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24: Redemption

24: Redemption Serving as a bridge between Seasons 6 and 7 of the acclaimed action TV series, this was actually thrown together ¾ of the way through the filming of Season 7, whose production was held up due to star Kiefer Sutherland’s legal problems as a way to satisfy the fans’ craving while waiting over […]

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24: Season 4

24: Season 4 At this point in time I would tie it with Season 3 as the best yet, the main reason being that it has a focus from the first episode on until the end, and doesn’t twist twenty different ways from Sunday to overdo with the villains. Many props go to having the […]

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24: Season 5

24: Season 5 The show that has consistently been the best on television has their Day 5 here, and while not reaching the highs (or the lows) of the series in its past, should always be remembered as the one that captured the Emmy for Best Drama and got Kiefer his win for Best Actor. […]

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24: Season 6

24: Season 6 It becomes evident to this viewer as the 6th season begins that America in the 24 world is a vastly different place than what we’re used to in real life: America is under a now constant siege by terrorists, and one in particular has offered to give up the location of his […]

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24: Season 7

24: Season 7 By now, all longtime fans of the show know what to expect when it comes to the elements of the series, such as Jack Bauer’s tendency to torture, ANYONE can be a turncoat, and the mastermind villains have more back-up plans than you can shake a stick at. For this season, you […]

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24: Season 8

24: Season 8 All great TV shows are invariably known to sooner or later “jump the shark” so to speak, so in many ways I guess we should be happy that not only did the greatest concept in TV history do so during its final season, it did so in its last few hours as […]

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Twilight

Twilight Is Kristen Stewart the worst actress working in Hollywood today?? After watching her performance in this 2008 adaptation of the cult vampire romance novel, the answer may very well be a resounding YES: Stumbling through the film with the same, stoned-out, dazed expression on her face, reading her lines in a flat monotone that […]

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Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie A fascinating experiment more than anything, seeing four directors and four varying styles compete for the best story, and the results are mixed. The mood is set beautifully by Landis with the opening chords of Creedance’s “Midnight Special”, and Dan Aykroyd and Albert Brooks have an easy, unforced chemistry as they […]

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Twilight: Eclipse

Twilight: Eclipse After the spectacular comeback in quality that the second film in the series made over the awful first entry, things were guaranteed to take a step down for the third entry. After the VERY interesting setup of the love triangle between Robert Pattinson’s Edward, Taylor Lautner’s Jacob, and Kristen Stewart’s Bella, things settle […]

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Twilight: New Moon

Twilight: New Moon Well, it’s certainly clear that the differences between this film and its awful predecessor are like night and day: Perhaps it’s the fact that the main characters are now well-established and that it allows the story to hit the ground running, or maybe because it actually delves into some of the mythology […]