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(1998) |
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"Adult, sophisticated, with a hypnotic pull to its crisply written mysteries, Da Vinci's Inquest: Season 1 is a welcome addition to the standard medical/crime thriller genre."
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(1999) |
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"The personal backstories of the Da Vinci's Inquest: Season 2 characters have been toned down or virtually eliminated, creating a more mystery-oriented second season that focuses on procedures, and not the tortured soul of Dominic Da Vinci."
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(2000) |
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"It's not as personal and conflicted and emotional as the first season, and it's not as tightly controlled and procedural and razor-sharp as the second, but Da Vinci's Inquest: Season 3 still has that terrific cast and a handful or more of standout"
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(1981) |
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"Dallas goes right for the throat. There's no screwing around, no hesitation, no pandering to unseen forces of political correctness. It's about family, power, money, and sex."
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(1982) |
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"One of the series' strongest seasons, with an epic, nasty battle between Bobby and J. R. for control of Ewing Oil as the main story arc. Hagman was never better as evil incarnate J. R., and the scripts keep the viewer hooked -- and wanting more."
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(1983) |
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"Dallas: The Complete Seventh Season still nails it as the best drama of the 1983-1984 season. The plotting is intricate, marvelously coincidental, and perfectly pitched, while the performances are rock solid within their established conventions."
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(1984) |
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"Bobby is dead, and J.R. tears up over the corpse - the show's corpse, I mean. Once Dallas got rid of Bobby and recast Miss Ellie, and started competing with classless imitators like Dynasty, the series started a long, slow, slippery descent,"
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(2009) |
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"Dallas - The Complete Eleventh Season lost me when Bobby attempts (feebly, of course) a Waiting for Godot joke in a Dallas bar. That tore it for me. The Dallas I knew and loved was no more."
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(1985) |
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"Jesus Christ. Bobby's dead and then he's not, the old Miss Ellie is back and the new Miss Ellie is gone, Dynasty meets One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Donna and Ray get their very own After School Special, and J.R. is crying at the dr"
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(2008) |
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"Unfortunately, Dallas: The Complete Tenth Season is full of half-hearted attempts to revive the old Dallas magic which unfortunately go nowhere fast. Good moments are scattered about, but overall, the series is clearly in decline."
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(1997) |
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"Perhaps Powell's literary masterpiece is impossible to film. Perhaps the nuances and the very format and structure of the novels - the very intent of showing the passage of time - can't be expressed even within the confines of a long miniseries."
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"Len Goodman is a fun host, and a patient and confident instructor; when he says a few simple steps will allow you to hold your own on any ballroom floor, you believe him."
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(1953) |
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"There are two different movies at war in Dangerous When Wet: a rural family comedy versus a continental romance set against a sporting event. Neither one is given proper attention."
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(1964) |
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"Daniel Boone: Season 1 isn't a history lesson; it's a family entertainment that puts forth the best American values into clean, spirited, action-packed episodes, that give you something to think about, as well - particularly in the times we live in"
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(1965) |
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"Daniel Boone: Season 2 has all the hallmarks of quality 1960s family TV: strong characters, exciting plots, plentiful action, and valuable messages worthy of discussion after viewing."
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"If you're in the mood for some fast-moving junk that gives you eight movies' worth of plot, a ton of hysterical emoting, some ridiculous plot coincidences, and Gary Collins, I recommend the Danielle Steel Collection. And that goes for the ladies ou"
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"A funeral pace and unconvincing acting make for a passionless, hands-off experience."
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(1954) |
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"These aren't lost masterpieces, or subversive genre exercises worthy of term papers - they truly are just "darn good Westerns." Solid, unpretentious, with quick stories and clean, no-nonsense direction."
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(1970) |
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"For most of its running time, A Day at the Beach is a downbeat, admirably unromantic look at a sour, failed alcoholic intellectual, made harrowing by his mistreatment of his young daughter on their day trip to the beach. Thoroughly unpleasant, but"
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(2004) |
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"Never believable for one moment, De-Lovely descends into camp anytime Judd perfectly enunciates her terrible lines. De-Lovely is ultimately De-Pressing."
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(1968) |
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"Deadfall doesn't cut it as a psychological thriller; its psychology is murky at best, while its thriller aspects are decidedly undernourished."
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"Beautifully shot and quite entertaining, The Templar Code is a fairly typical History doc in form and content, offering a good introduction to the subject...for those new to it."
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(2006) |
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"The only truly horrifying thing about Demons From Her Past is its absolute dearth of original ideas, competent scripting, and performances with an ounce of energy."
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(1994) |
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"The Desperate Trail offers enough pleasures to make it an agreeable time passer when you're in the mood for a quirky oater."
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(1993) |
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"If you're in the mood for a light, casual TV mystery with some familiar faces in the cast, you could do a lot worse than spending an hour with Diagnosis Murder: The Complete First Season."
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(1994) |
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"Genial, laid-back mysteries with Van Dyke setting the tone."
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(1956) |
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"An unbelievably talented roster of stars show up in this season alone (even bigger stars are soon to follow in subsequent go-arounds), and one tight, concise, exciting - and morally and psychologically complex - story follows right after the other. A hand"
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(1961) |
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"Chester Gould's immortal detective doesn't even star in any of the adventures, so there's little point in the producers of this animated claptrap invoking his image."
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"The star of The Dick Van Dyke Show and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is in all his skinny glory here, creating a direct line between the silent movie clowns he revered, his Broadway triumph in Bye Bye Birdie, and his coming sophisticated si"
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(1976) |
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"The sheer weight of the miniseries, anchored by screenwriter Wolf Mankowitz's clever structuring and lead actor Roy Dotrice's tour de force performance as Dickens (and Dickens' father), leaves a lasting impression on the viewer."
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(2002) |
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"Die Another Day is high-tech, glossy junk -- no ifs, ands, or buts. Brosnan was a weak, ineffectual pretty-boy Bond who devalued the Bondian myth, and his petulant reign as 007 has thankfully come to an end."
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(1992) |
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"Skipping the one-sided politics of the show, Dinosaurs just isn't funny enough to support the pretty amazing puppetry that went into its production. Lame family sitcom with a ladling of political polemics does not a funny show make."
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(2007) |
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"Dirt: The Complete First Season is a terrifically entertaining, pulpy, melodramatic look at the world of celebrities and tabloid stalkers who feed off each other."
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(2007) |
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"For the casual TV viewer or someone new to Egyptology, watching Secrets of Egypt's Lost Queen for the first time may just spark their interest in the subject."
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(2007) |
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"Product and not art, to be sure, but so what? Little girls will adore its bright animation and tuneful (to young ears) songs. Good old-fashioned Disney/American values of hard work, perseverance, and personal responsibility are emphasized."
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(1985) |
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"It was easy to take, and the kids certainly enjoyed it, and it does have the Disney class, so...."
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(2007) |
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"With bright, dynamic visuals, courtesy of an engaging photo-collage/animation combination, and the welcome inclusion of renowned works of art along with music from the world's great composers, Disney's Little Einsteins: The Legend of the Golden Pyramid"
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(2007) |
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"Just like many of us who learned classical music cues and opera arias from the brilliant Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes cartoons, your child can go one step further and experience some of the great works of art in this delightful, informative - and"
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(2007) |
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"Charming, fun, and educational aren't three words that can be associated with a lot of children's programming today, but they certainly fit Disney's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt."
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(1979) |
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"A wealth of political detail is combined with a surprisingly moving, affectionate romance, making Disraeli quite satisfying for both history buffs and more traditional Masterpiece Theatre viewers."
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(1965) |
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"Drab and relatively humorless, with forced comedy scenes and too much exposition, Do Not Disturb fails to deliver the goods we expect from a Day romantic comedy."
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(1971) |
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"In an effort to be ultra-realistic while breaking every convention associated with the thoroughly romanticized legend of Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp, Doc forgot a few things along the way - like how to be entertaining, how to offer up characters we"
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(1940) |
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"Each element of a screwball farce has to be just so for the film to transcend from merely mechanical, to organic and free and inspired. Unfortunately, "mechanical" is the very definition of the minor screwball, The Doctor Takes a Wife."
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(2004) |
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"Frankly, my sympathies lie with those unseen participants the victims, rather than with the criminals that Dog worries about, in this overdrawn, overblown series."
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(2006) |
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"Awesome computer graphics of the hyper-realistic aerial combat scenes will initially blow you away, but the stories of courage, patriotism, and sheer poetry of men melding with machines will ultimately stay with you far longer."
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(1976) |
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"It's a valuable look at Parton right before she crossed over into the superstar status, and includes some really marvelous performances by not only Parton, but several of her celebrity guests."
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(1982) |
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"It's a small, dopey film, but the gore is amusing, and really -- they were working with almost nothing."
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(1958) |
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"Far from bitterly clinging to their guns and religion, the positive, happy, Midwestern Stones learn hopeful messages about family, about personal responsibility, about playing by the rules, and most importantly, about love."
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(1997) |
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"What still doesn't work in Donnie Brasco is the director's utter failure to establish Pistone's reasoning for actually doing this kind of work."
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(2008) |
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"Only the additional bonus features, including another Doris Day commentary track, should spur on viewers who already own Seasons Two, Three, and Four of The Doris Day Show, to pick up Doris Day - Christmas Memories, which gathers together al"
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