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Month: June 2013

  • TV Episode Review: “Breaking Bad”-“Dead Freight” (05.05, 2012)

    “Dead Freight” (05.05, 2012) Written by George Mastras (“Crazy Handful of Nothin’,” “Grilled,” “Mandala,” “I.F.T.,” “Kafkaesque,” “Thirty-Eight Snub,” “Hermanos,” and “Crawl Space”) Directed by George Mastras (No Previous Episodes)   Longtime Breaking Bad writer George Mastras gets his first shot at directing in this one, and doesn’t quite live up to the standards set by…

  • Movie Review: “Searching for Sugar Man” (Malik Bendjelloul, Sweden/UK 2012)

    The Story in the United States In 1970, Detroit-based folk rock singer-songwriter Rodriguez released Cold Fact. While very commercially successful, the album was a miserable failure commercially. A year later, Rodriguez released his second album to a similar mix of critical acclaim and public yawning. He was then dropped by the failing Sussex label and…

  • TV Episode Review: “Breaking Bad”–“Fifty-One” (05.04, 2012)

    “Fifty-One” (05.04, 2012) Written by Sam Catlin (Previous Episodes: “Down,” “4 Days Out,” “Green Light,” “Fly,” “Half Measures,” “Open House,” “Hermanos,” and “Crawl Space”) Directed by Rian Johnson (Previous Episodes: “Fly”)   It’s not every TV show that can get the best film director working today to direct a few episodes. In fact, it’s exactly…