Wed, May 23, 2012

TV Around the Web

 

Critic Vs. Critic: “New Girl,” Season One

Posted 1 week, 5 days ago

Once, there were two TV critics who watched New Girl. They laughed and they cried, they loved and they hated (one of them did a lot bouncing between loving and hating). And now, after the conclusion of the first season, they weigh in New Girl’s first season and the future of the show.

Where can New Girl go from here?

Lindsey Kempton: I think New Girl can go anywhere. It hasn’t set down any storylines that box it in in any way (True Blood, I’m looking at you!) and its roots in totally absurd comedy allow it a lot more plot flexibility.

Gabrielle Moss: I’ll be eager to see…

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“Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron”

Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago

James Cameron explores the Titanic’s final moments in his new special.

It took me 15 years to realize that for James Cameron, “Titanic” functioned primarily as a tax write-off.

Now, stay with me here–I’m not being a contrarian. I’m a 29 year old woman, which means that I was 15 in 1997, which means that I have spent more hours in my life weeping over the sad fate of Jack and Rose than I have spent, say, learning how to do my taxes correctly. But while watching “Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron,” the new National Geographic Channel special premiering this Sunday, I…

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Are You Shadow Free?: Interview with Douglas McGinness and James Tynion IV

Posted 2 months, 1 week ago

New web series, “Shadow Free,” premieres Wednesday, March 14.

Shadow Free“ is an online horror series about an underground magical self-help company that uses magic to create ideal versions of people, but at the cost of the person’s current life. Directed and co-written by Douglas McGinness, co-written by James Tynion IV, and produced by Brian Donegan, “Shadow Free” asks the question, “Would you risk losing everything that makes you the person you are today for the chance to become the person you wish you could be?”

“It’s a hideous choice, says McGinness, “but one that forces…

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