Mystery

‘Harper’s Island’ (2009) shows slashers can work in TV miniseries format

Going through a bit of “The Killing” withdrawal, I decided to finally check out a rather well-respected murder-mystery summer series from three years ago, “Harper’s Island” (2009,

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Who killed Rosie Larsen? Place your bets now (TV commentary)

Last week’s penultimate episode of “The Killing’s” (8 p.m. Central Sunday on AMC) second season and the “Who killed Rosie Larsen?” arc placed a lot of emphasis

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Ron Swanson: TV’s greatest libertarian character ever? (Commentary)

Since I’m venturing into politics with this post (which will eventually be about television), I’ll admit my bias up front: I’ll be voting for the Libertarian Party

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5 buzzworthy season finales (TV commentary)

It’s that time of year when summer movies start to steal the headlines from TV, but boob-tube fans have one last gasp, at least: The

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I admit it. I liked ‘Ringer’ Season 1 (TV review)

I guess I shouldn’t speak of “Ringer” in the past tense just yet, although I would be surprised if it came back for a second season on

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First episode impressions: ‘The Killing’ Season 2 (TV review)

“The Killing” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC) continued to unfold like a great page-turner in its two-hour Season 2 premiere on Sunday, delivering a lot

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David Fincher makes ‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ better than it deserves to be (Movie review)

I subscribe to Entertainment Weekly but I’m not an avid follower of the book world, so I kind of got the impression that EW was

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Midseason TV preview: The momentum continues? (Commentary)

Fall 2011 served up so many good shows, and so few of them have been canceled, that it’s easy to overlook the midseason premieres. Yet

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A&E doing a beautiful adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘Bag of Bones’ (TV review)

“Bag of Bones” (1998) is one of my favorite Stephen King books, so it’s refreshing to see A&E doing a beautiful job adapting it. (Part one

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‘Cold Vengeance’: From monsters to human monsters, Pendergast-verse keeps getting richer (Book review)

There’s a great human monster in “Cold Vengeance” (August, hardcover), the latest Pendergast novel from Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. He’s Falkoner, a German assassin with an

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