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The curated portfolio of film journalist Joe Lipsett

Archives for March 2012

Once Upon A Time recap – 1×17: ‘Hat Trick’

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Courtesy of ABC via SpoilerTV.co/uk

The last few episodes of Once Upon A Time have done much to reveal its strengths (the continuing love-challenged relationship between Ginnifer Goodwin’s Snow & Josh Dallas’ Charming, the revisionist take on fairytales, etc) while also highlighting its flaws (telegraphing every upcoming moment, continued ineptness by Jennifer Morrison’s Emma, and – to a certain extent – the continuing love-challenged relationship between Snow and Charming). As the show closes in on the end of the first season, it takes a dramatic formula detour that tantalizes and antagonizes…

Let’s bitch it out…

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Film Review: The Hunger Games

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Courtesy of Lionsgate Films

The Hunger Games, the smash literary phenomenon, about a dystopian future in which 24 children fight to the death gets the big screen treatment as Lionsgate aims to kick-start a new franchise. So how does the film fare?

Let’s bitch it out…(Mild Spoilers ahead)

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Checking In: I Just Want My Pants Back recap – 1×07-1×10: ‘A Piece of Cake’, ‘Blackout’, ‘Love Equation’, ‘Sextipated’

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Courtesy of MTV

In anticipation of next week’s season finale, it’s time to check up on the past few episodes of the MTV drama. What began with fourgies and fridge sex has slowly morphed into an amusing, awkward and occasionally painful dramedy about late twenty-somethings.

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Awake recap – 1×04: ‘Kate Is Enough’

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Courtesy of NBC via Television Blog

Another week of dual lives is upon us as Michael (Jason Isaacs) tries to understand his emotionally distant son, who has begun acting out…though if you’ve watched these in order, it’s not for the reasons that you expect.

Let’s bitch it out…

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30 Rock recap – 6×12 – 6×13: ‘Grandmentor’ and ‘Kidnapped by Danger’

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Courtesy of NBC

Double the 30 Rock, double the business cases and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles references! While neither of the nights two episodes were groundbreaking or side-splittingly hysterical, they were, for the most part, consistent character-wise and joke-wise. And really, that’s all I need from this show.

And this week’s winners are…

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