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Well, Gleeks, we’ve come full circle once again. It’s season three, and New Directions graced the Regional’s stage a third time to hopefully seal a trip to Nationals, where Rachel and Finn will not awkwardly make out in front of the entire audience, thereby ruining their chance at grandeur. This time, their rivals are once more The Dalton Academy Warblers, except Blaine isn’t at the helm. This is great for New Directions, but awfully sad for the Warblers who just don’t sound the same without him. There’s also another group competing against them, but they only get 20% of a ...
2012 Writers Guild Awards, West: Finding The Right Words
[caption id="attachment_74548" align="alignright" width="186" caption="Co-host Zooey Deschanel waves to the press"][/caption] The West Coast fete at the Hollywood Palladium February 19 featured co-hosts Joel McHale and Zooey Deschanel, and a slew of the industry’s most commemorated writers, producers, directors and actors, many of whom talked to reporters at the red carpet prior to the show and in the press room following their wins. A large number of the nominees and winners can actually boast all four showbiz facets to their resume, something Tate Taylor, writer, director and executive producer of The Help, says is the only way he knows how to maneuver his way within the ...
The Bachelor Review: Some Hometown Fun And One Serious Let Down
The bachelor and his bachelorettes finally made it to the hometown round this week which is beyond question the roughest phase the group has had to go through yet. Four women were left and each had the opportunity to bring Ben home to meet their families while giving everyone a better idea of what their future could be like if they wind up being the lucky lady picked in the end. Of course, meeting a man with various suitorettes, falling in love, and tying the knot all in a television season’s time raised some obvious concerns with the girls’ families ...
Being Human Review: Same Vamps, Different Decade
This week’s Being Human saw the continued separation of our favorite roommates, while their separate life issues kept them from noticing a downward spiral in the house. Sally was forced to confront the truth about her mother, Aidan came face to face with Henry, while Josh dodged the Boston PD’s questions about the death of Nora’s ex. Josh (Sam Huntington) is looking for Nora (Kristen Hager), and with good reason. She’s been MIA since deciding to hang out with Connor and his sister, the purebred wolf twins who have taken up residence in Boston. It looks like they’ve also helped her, ...
The Walking Dead Review: You’ll Try, And You’ll Succeed
Last week’s triumphant, at least by comparison, return of AMC’s zombie apocalypse chronicle The Walking Dead mercifully ushered in a new era of plot development and actual character progression for our sullen survivors, as the emotional impact of the barn massacre left no one, including the writers, anywhere to go but forward, and quickly sent several key characters up varying degrees of shit creek by episode’s end. As Dead is wont to do, Sunday’s installment, “Triggerfinger” (how’s that for metaphorically apt?), picked up seemingly seconds where we left off, once again watching Rick silently assess the aftermath of his titular instincts; this time inside ...
Battlefield 3: Aftershock iOS Review – Navy Squeals
After playing the iPad version of the EA tentpole Battlefield 3: Aftershock, it’s quite clear that no other subtitle could be created to accurately describe the glass cage of emotion felt after being put through this awkward meat grinder. Shock and awe, not of how good it is, but of how really awful the damn thing turned out to be. Someday, someone somewhere will make an FPS for the tablet/smartphone that will actually work, drawing on the benefits of interface and design while keeping in spirit with what makes a shooter so great. Until then, we will get games like ...
Once Upon A Time Review: Love Is Hard. We Get It.
Well it was bound to happen sooner or later. I'd hoped to put it off a bit longer, but maybe its best to get the first episode I really didn't like out of the way sooner than later. This week's Once Upon A Time wasn't terrible, it just felt a bit like getting beaten over the head with a rolling pin, or if you're a Tangled fan (and who isn't) getting smacked in the face with a frying pan. I said last week that the David-Kathryn-Mary Margaret storyline is getting on my nerves, mostly because he's Prince Freaking Charming and he shouldn't ...
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