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56%
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Dancing on the Edge: Season 1
|
"
Lush sets, lavish costumes, and the golden light favored by historical dramas make Dancing on the Edge a visual feast, while its overtones of racism, classism and general social turmoil gives it an edge too often lacking from Downton.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 20, 2013
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80%
|
Bones: Season 9
(TV, 2013)
|
"
Having proved that patience is indeed a virtue, especially among television executives, Bones has more than earned its moment of joy.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 17, 2013
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|
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100%
|
Grimm: Season 3
(TV, 2013)
|
"
As epic as Grimm goes, it remains anchored by Nick's metamorphosis into a new kind of Grimm/cop/man, one that seeks justice rather than retribution and comes to understand the monster that lurks within it all.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 17, 2013
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|
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100%
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Burton And Taylor |
"
It's difficult to gauge how much fascination viewers still have for the couple, but Burton and Taylor is as good as it gets."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 17, 2013
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51%
|
Reign: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
Reign... does not deserve its horses. Or its castles. Or its splendid gardens, wide trestle tables and really terrific hair accessories.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 17, 2013
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67%
|
Full Circle: Season 1
|
"
With no one to root for and no real story to follow, there's also no compelling reason, beyond the sheer trick of the thing, to follow this full circle even halfway.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 14, 2013
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93%
|
The Walking Dead: Season 4
(TV, 2013)
|
"
Scenes simply tread water, resolving themselves one way or another for no really good reason. This creates an air of lost confidence that may or may not be intentional.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 14, 2013
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59%
|
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
If the writers and the network are content and able to mirror Carroll's knack for dreamy digression, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland could be all that, and a side of magic cordial too.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 10, 2013
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84%
|
American Horror Story: Coven
(TV, 2013)
|
"
There's still blood and gore all over the floor, mind you... But there's also a lightness of touch and tone, a backlight of sly humor and, more important, a clearly delineated narrative.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 9, 2013
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67%
|
Sherri: Season 1
(TV, 2009)
|
"
Between Sherri's grouchy father, adorable son and hapless ex, all the stereotypes seem to be running on full steam.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 5, 2013
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56%
|
The Originals: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
It's House of Cards, with a werewolf/vampire hybrid instead of a charming but ruthless Southern senator. Which, in these hyper-partisan times, just might work.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 3, 2013
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68%
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Witches of East End: Season 1
|
"
Indeed, while all the characters have boilerplate for bones - the brainy one, the pretty one, the smart aleck, the tortured hunk - crisp writing and buoyant performances keep the story from trending too trite or too Twilight.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 3, 2013
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46%
|
The Millers: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
Apparently when CBS heard that ABC had an overly broad family comedy with a lot of yelling and old-folks sex jokes (The Goldbergs), CBS decided it would not be outdone.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 3, 2013
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22%
|
Sean Saves the World: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
Sean Saves the World isn't terrible, it just isn't very good.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 3, 2013
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42%
|
Welcome to the Family: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
[O'Malley] and McCormack instantly create a dryly endearing couple, while he and Chavira may turn out to have the most fruitful antagonism since Maude met Archie Bunker.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 3, 2013
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8%
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Betrayal: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
So Unfaithful meets The Godfather meets The Good Wife (it's Chicago!) and, of course, Revenge. But as Baron von Frankenstein discovered to his chagrin, you may be able to animate a bunch of assembled parts, but you will not like what happens next.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 30, 2013
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4%
|
We Are Men: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
Men... might be a little stung, a tiny bit outraged. They might begin to feel that comedy has turned against them.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 30, 2013
|
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54%
|
The Goldbergs: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
Limited. Interest.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 27, 2013
|
|
|
73%
|
Trophy Wife: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
Grounded in parental reality, it's funny and promises to be funnier.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 27, 2013
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81%
|
The Blacklist: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
There's a more desirable reason to watch a show... and that is the sheer swoony pleasure of watching James Spader chew through scenes and scenery with epicurean delight. And then to watch him ask for a solid gold toothpick when he's done.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 23, 2013
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56%
|
Hostages: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
By pilot's end, the tension level is more Parenthood than Homeland.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 23, 2013
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——
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Rizzoli & Isles: Season 4
(TV, 2013)
|
"
Time has been kind to Rizzoli & Isles, muting the originally cartoonish differences between the two main characters... and making their finish-your-sentence friendship increasingly real
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 19, 2013
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40%
|
Rizzoli & Isles: Season 1
(TV, 2010)
|
"
It's a compelling enough tale, with Harmon projecting just the right amount of fear and defiance and Isles a complementary mixture of comfort and good sense.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 19, 2013
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77%
|
Sleepy Hollow: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
Irving's original Sleepy Hollow teemed with ghosts and ghoulies, real and imagined. That's his story, and I'm stickin' with it.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 16, 2013
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71%
|
Burn Notice: Season 7
(TV, 2013)
|
"
A show that, against the odds, remained wholly its own.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 13, 2013
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|
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63%
|
Derek: Season 1
|
"
When Gervais isn't consumed with looking goofy, when he is avoiding the camera's eye as he speaks of love and loss and his own understanding of the universe, Derek is a thing of quiet beauty. It's mournful, wise and serene.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 13, 2013
|
|
|
100%
|
Weeds: Season 3
(TV, 2007)
|
"
Weeds is odder, darker and more suspenseful than ever.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 13, 2013
|
|
|
100%
|
Last Tango in Halifax: Season 1
(TV, 113)
|
"
The best new show of the fall.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 9, 2013
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|
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90%
|
Boardwalk Empire: Season 4
(TV, 2013)
|
"
Buscemi remains the thinking man's mobster, and Nucky's alliance with Chalky (Michael Kenneth Williams) deepens, the themes of race relations if only in the criminal world.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 9, 2013
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83%
|
Cold Justice: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
It's precisely the lack of traditional stage-managed drama that makes early episodes of the show so fascinating.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 4, 2013
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80%
|
Silk: Season 1
(TV, 2011)
|
"
Silk deals frankly with the sexism and classism that still hold sway in Britain. However, where an American show would go big, broad and outraged, Silk keeps everything confined within a more normal range of human reaction.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 3, 2013
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——
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Doctor Who: The Snowmen (Christmas Special)
(TV, 2012)
|
"
The world always needs the Doctor, but perhaps never more than on Christmas day.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Aug 14, 2013
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|
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90%
|
Scott Turow's Innocent |
"
It's Pullman's performance that makes the story so compelling."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Aug 14, 2013
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——
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Ricochet |
"
Sandra Brown's Ricochet, is just awful, despite its fine literary pedigree."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Aug 14, 2013
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60%
|
Mockingbird Lane |
"
There's something admirable about a big swing, even when it doesn't connect."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Aug 14, 2013
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|
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57%
|
Melrose Place: Season 1
(TV, 2009-2010)
|
"
Nothing is said that hasn't been said, nothing is done that hasn't been done and as the group of friends who share little save a shoe size and an address gather poolside, even the sunlight looks fake.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Aug 12, 2013
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|
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80%
|
Sharknado (2013) |
"
Oh sure, it's easy to pick holes in a story about a weather system that makes it possible for sharks to fly and take to the streets, but that's the whole point of movies like this: fabulous in-home commentary. "
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jul 26, 2013
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55%
|
Siberia: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
While blood 'n' guts horror is all too prevalent on television these days, there aren't too many shows that employ straight-up, old-fashioned scare tactics. Siberia excels at this.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jul 1, 2013
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67%
|
Devious Maids: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
A silly, hyperactive version of Downton Abbey, relocated to Beverly Hills and populated with as many cliches and stereotypes as can fit upstairs and down.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 26, 2013
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82%
|
Under the Dome: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
It's summer, it's Stephen King, it's small-town Pennsylvania, and it's a great concept; I'm in.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 25, 2013
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92%
|
In The Flesh: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
It's a powerful meditation on what happens to a community once a galvanizing threat is removed but then returns, albeit in a more benign state.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 7, 2013
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69%
|
Graceland: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
Graceland is an entertaining addition to a strong summer lineup in which attractive people trade witty banter and engage in serious work that provides good clean episodic fun while teaching the main characters the importance of love and loyalty.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 7, 2013
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37%
|
Mistresses: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
Creator K.J. Steinberg... appears more interested in replicating plot from the British version rather than character or anything like nuance.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 3, 2013
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|
2.5/5
|
95%
|
Behind the Candelabra (2013) |
"
Soderbergh is clearly captivated, as are we all, by the rot underlying the glitz, but even with Douglas' nuanced performance, the film simplifies too many things."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 24, 2013
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21%
|
Motive: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
It's fun to watch Lehman nail her lines; she just needs a different show in which to do it.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 20, 2013
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40%
|
The Goodwin Games: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
Equal parts stupid and sweet.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 20, 2013
|
|
|
90%
|
Rectify: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
A portrait of a family grappling with a returned son who is now a stranger and the gloriously rich and careful study of how endurance and faith, strength and surrender.balance to form the essential nature of humanity.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 19, 2013
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62%
|
Da Vinci's Demons: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
With secret societies, prototypical machine guns and the "Mona Lisa" lurking somewhere in the future, there's really no need to think. Just put down the remote control for an hour and enjoy.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 17, 2013
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|
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68%
|
Hannibal: Season 1
(TV, 2013)
|
"
For the most part Hannibal suffers from the same fatal flaw as its main character: It takes itself so seriously that it's no fun at all..
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 8, 2013
|
|
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97%
|
Mad Men: Season 6
(TV, 2013)
|
"
Mad Men's artful choice of mood over action is never more true than in the premiere episodes, which act as a now-two-hour establishing shot.
"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 8, 2013
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