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Lincoln was better than Argo

It is ridiculous and even pathetic that the fun caper movie “Argo” should have beaten out “Lincoln” for best picture. Was “Lincoln” just too patriotic for the Academy’s voters? They seem to have been smoking a lot more grass this …

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Lincoln was better than Argo

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It is ridiculous and even pathetic that the fun caper movie “Argo” should have beaten out “Lincoln” for best picture. Was “Lincoln” just too patriotic for the Academy’s voters? They seem to have been smoking a lot more grass this …

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The Cable Guy: Bring Back the Stars!

With the economy flatter than a pancake, Americans need every hour of entertainment and good cheer they can get: So what a time to lose the likes of Hugh

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Don’t waste your time

Summer is here, the pools are open, the BBQs are grilling and the quality shows on cable TV have never been better. So why waste your time with over-hyped

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It has been a week and I miss my mistresses

I’ve been in love with three women in my life, other than my mom and grandmas and my beautiful, 5-year-old daughter Zoe. Karen, my wife. The women of “Desperate Housewives” – Gabrielle

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What is the greatest sitcom of all time?

The Great Cableverse, or DirectTVverse hooks us with old shows as well as new. But not that old, even Seinfeld – still a delight to old-timers like me, is

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Why can’t ‘Justified’ get respect?

The hillbilly gunman called Devil is dying, shot down by his oldest friend and leader, the man he treacherously but ineptly sought to kill, backwoods rising crime lord Boyd

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Blood and gore of Whitechapel: What more could you ask for?

Are you a yet another sleepwalking PBS Anglophile who imagines that British Television only produces Masterpiece Theater period pieces that really are “masterpieces”? We can cure your sad condition by

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Cable hits

Mad Men slips down the throat like a smooth sherry, but for all its slo-mo sophistication, it really isn’t quite as good as all the hysterical hype would have

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