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  • Movie Review: “Smashed” (James Ponsoldt, USA 2012)

    Back in 1962, comic mastermind Blake Edwards made a rare foray into serious territory by making a 117-minute commercial for Alcoholics Anonymous in the film Days of Wine and Roses (USA). However, in spite of making a film that was essentially an infomercial, Edwards was able to make something compelling. How? He knew to draw…

  • TV Episode Review: “Breaking Bad”-“Gliding over All” (05.08, 2012)

    “Gliding Over All” (05.08, 2012) Written by Moira Walley-Beckett (Previous Episodes: “Breakage,” “Over,” “Mas,” “Fly,” “Bullet Points,” “Bug,” and “End Times”) Directed by Michelle McLaren (Previous Episodes: “4 Days Out,” “I.F.T.,” “One Minute,” “Abiquiu,” “Thirty-Eight Snub,” “Shotgun,” “Salud,” and “Madrigal”)   We all knew this was how this half-season would end, didn’t we? It was…

  • TV Episode Review: “Breaking Bad”-“Say My Name” (05.07, 2012)

    “Say My Name” (05.07, 2012) Written by Thomas Schnauz (Previous Episodes: “One Minute,” “Abiquiu,” “Shotgun,” “Bug,” and “End Times”) Directed by Thomas Schnauz (No Previous Episodes) Once again, a longtime Breaking Bad writer gets a shot behind the camera in this one, and Thomas Schnauz turns out to be up to the task. This episode…