Sean Stangland
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'Twin Peaks' is back on TV, so what's next?Oct 10, 2014 5:30 am - Television is evolving at high speed, and while it continues to be a fruitful marketplace of exciting, original ideas like "The Blacklist," "Scandal" and "Mad Men," the ...
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New 'Alien' video game promises stealth, smartsOct 03, 2014 5:45 am - One of last year's most anticipated games promised to take us further into the world of James Cameron's "Aliens." The result, "Aliens: Colonial Marines," angered critics...
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Many changes for Season 40, but 'SNL' core is intactSep 26, 2014 5:45 am - “It's not as funny as it used to be,” they say. “It's the greatest living institution of both comedy and television,” I say. “Saturday Night Live” returns for its 40...
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McKenzie is the real hero of 'Gotham'Sep 21, 2014 6:15 am - A young, lithe woman with catlike moves steals a half-gallon of milk to feed a feline friend. A bespectacled police technician named Ed Nygma is chided for his love of r...
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Falling in love with a talking raccoonSep 12, 2014 6:15 am - "I love that movie!" We say stuff like that all the time, don't we? Hyperbole comes easily when we want to encourage our friends to see and enjoy something that we saw a...
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'Boardwalk,' reality show begin fall TV seasonSep 03, 2014 11:00 pm - The fall TV season unofficially begins this weekend with two Sunday-night premieres. Fox kicks things off at 7 p.m. with “Utopia,” a new reality show that looks like “Su...
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Superheroes for sale: Product placement gets bigger and bolderAug 27, 2014 5:45 am - I recently caught up with “Noah,” Darren Aronofsky's mega-budgeted, mega-wacky Biblical epic featuring a great performance from Russell Crowe and a couple of befuddling ...
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'Simpsons,' 'Doctor Who' dominate the DVR this weekendAug 22, 2014 5:45 am - The 12-day marathon airing of every "Simpsons" episode ever is already under way by the time you read this, but don't worry - there are still plenty of great episodes wo...
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Robin Williams: Mourning a manic geniusAug 11, 2014 11:00 pm - Working in the news industry, you think you're prepared for anything. But Monday's news hit me as hard as anything I've seen in my 13 years with the Daily Herald, and I'...
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Bean's cliched 'Legends' has promising premiseAug 11, 2014 5:45 am - For a split second, I actually thought Sean Bean was going to die in the very first scene of “Legends,” TNT's new drama series. But when the unloaded gun pointed at unde...