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The Knick, Ep. 2.02, “You’re No Rose”
As The Knick entered the second episode of its second season, it seems fitting that this is an hour which barters for the notion of second chances. More
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The News Reel #25: Love/Hate for the rest of 2015
In this week’s episode, we play love/hate with the rest of the film year and look at movies we are excited to see or may not be getting enough buzz and films that we aren’t as pumped for or may not be as great as we thought. We also look at trailers for The Big […] More
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Steven Soderbergh making ‘choose-your-own-adventure’ movie for HBO
Wait, wasn’t he “retired?” It seems like that wasn’t true as director Steven Soderbergh gears up for a new project. Entertainment Weekly reports the director of Traffic and Magic Mike is set to make a “choose-your-own-adventure” movie at HBO with Sharon Stone and Garrett Hedlund set to star. According to the report, Soderbergh is designing […] More
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Watch the trailer for ‘Red Oaks’ the Steven Soderbergh and David Gordon Green produced Amazon series
If there wasn’t enough new shows to go around, here’s one more to add to your list to check out. Amazon has dropped the first trailer for its half-hour coming-of-age dramedy Red Oaks, created by Gregory Jacobs (Magic Mike XXL, The Knick) and Joe Gangemi (Eliza Graves). Set in suburban New Jersey in 1985, the […] More
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Watch a new trailer for the second season of Cinemax’s ‘The Knick’
While Steven Soderbergh is a familiar name to film fans, with a filmography that includes Out of Sight, Ocean’s Eleven, and The Informant!, his past few projects have seen the filmmaker return to television after nearly a decade away from the small screen. Soderbergh made a full return to television series with Cinemax’s The Knick, directing […] More
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‘Magic Mike XXL’ will make you laugh until your chiseled abs hurt
‘Magic Mike XXL’ is a thoroughly entertaining trifle that doesn’t have a malicious bone in its perfectly-sculpted body. Director Gregory Jacobs serves up a hilarious slice of All-American beefcake that puts a smile on your face and a wiggle in your hips. More
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‘Haywire’ is an action film about gender equality with a star-making turn by Gina Carano
“It’s best not to think of her as a woman. That would be a mistake.” These words are uttered by Kenneth (Ewan McGregor) to freelance operative Paul (Michael Fassbender) in a scene somewhere toward the end of Steven Soderbergh’s truly excellent but much ignored action movie Haywire. The woman they are referring to is Mallory […] More
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Watch Steven Soderbergh’s re-edited ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’
With Steven Soderbergh being retired from film and all, he’s got an awful lot of time on his hands, clearly enough to re-watch and re-edit a movie he calls “THE most impressively imagined and sustained piece of visual art created in the 20th century,” 2001: A Space Odyssey, because why not? Obviously there are many reasons why […] More
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The Best TV Episodes of 2014, Part 4
In July, a panel of SoS TV editors and critics picked the best episodes of 2014 so far. Here are their picks for the best episodes of the second half of what has been another fantastic year for television. The Honourable Woman, “The Empty Chair” Written by Hugo Blick Directed by Hugo Blick Aired July 3, 2014 […] More
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Obsessed with Pop Culture: Best of the Week
Departure Day: When it comes to TV, is closure important? If you happen to follow a decent number of TV critics on Twitter, you may have noticed a minor eruption of late. A schism has emerged, prompted by accounts like The Cancellation Bear, which concerns itself solely with the topic of whether or not series […] More
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The Knick, Ep. 1.10 “Crutchfield”: The Circus Burns Down in Season Finale
The Knick is the rare case of a show that arrived precisely at the perfect time for it. Some shows arrive too far ahead of their time, and are thus canceled prematurely. Some shows arrive on the back of a trend far too late to really make an impact. But The Knick? It arrived precisely when it should have. The trend of filmmakers making their mark on TV is still in an exciting growth stage, and the medical drama has been in need of someone like Soderbergh to come in and tear up the sutures. More
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The Knick, Ep. 1.08 “Working Late a Lot”: The Devil is in All of Us In Show’s Bleakest Episode Yet
This day was always going to come on this show. The moment we saw Thackery use cocaine in episode one it was clear that one day he’d be faced with the challenge of no cocaine at all. Soderbergh is right there with Thackery in the direction of each scene of his, often opting for long takes focused on Thackery’s sweaty façade. Whether it’s in a board meeting or an examination of a patient, Soderbergh opts for a one take that’s marvelous in its simplicity, focusing on Thackery while others around him chatter.
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