," which has been considerable, Tina Fey's ultimate gift to TV viewers is her perfect portrayal of stressed producer Liz Lemon.
TV Review: Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives
This documentary from PBS' "Nova" series is the kind of food that feeds the soul, the intellect and the heart.
This documentary from PBS' "Nova" series is the kind of food that feeds the soul, the intellect and the heart.
TV Review: Crusoe
Based loosely on the classic adventure tale by Daniel Defoe, this international co-production champions swashbuckling and scenery without grasping the significance of credibility and character development.
Based loosely on the classic adventure tale by Daniel Defoe, this international co-production champions swashbuckling and scenery without grasping the significance of credibility and character development.
TV Review: Sex Change Hospital
As you might imagine, this series is not for the squeamish. The WEtv entry details the sexual reassignment surgeries (to use the latest PC term) of several patients in all of the multifaceted procedure's bloody glory. And bloody it is.
As you might imagine, this series is not for the squeamish. The WEtv entry details the sexual reassignment surgeries (to use the latest PC term) of several patients in all of the multifaceted procedure's bloody glory. And bloody it is.
TV Review: Chocolate News
The Comedy Central entry might be TV's first black-supremacist parody, given its unapologetic, jaundiced agenda to present the news solely from the perspective of the urban (read: African-American) experience in America.
The Comedy Central entry might be TV's first black-supremacist parody, given its unapologetic, jaundiced agenda to present the news solely from the perspective of the urban (read: African-American) experience in America.
