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Behind Leno’s Prime-Time Flop

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Jay Leno Show, NBC

by Marc Zaffran
05.03.2010

In retrospect, NBC’s decision to replace its entire 10 o’clock drama line-up by a daily Jay Leno Show was not only ill-advised, it was suicidal. For a simple but irresistible reason: on an occasional basis, viewers may prefer to spend easy time with talk show hosts and glamorous guests – but, in the long run, [...]

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FILM

Oscar Fever & Mythic Tackiness

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The Academy Awards

by Claude Lalumière
27.02.2010

Sure, award ceremonies are cheesy. But, when you’re in the thick of things, they can also feel exciting. They can become a bringing-together of community. A validation of community, even. There’s no question that, in North American culture, one award ceremony trumps all others in the popular imagination. The annual televised Oscar ceremony has become [...]

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GAMES

War As Addiction

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Infinity Ward

by Marvin Allen
16.02.2010

From where we left off, a Russian Ultranationalist party led by Imran Zakhaev teamed up with a Middle Eastern rebel faction led by Khaled Al-Asad. Together they acquired a nuclear weapon, and orchestrated a coup d’état of an unnamed Middle Eastern country by executing the president on live TV. Said nuke detonates, levelling a city [...]

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GAMES

Into The Mad House

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Batman: Arkham Asylum, Rocksteady Studio

by Marvin Allen
26.01.2010

With the success of the recent Batman movies, a new game based on The Dark Knight was inevitable. Batman: Arkham Asylum plays to caped crusaders’ strengths focusing on combat, stealth, and the hero’s detective abilities. A Who’s Who of Batman’s greatest foes has planned a party at the asylum and Batman is the guest of [...]

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TV

The Ultimate Guido Guide

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Jersey Shore, MTV Canada

by Clay Hemmerich
21.01.2010

This winter, television viewers are quietly tuning into MTV Canada to indulge in a new guilty pleasure, reality series Jersey Shore. How much can one expect out of a reality television show about eight “Guidos” (stereotypical Italian-Americans who enjoy being “jacked and tan” and are always confident and sometimes to a fault) in their early [...]

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FILM

The Butterfly Effect

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Bruco, Cinémathèque québécoise

by Michael Mirolla
14.01.2010

“A poet friend told me an artist is independent when no one is able to make money off of him. There is no way someone will ever make money with Bruco.” Those are the words of Antonio D’Alfonso, writer, editor, publisher, filmmaker and general all-around gadfly whose first feature-length movie, shown last fall at the [...]

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TV

RIP Springfield, D’oh!

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The Simpsons, Episode 450

by Jay Mark Caplan
13.01.2010

In the early ‘90s, The Simpsons was the most important show on TV. Primetime’s first cartoon series furnished my generation’s lexicon with quotables, broadened our range of pop culture references and introduced us to the non sequitur, a style of humour that would become a mainstream standard, now used to sell Old Spice and Bud [...]

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FILM

Absurd Hybrid Cop Mania

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The Bad Lieutenant

by Christopher Zanti
12.01.2010

The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans is a very strange title for a very strange film. Director Werner Herzog wields a sword of absurdity to construct a movie that is part crime drama, part comedy, and part documentary on New Orleans’ natural wildlife. There’s really nothing quite like it.

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FILM

Can’t Get No Respect

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The Non-Award Winning List

by Dru Jeffries
31.12.2009

Looking back at the films that I’ve covered this year for Rover, not one strikes me as a “best of year” contender, though some of my favourites have been covered by others for the site (A Serious Man and Star Trek, to name only two). With this in mind, the following list presents ten [...]

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