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Before Gotham, there was Gotham Central
One of the most anticipated hour-long dramas of 2014 is Gotham, which premieres tonight on Fox and takes place in a Gotham City where Bruce Wayne, the millionaire who fights crime as Batman, is only a...
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"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week: South Park, "Go Fund Yourself,"...
Every Friday in "'Brokedown Merry-Go-Round' Show of the Week," I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw. "Brokedown Merry-Go-Round," a two-hour block of original score tracks...
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"Let's go get some barbecue and get busy," a.k.a. the best Fresh Prince...
I've been sent music journalist Brian Coleman's second Check the Technique book to review for Word Is Bond, and the new volume, part of Coleman's series of books of exhaustive interviews with rappers...
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"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week: Space Dandy, "Never-ending...
This is the 100th edition of "'Brokedown Merry-Go-Round' Show of the Week" (formerly known as "5-Piece Cartoon Dinner"), in which I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw....
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That gum you like is going to come back in style, thanks to Showtime's Twin...
(Photo source: In the boho closet)I'm glad David Lynch and Mark Frost's recently confirmed Showtime revival of Twin Peaks--an extremely influential show with many classic Angelo Badalamenti score cues...
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"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week: Bob's Burgers, "Work Hard or Die...
Every Friday in "'Brokedown Merry-Go-Round' Show of the Week," I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw. "Brokedown Merry-Go-Round," a two-hour block of original score tracks...
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Penny Dreadful season 1, whose score cues can now be heard on AFOS, makes...
Universal's recently announced strategy to launch a Marvel Cinematic Universe-style reboot of its classic monster movie franchises--with the new Dracula Untold as the first blockbuster in the studio's...
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"Very long wait" is the "I want to see other people" of being a Netflix DVD...
Netflix envelope doodle by Tim Hodge (Photo source: Doodle Flix)I've been an on-and-off-and-on-again customer of Netflix ever since it was just a small Los Gatos company on the verge of becoming a...
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"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week: South Park, "Handicar," and...
Every Friday in "'Brokedown Merry-Go-Round' Show of the Week," I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw. "Brokedown Merry-Go-Round," a two-hour block of original score tracks...
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Why Grimm's recent glimpse into Sgt. Wu's Filipino heritage is a big deal,...
(Photo source: Prometheus Brown)There's a great line early on in last weekend's Black Dynamite season premiere, where the titular '70s kung fu fighter tells his sidekicks he refuses to join them in...
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"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week: Black Dynamite, "Roots: The...
Every Friday in "'Brokedown Merry-Go-Round' Show of the Week," I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw. "Brokedown Merry-Go-Round," a two-hour block of original score tracks...
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I'm still here
I caught a couple of people mentioning AFOS on a Reddit forum. The one-year-old forum's subject was Ennio Morricone's frequently covered and sampledGood, the Bad and the Ugly score cue "The Ecstasy of...
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Tip-Top Quotables: Special Halloween Edition
(Photo source: DVD Beaver)My favorite monthly section in old Source magazine issues was "Hip-Hop Quotables," in which the Source editors printed out their favorite new rap verse of the month, from the...
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"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week: Mike Tyson Mysteries, "The End"
Every Friday in "'Brokedown Merry-Go-Round' Show of the Week," I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw. "Brokedown Merry-Go-Round," a two-hour block of original score tracks...
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The underrated Femme Fatale slinked into American theaters 12 years ago today
The Brian De Palma flick Femme Fatale, which opened on November 6, 2002 in America, is like a heist movie in reverse. The big set piece that's usually the second act or the climax takes place first,...
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"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week: Bob's Burgers, "Tina and the...
Every Friday in "'Brokedown Merry-Go-Round' Show of the Week," I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw. "Brokedown Merry-Go-Round," a two-hour block of original score tracks...
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TV Guide helps them decide: Boston stand-up Ken Reid and his fellow comedians...
Ken Reid (Photo source: Time Out)Long before Brad Pitt became a respected movie star and incomprehensible perfume pitchman, he started out as a guest performer on '80s shows like Growing Pains and the...
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"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week: Black Dynamite, "How Honey Bee...
Every Friday in "'Brokedown Merry-Go-Round' Show of the Week," I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw. "Brokedown Merry-Go-Round," a two-hour block of original score tracks...
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The Wolf of Pop Street: Paul Scheer's new pop culture-themed podcast network...
Midroll Media's Wolfpop is a new sister network to the Earwolf podcast network, and its aim is to bring both plenty of production polish and big names (from the worlds of comedy, publishing and...
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"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week: Black Dynamite, "Sweet Bill's...
Every Friday in "'Brokedown Merry-Go-Round' Show of the Week," I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw. "Brokedown Merry-Go-Round," a two-hour block of original score tracks...
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