Season premiere review: 'Mad Men' - 'The Doorway'
Don's affected by a trip to paradise, Peggy has a crisis at work and Roger deals with a loss
In the "Mad Men" season premiere, Don Draper (Jon Hamm) finds himself alone at a bar yet again.
"Mad Men" is back, and I have a review of the season premiere coming up just as soon as I leave everything to the zoo...
Review: 'Game of Thrones' - 'Dark Wings, Dark Words'
The Stark kids are all in a pickle, while Margaery learns how to talk to Joffrey
Arya (Maisie Williams, center) and friends on "Game of Thrones."
A review of tonight's "Game of Thrones" coming up just as soon as I forbid you to die...
Review: 'The Office' - 'The Promo'
The staff gets their first hint of what the documentary will look like
The staff of "The Office" watch the first promo for their documentary.
A review of last night's "The Office" coming up just as soon as we buy an augur together...
Series premiere: 'Hannibal' - 'Aperitif'
What did everybody think of Bryan Fuller's take on Hannibal Lecter and friends?
Mads Mikkelsen as "Hannibal" in the new NBC drama.
I published my review of "Hannibal" yesterday. As you can see, I was a big fan. Despite Bryan Fuller's track record, I went in assuming I'd hate it, just based on serial killer drama burnout. Instead, Fuller, David Slade, Hugh Dancy and company really impressed me with a show that's both fairly faithful to the Thomas Harris books (the killer from this episode is taken straight from "Red Dragon") while feeling like its own thing.
My hope is to add this to the weekly review rotation, though given the sheer number of interesting shows airing this spring, I can't promise that I'll get to it every episode.
In the meantime, though, I'm curious what everybody else thought of this one. Did you enjoy Mads Mikkelsen's more understated Hannibal the Cannibal? How did you feel about the visual device for showing how Will Graham learns to think like the killers? Was it creepy, or cliched? Did anyone make the mistake of trying to eat while watching? And will you watch again?
Have at it.
Review: 'New Girl' - 'First Date'
Nick asks Jess out, but Russell's presence complicates things
On "New Girl," Jess (Zooey Deschanel) and Nick (Jake Johnson) ran into Russell (Dermot Mulroney).
A review of tonight's "New Girl" coming up just as soon as I shoot up a bear with Hep C...
Review: 'Parks and Recreation' - 'Partridge'
Ben returns to his hometown, Jamm sues Ron, and Ann and Chris struggle with compatibility
On "Parks and Recreation," Ben (Adam Scott) revisits his hometown.
A review of tonight's "Parks and Recreation" coming up just as soon as I know how many pounds of money I have...
Review: 'Community' - 'Herstory of Dance'
Britta tries to cover up a mistake, and Abed tries to date two women at once
Gillian Jacobs as Britta in "Community."
A quick review of tonight's "Community" coming up just as soon as I'm in an all-girl kazoo band...
FX apologizes for 'The Americans' DVR snafu
FX publicity department takes the blame for listings error
Last night's "The Americans" is available online for those who missed the final scene due to a DVR mix-up.
Last night, I published my review of another terrific episode of "The Americans" that had a particularly memorable final shot (no spoilers). Then the commenters began expressing their confusion — and anger — because their DVR recordings had cut off at an earlier, more mild moment in the final scene.
The balcony is closed: Roger Ebert, 1942-2013
The late, great movie critic was an enormous influence on film, and criticism, and also a great human being
The late, great, Roger Ebert.
Cliches are generally born of a truth that gets repeated over and over until everyone tires of it. A cliche you will be reading and hearing a lot today — and that is true in every case, including mine — is that Roger Ebert, who died today at 70 after a long battle with cancer, was the direct inspiration for people to get into the criticism game.
'Arrested Development' to return on May 26 on Netflix
The Bluth family's new adventures finally have a premiere date, and a new (15) episode count
"Arrested Development" brothers Will Arnett and Jason Bateman will be back on May 26.
I've viewed this entire process of Netflix making a fourth season of "Arrested Development" with some skepticism, taking the default assumption that Mitch Hurwitz and company are simply staging an elaborate prank on Jeffrey Tambor. I won't believe these new episodes are real, I told myself, until I'm sitting in front of my computer watching them.
I now have a date for when this will allegedly be happening: Sunday, May 26.
