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HBO’s ‘Ja’mie: Private School Girl’ Requires a Different Kind of Hate-Watching
Meet Ja’mie King. She’s seventeen, Australian, rich, “a step above hot,” and probably the only overtly racist and homophobic protagonist on TV. Played by 38-year-old male…
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HBO Would Like to Tell You About All Its Fantastic Shows Coming in 2014
2014 is almost upon us, and as loyal viewers of things on screens, we must prepare in advance for all that must be watched in…
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There Are Worse Ideas Than Remaking a Fantastic Foreign Film, Like Turning ‘Headhunters’ Into a TV…
There Are Worse Ideas Than Remaking a Fantastic Foreign Film, Like Turning ‘Headhunters’ Into a TV Series Remakes get a bad rap for some legitimate reasons.…
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Steve McQueen Set to Make HBO Very, Very Depressing
“Six Degrees of Separation meets Shame.” Sounds like a decent idea, no? A few high society hijinks here, a touch of devastating emotional trauma there,…
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‘Eastbound and Down’ Is the Antidote to Hollywood’s Copycat Comedies
In just a few more days, the new TV season will be upon us. That means this weekend is the last chance for a binge-watch…
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Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey Play Cops and Killers for HBO’s ‘True Detective’
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are taking the leap to HBO like so many great Buscemis and Daniels and McBrides and Jessica Parkers before them,…
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‘The Newsroom’ Recap: ‘News Night’ Becomes The Daily Show-bait
Two weeks ago, when Operation Genoa proved to be a sham, Charlie was in despair. In ACN’s top executive suite, he was ready to fall…
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‘Behind the Candelabra’ and Our Relationship With Fame
There seems to have been a decisive change in the mainstream biopic recently. Instead of attempting to chronicle a public figure’s emergence into renown from…
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Girls: Is ‘Another Man’s Trash’ Anybody’s Treasure?
Kate Erbland and I don’t quite agree on this week’s episode of HBO’s Girls. It’s a shame, too, as we’ve been in such beautiful synch…