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Grace and Frankie s1’s tonal inconsistencies and lazy writing wastes its promising premise
On the surface, Grace and Frankie sounds almost too good to be true. The title characters (Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, respectively) are two septuagenarians whose husbands, Robert and Sol (Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston) announce that they are leaving the women for each other. The strengths and legacies of the actors, the contrast in personalities, and the core hook of the show sound as if they’re tailor-made to deliver Netflix’s next binge-worthy addiction. More
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Greatest TV Pilots: The West Wing Gets A Strong, Confident Start
The West Wing “Pilot” Written by Aaron Sorkin Directed by Thomas Schlamme Originally aired September 22nd 1999 on NBC It’s hard to argue that The West Wing isn’t Aaron Sorkin’s most successful television show. It ran for eight seasons (five more than his second longest series), outlasting even Sorkin himself (who left after the fourth […] More
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The Televerse #129- The West Wing with Caroline Siede
The Olympics may still be going strong, but though there were fewer shows, the ones that aired brought it this week, giving us plenty to discuss on the podcast. First we take a look at a few shows premiering in the next week (About a Boy, Growing Up Fisher, Mind Games), then we talk over […] More
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The Televerse #129- The West Wing with Caroline Siede
The Olympics may still be going strong, but though there were fewer shows, the ones that aired brought it this week, giving us plenty to discuss on the podcast. First we take a look at a few shows premiering in the next week (About a Boy, Growing Up Fisher, Mind Games), then we talk over […] More
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The West Wing with Caroline Siede
Caroline Siede of the AV Club joins us to discuss the all-walking, all-talking, only-partly-Sorkin The West Wing. [powerpress] More
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Catching Up With A Classic: ‘Badlands’ shows Malick’s promise but offers a much different experience
Throughout January, SOS writers will be biting the bullet and finally sitting down with a film they feel like bad film buffs for not having seen already. Badlands Written and Directed by Terrence Malick USA, 1973 One of the most recognized films of 2011 was Terrence Malick’s ethereal and captivating The Tree of Life. The […] More
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You look a bit familiar… Five Most Effective Actor Allusions
There are many reasons why some characters in the movies seem a bit familiar. Sometimes, the actor has become so badly typecast that they only seem to play one character, as Matthew Perry and Hugh Grant seemed doomed to do in the 1990s (before Perry was cast in short-lived TV series Studio 60 on the […] More
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Martin Sheen & Sally Field Join The ‘Spiderman’ Cast
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Sally Field (who has won two Academy Awards, for Norma Rae (1979) and Places in the Heart (1984) is currently in early talks to play Peter Parker’s beloved Aunt May in the new Spider-Man movie. The news comes on the heels of Martin Sheen, one of the busiest, most conscientious […] More