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Breaking Bad’s Cuddly Cousin
Hung Review Watching HBO’s new series Hung it’s difficult to shake the feeling that AMC’s Breaking Bad is currently mining similar territory to much deeper and stronger effect. Both shows feature washed-up, middle-aged protagonists who are currently dying inside as they teach high school. Like Bryan Cranston’s Walt White, Thomas Jane’s Ray Drecker has a…
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Kinda Like A Rough, Over-acted Draft of Juno
United States of Tara Pilot Review One wonders how much clout a Steven Spielberg created series has based on the pilot of United States of Tara. The idea is okay, and certainly fits easily into the “edgy” family subgenre popular on channels like Showtime, HBO, and FX. But something is lacking in the execution. Maybe…