PBS’s latest installment of AMERICAN MASTERS is the outstanding new profile of James Levine, director of the Metropolitan Opera. Here’s a review of “James Levine: American Maestro.”
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Scott Malchus
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Scott Malchus reviews the latest PBS “Secrets of the Dead” and the pursuit to build the world’s biggest bomb.
Emilia Rhodes
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Fox’s new cop drama “The Chicago Code” is fast-paced, smart, and brings emotion to an action-based genre.
Dw. Dunphy
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Popdose.com didn’t quite get burned by Mr. Sunshine, but it’s still unpleasant.
Emilia Rhodes
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Emotions run high, characters come together and move on, and the Lions face the State championship in the Friday Night Lights series finale.
Scott Malchus
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Popdose takes a quick look at the broadcast of Super Bowl XLV
Emilia Rhodes
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Big decisions are made and relationships are torn apart in the penultimate episode of Friday Night Lights, season five, episode 12.
Emilia Rhodes
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The East Dillon Lions barrel their way to the state championship while relationships are put to the test.
Emilia Rhodes
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Emilia Rhodes and Scott Malchus break down NBC’s new Thursday night of comedy.
Emilia Rhodes
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The season premiere of the fifth and final season of “Big Love” finds solace in returning its familial roots.
Emilia Rhodes
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“Friday Night Lights” season 5 starts winding down with the return of Tim Riggins, and tough choices for Coach Taylor.
Dw. Dunphy
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Popdose reviews the return of the “At the Movies” brand to PBS television.
Emilia Rhodes
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ABC’s new drama “Off the Map” is beautiful to look at, but nothing beyond skin deep.
Emilia Rhodes
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FX’s new underdog sports drama, “Lights Out,” packs a punch.
Emilia Rhodes
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The Lions hit rock bottom in Season Five, Episode Nine of “Friday Night Lights.”
Emilia Rhodes
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Chaos abounds in the promising pilot for “Shameless,” the new dramedy on Showtime.
Emilia Rhodes
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Lies abound and a fan favorite returns in Season Five, Episode Eight of “Friday Night Lights.”
Scott Malchus
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NBC really blew it when they let this one go and kudos to TNT, which has established itself as a legitimate rival to the big four, for snatching the show up last winter and renewing it for a third season despite its struggle in the ratings. Time and again Southland grips your heart and then delivers a knockout blow that has you catching your breath by the hour’s end.
Emilia Rhodes
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Jason Street is back and the Lions face off with the Panthers in Season Five, Episode Seven of “Friday Night Lights.”
Emilia Rhodes
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Vince and Julie face tough choices and consequences in season five, episode six of “Friday Night Lights.”
Scott Malchus
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In watching “Men of a Certain Age,” I kept recalling Barry Levinson’s “Diner.” The tone and handling of the characters as real people and not just stock characters recalls the naturalistic story and direction of Levinson’s classic film.
Emilia Rhodes
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“Friday Night Lights,” Season Five, Episode Five is filled with humorous team bonding as the Lions face the Kingdom.
Ken Shane
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The latest entry in the esteemed PBS series American Masters covers the post-Beatles years that John Lennon spent living in New York City.
Emilia Rhodes
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In “Friday Night Lights,” Season Five, Episode Four, there’s trouble on the homestead in East Dillon.
Scott Malchus
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Dear Mr./Ms. music supervisor who was probably born two years after Glory Daze is set: in the year 1986, no heterosexual male danced in front of his dorm room mirror listening to Duran Duran. And if he did (but I swear he didn’t) he wouldn’t have listened to ”Girls on Film,” which was released in 1981
Emilia Rhodes
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In “Friday Night Lights,” season five, episode three, Coach Taylor enforces standards and Vince struggles with his father’s homecoming.
Scott Malchus
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In The Walking Dead, writer/director Frank Darabont (who is also an executive producer) crafted a gripping, horrific and intensely emotional episode of television. Moreover, he has taken an epic film approach to the the storytelling, setting in motion several storylines that will keep audiences glued to their televisions throughout the course of the first season.
Dw. Dunphy
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How did I end up here, on a Thursday night, flipping through the channels and suddenly landing on CBS; y’know, the Tiffany Network, or more accurately as of late, the…
Emilia Rhodes
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“Friday Night Lights,” Season Five, Episode Two, comes back with spirit, State, and rally girls.
Scott Malchus
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Tonight, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) begins a seven week documentary series about the history of Hollywood. Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood is an engrossing, wonderfully made series…