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‘Gotham’ Season 3 loads up on characters for the ‘Mad City’ arc

The “Gotham” Season 3 (8 p.m. Mondays on Fox) premiere showed again why it’s one of the best shows on TV – packing in lots of story

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First episode impressions: ‘Atlanta’ (TV review)

I put off sampling the first hour of “Atlanta” (10 p.m. Tuesdays on FX) for a couple weeks because I knew I’d have a tough time watching

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Summerland Season 1

‘Summerland’ Season 1 (2004) a great beach watch

In the category of TV shows that were never made available for purchase after their original airing, it’s hard to find one more popular than “Summerland.” It

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One-season wonders: ‘Six Degrees’ (2006-07) (Review)

“This Is Us” will soon to bring the “people living their lives” genre back to TV, and it seems to feature character/story paths distinct from

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‘Dollhouse’ flashback: ‘Epitaphs’ (2011-12) (Comic book review)

On the Season 2 DVD, Joss Whedon says “Dollhouse” was a pebble he could’ve turned over for as much as seven seasons. Unfortunately, we only

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One-season wonders: ‘Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog’ (2008) (TV review)

So I’ve finished my rewatches of all the Joss Whedon series between 1997-2010 except one – and it’s the most unusual one. “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” (2008)

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Fall TV 2016: 8 new and returning shows to watch among the minefield of remakes (Commentary)

The Fall 2016 season is Exhibit A in the case that TV is running low on original ideas: “MacGyver”(8 p.m. Fridays, CBS, Sept. 23) is a

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The 5 best and 5 worst Special Edition/DVD/Blu-ray changes to the ‘Star Wars’ films (Movie commentary)

As longtime fans are well aware, the “Star Wars” films as we know them from the 2011 Blu-ray release are different in several small but

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It’s logical that Anakin appears as ghost of younger self

When George Lucas replaced Sebastian Shaw with Hayden Christensen in the Force ghost scene for the 2004 DVD of “Return of the Jedi” (and therefore the 2011

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What John thought about ‘Star Wars: A New Hope’ on its 30th anniversary in 2007 (Movie commentary)

To round out the “Star Wars” movie reviews on my blog, here’s a look back at my 30th anniversary essay for “Episode IV: A New Hope,” published

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