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The Wire re-up: season four, episode eight – political animals
28 December 2009 4:15 PM, PST
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Spoiler Alert: This weekly blog is for those who have already seen The Wire in its entirety. This week: keeping it real
The Wire: the book
The Wire Re-up: The Guardian Guide to the Greatest TV Show Ever Made is out now from Guardian Books, and available in all good bookshops. The book features blogposts on every episode from all five seasons, plus interviews with the cast and features on the show – as well as many, many of your comments, which have made this blog the great forum it is. Buy the book by clicking here.
Season four, episode eight
"How for real are you?" Lieutenant Daniels asks Carcetti at the meeting where he is anointed colonel by the mayor. Being "for real" may be a ghetto phrase, beloved of rappers eager to show they have not deserted the street, but it is a question that should probably be asked of every politician.
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Super Surprise: CBS Slots 'Undercover Boss' After the Big Game
20 December 2009 8:00 PM, PST
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By Josef Adalian
CBS will use Super Bowl Xliv to launch reality series "Undercover Boss"-- the first time since 1995 the coveted time slot has gone to a new show.
It's a gutsy move, given the poor track record for premiering series after the game. Save for "The Wonder Years" in 1988 and "Homicide: Life on the Street" in 1993, most series which got post-game premieres in the past 20 years went on to fail (R.I.P., "Extreme," "Grand Slam," "Davis Rules," etc.)
But CBS executives believe they've got a winner in "Undercover Boss,"
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High Definition: Men of a Certain Age
8 December 2009 1:10 AM, PST
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Last night, Ray Romano returned to television in the new TNT dramedy, Men of a Certain Age, and everybody did not love him. TV veterans Romano, Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap, Enterprise) and Andre Braugher (Homicide: Life on the Street) play a trio of college buddies now in their late 40s, struggling with where life has taken them. Each has a piece of the American dream, but for none of them is it enough.
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The Reporter: David Simon Creates Commentary Disguised as a Cop Drama on The Wire
7 December 2009 12:05 PM, PST
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David Simon started out as a reporter, not a screenwriter. His street's-eye view of Baltimore inspired two successful books, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets and The Corner. Both became TV shows focused on cops and the violence of the drug world. Simon's HBO series The Wire was even more ambitious. A social critique disguised as a cop drama, it offered a bleak picture of the American city, and Simon's views on how to save it. He was still reporting, but in a different way than ever before. We talked with Simon, one of the influential television industry players interviewed for TVGuide.com's Best of the Decade section, about different ways of breaking stories — those that are true, those that are fiction, and those that are both.
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- Adam Bryant
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The Reporter: David Simon Creates Commentary Disguised as a Cop Drama on The Wire
7 December 2009 12:05 PM, PST
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David Simon started out as a reporter, not a screenwriter. His street's-eye view of Baltimore inspired two successful books, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets and The Corner. Both became TV shows focused on cops and the violence of the drug world. Simon's HBO series The Wire was even more ambitious. A social critique disguised as a cop drama, it offered a bleak picture of the American city, and Simon's views on how to save it. He was still reporting, but in a different way than ever before. We talked with Simon, one of the influential television industry players interviewed for TVGuide.com's Best of the Decade section, about different ways of breaking stories — those that are true, those that are fiction, and those that are both.
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- Adam Bryant
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TV Review: ‘Men of a Certain Age’ Promising But Off to Dull Start
7 December 2009 10:20 AM, PST
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Chicago – The mid-life crisis of the modern man is mostly about ego - as the body goes downhill and the role of the alpha male is supplanted by a new version of himself, men kind of fall apart as they realize that their peak has arguably passed. Why would such an individual experience make for intriguing drama? Using the mid-life crisis as a jumping off point for drama would require some seriously well-drawn characters, the kind of guys who you root to come to terms with passing over that hill. “Men of a Certain Age” does not yet have those characters.
Television Rating: 2.5/5.0
Stars Ray Romano, Andre Braugher, and Scott Bakula are undeniably talented actors who have all found massive success in television on shows like “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “Homicide: Life on the Street,” and “Quantum Leap,” respectively. Watching them play characters in decline, one can’t help but think
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'Men of a Certain Age': Four things to watch for
4 December 2009 5:32 PM, PST
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Ray Romano returns to TV Monday, four years after "Everybody Loves Raymond," with a new series that he co-created.
Naturally, the show from the veteran stand-up and comedy Emmy winner is a drama. "Men of a Certain Age," which Romano co-created with "Raymond" writer and executive producer Mike Royce, premieres at 10 p.m. Et Monday on TNT.
"Drama" maybe isn't the exact right word for the show. "Men of a Certain Age" is an easygoing dramedy about three guys (Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula) on the far side of 40 who are still trying to figure out the direction of their lives. It's not a show that will reach out and grab you, but it does grow on you with its honest and funny portrayal of long-standing male friendship. Here are five things to watch for in the series.
- Ray Romano knows drama. Romano and Royce don't seem to
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Men Of A Certain Age Preview
27 November 2009 9:02 AM, PST
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TNT, who are doing pretty well in terms of original shows by my score, have a new show premiering December 7th at 10/9c, and it looks like another effort with serious potential. Men of a Certain Age stars Ray Romano, Scott Bakula, and Andre Braugher, and I like the general look of things.
While I haven't had a chance to view a complete episode yet, I've seen a lot of clips and talked to several people, and I think the character interplay is going to make for a very solid show. Check out some clips and mark your calendar. Better yet, set your Tivo to record the show here.
John Lennon once wrote, “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” For three men entering the second act of their lives, those words are starting to hit home in TNT’s newest original series, Men Of A Certain Age.
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- Marc Eastman
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The Wire re-up: season four, episode two – being schooled
16 November 2009 4:15 PM, PST
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Spoiler Alert: This weekly blog is for those who have already seen The Wire in its entirety. This week: Ed Burns takes the helm
The Wire: the book
The Wire Re-up: The Guardian's Guide to the Greatest TV Show Ever Made is available for pre-ordering now from Guardian Books. It will be in the shops soon. The book features blogposts on every episode from all five seasons, plus interviews with the cast and features on the show – as well as many, many of your comments, which have made this blog the great forum it is. Buy the book by clicking here.
Season four, episode two
Series four is Ed Burns's season. Burns was a Baltimore policeman – in Homicide, David Simon recalls him working on a wiretap case rather similar to Avon Barksdale's – who left the force to become a comprehensive school teacher, a journey very much like the
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Barry Levinson
10 November 2009 5:30 PM, PST
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Barry Levinson is an Oscar-winning director, screenwriter and producer. His film credits include "Diner," "Rain Man," "Good Morning, Vietnam," "Bugsy," "Wag the Dog" and recent documentary "Poliwood." He was executive producer of TV series "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "Oz." Known for his devotion to his native Baltimore, he is a minority owner of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team.
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- Lisa Horowitz
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Jim Belushi goes dramatic
3 November 2009 12:04 PM, PST
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Former According to Jim star Jim Belushi is moving to a drama series. He's been tapped to star in a legal drama created by Murphy Brown mastermind Diane English and Homicide and Oz exec-producer Barry Levinson. The show is loosely based on the memoir "How Can You Defend These People?" by TV commentator and lawyer Mickey Sherman.
This is an excellent way for Belushi to wash the stench of According to Jim from his person. If presented as a dramedy (much like many of the popular dramas today), this could be a winner.
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Movie Stars Featured In Levinson Documentary
2 November 2009 1:32 PM, PST
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Producer/director Barry Levinson takes a look at the convergence of celebrity and politics in the documentary Poliwood,which airs tonight (Monday) on Showtime. Featured in the film is a raft of Hollywood celebrities, including Susan Sarandon, Spike Lee, Ellen Burstyn, Tim Daly, Anne Hathaway and the late Ron Silver. Levinson, a celebrity in his own right with films such as Rain Man and the political satire Wag the Dog and with TV shows like Homicide: Life on the Street and Oz, attempts to show not only what happens when celebrities come together with politicians but also with ordinary folks. Most critics suggest that the result is confusing. Boston Herald critic Mark A. Perigard says that Levinson's documentary is simply too simplistic. Levinson, he notes, calls his film an "essay." That, says Perigard, is "like calling the back of a cereal box a novel." The Wall Street Journal's Dorothy Rabinowitz comments that Levinson presents "a tonnage of vague pronouncements." Ellen Gray in the Philadelphia Daily News remarks that "for all the eye-rolling that goes on as noncelebrities weigh in on what they believe is Hollywood's undue influence, Poliwood doesn't pack much of a punch." And Alessandra Stanley concludes in the New York Times: "Poliwood feeds our prurient fascination with celebrities' fascination with politics, but Mr. Levinson's thesis is undermined by an election process that he bemoaned but didn't film."
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Barry Levinson urges TV to take back Saturday night
28 October 2009 8:00 AM, PDT
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For the longest time, I've kvetched about the fact that the television industry has stopped programming for Saturday night. For years, Saturday was a great night of television. I remember M*A*S*H and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, not to mention guilty pleasures like The Facts of Life and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Even NBC's thrillogy, The Pretender and Profiler were fun. All those shows were Saturday night hits (some bigger than others).
Well, I'm not alone in missing Saturday TV; Oscar-winner Barry Levinson feels the same. Levinson is also a TV producer -- he did Homicide: Life on the Street and The Philanthropist -- and he thinks the networks are making a big mistake by not seizing on Saturday primetime. He knows the business pretty well and he's confused by the networks' strategy.
"I don't think the answer is to retreat," he told the New York Daily News.
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- Allison Waldman
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Edge of Darkness - Mel Gibson film rocks. Check out the embedded trailer.
19 October 2009 10:57 PM, PDT
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Mel Gibson returns in what looks to be a rivetting action drama in Warner Bros. Pictures' "Edge of Darkness."
Martin Campbell ("Casino Royale," "The Legend of Zorro" and upcoming "The Green Lantern") directs from the writing by William Monahan and Andrew Bovell based on the televisioin series created by Troy Kennedy-Martin.
Homicide detective Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) loses his precious daughter in a heinous crime. As he investigates her death, he uncovers her secret life as well as a corporate cover-up.
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DVD Playhouse--September 2009
26 September 2009 1:01 PM, PDT
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DVD Playhouse—September 2009
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Allen Gardner
The Human Condition (Criterion) Masaki Kobayashi’s epic (574 minutes) adaptation of Junpei Gomikawa’s six-volume novel was originally made and released as three separate films (1959-61), and is rightfully regarded as a landmark of Japanese cinema. Candide-like story of naïve, good-hearted Kaiji (Japanese superstar Tatsuya Nakadai) from labor camp supervisor, to Imperial Army solider, to Soviet Pow, and Kaiji’s struggle to maintain his humanity throughout. Unfolds with the mastery of a great novel, beautifully-shot, and a stunning example of cinematic mastery on the part of its makers. Four-disc set bonuses include: Interview with Kobayashi; Interview with Nakadai; Featurette; Trailer; Essay by critic Philip Kemp. Widescreen. Dolby 3.0 surround.
State Of Play (Universal) Russell Crowe stars as a veteran Washington D.C. political reporter investigating the murder of an aide to a rising congressional star (Ben Affleck), who also happens to be an old friend.
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More Andre Braugher!
22 September 2009 8:00 AM, PDT
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I missed House. Plain and simple, no other show on television makes keeps me guessing what will happen next, and gives a more satisfying payoff, whether I've guessed the twist or not. That was the first thing I thought watching last night's season six premiere episode, "Broken." I'll even forgive the suddenness of a couple of plot twists (Dr. Nolan's father, and how House suddenly had keys to every room in the hospital when he needed a quiet place for a booty call). I know how those things fit into the plot, and I'll let the contrivance slide a bit.
The other thing I thought watching "Broken" was that I also missed Andre Braugher. His character, Dr. Darryl Nolan, was the toughest, smartest I've seen him play since Homicide. (Note - I haven't seen everything he's done since, so if you have any suggestions on something to seek out, I'll
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- Nick Zaino
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Preview – House "Broken" – Has House Met His Match? Hugh Laurie Speaks!
21 September 2009 12:42 PM, PDT
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When we last saw House he was getting ready to admit himself to an asylum in a last ditch effort to kick his drug addiction. I'm willing to bet the vivid fantasies of sexing Cuddy will go on, though – hopefully. The bottom line is, I don't think any of us can imagine what is on the other side of those gates for House – who would have guessed, though, an equal. Actor Andre Braugher will play Dr. Darryl Nolan on the two-hour premiere episode of House "Broken", and according to both him, and Hugh Laurie, Nolan turns out to be a formidable opponent for House once the crass doc predictably second guesses his 'treatment' plan.
Andre Braugher has played some convincing heavies in films like The Mist, and more famously as Det. Frank Pembleton on Homicide: Life on the Streets. His characters are hardcore skull mechanics, the type that can
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- Jon Lachonis
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DVD: Review:Homicide
8 September 2009 10:01 PM, PDT
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Television tends to trump movies when it comes to staging richly detailed cop dramas, but David Mamet’s 1991 film Homicide is the rare big-screen policier that can stand up to The Shield, The Wire, Hill Street Blues, and Homicide: Life On The Street. What makes Homicide especially impressive is that while Mamet has written and directed terrific movies before and since, he’s rarely shown such ambition. As a playwright, Mamet has wrestled with big themes, but as a filmmaker, he’s favored small, finely crafted genre pieces, noteworthy for their intricate plots and punchy dialogue. On a fundamental
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Exclusive: 'Felicity,' 'Wire' alums join 'Brothers & Sisters'
18 August 2009 8:49 AM, PDT
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Brothers & Sisters has tapped the sublime Amy Aquino — she was Dr. Coburn on ER and Keri Russell's no-nonsense, chain-smoking shrink on Felicity (loved her!) — for a multi-episode arc, sources confirm to me exclusively. Additionally, Peter Gerety (Homicide, The Wire) is joining the cast for several episodes.
Aquino will play a doctor (spoiler alert!) treating a member of the Walker clan who shall remain nameless. Gerety, meanwhile, will appear as a "surprising outsider," according to (ironically enough) an insider.
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- Michael Ausiello
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Tiff 2009 Picture Preview: 18 Films from 'Bad Lieutenant' to 'Young Victoria'
18 August 2009 4:52 AM, PDT
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The Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 10-19 this year and on hand will be a ton of films vying for distribution or hoping to get some early word of mouth to ensure their fall and winter releases satisfy the box-office expectations or guide the way to an Oscar nomination. As a result, we here at RopeofSilicon have received 73 new images from 18 of the films that will be screening at this year's festival and these films include the likes of everything from Niki Caro's The Vintner's Luck to Grant Heslov's The Men Who Stare at Goats, two Werner Herzog pictures in The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Calls New Orleans and My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, as well as something for horror fans with new looks at Jennifer's Body as well as a gallery for [Rec] 2.
Along with each preview over the following four pages
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