by Erik Kain on February 20, 2012
Kevin Smith’s new reality TV show on AMC, Comic Book Men, is meeting mixed reviews. I haven’t seen it yet, and I’ll be honest out the gates: I probably won’t but I plan to… I just can’t make myself care about Smith’s work these days. Of his entire film repertoire, only Dogma stood out as anything [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 17, 2012
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, AMC’s Breaking Bad has the loveliest cinematography of any show on television. For that and for many other reasons, it’s probably the best thing you could spend your time watching – a show so well put together that I have yet to watch a single episode I didn’t [...]
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by Erik Kain on November 22, 2011
That’s what David Haglund contends, in this piece at Slate. Shows like Hell on Wheels (AMC) and the new Kelsey Grammer show, Boss, keep trying to raise the stakes. Others, such as Boardwalk , rely heavily on big names and expensive sets but don’t quite live up to the promise. David writes: It’s not that TV shows [...]
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by Erik Kain on November 21, 2011
AMC’s Breaking Bad takes television to an entirely different level. Here are six reasons why you should be watching. Full disclosure: I’m still catching up on Breaking Bad. I’ve currently seen up through Season Two, Episode Nine “4 Days Out.” I have a few more to go before I even finish the second season. Even though I’m [...]
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by Erik Kain on November 9, 2011
I’m still way behind in my viewing of AMC’s excellent series, Breaking Bad, but I wanted to say a few things about the show up through Season 2, Episode 5: ‘Breakage‘ which originally aired April 5th, 2009. If you haven’t watched it yet, there will be spoilers below. To briefly summarize, it’s the story of a chemistry teacher, Walter [...]
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