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Tom Shales

Film Critic

United States

(1944 - 2024)

The Pillars of the Earth (TV Miniseries) (2010)

Publish Date: June 23, 2010
"The film is overwrought and wearying, salvaged mainly by its occasional gory details and a few enjoyably hammy performances"

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Warehouse 13 (TV Series) (2009)

Publish Date: July 7, 2009
"Basically it's a half-baked adventure series, but it's July, and fully baked may just not be the way to go."

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Nurse Jackie (TV Series) (2009)

Publish Date: June 8, 2009
"The casting, like the writing and direction, is impeccable"

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Eastbound & Down (TV Series) (2009)

Publish Date: February 14, 2009
"The most recklessly funny comedy of the year"

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Generation Kill (TV Miniseries) (2008)

Publish Date: July 13, 2008
"A grippingly powerful HBO miniseries (...) 'Generation Kill' brings the world of the soldiers to vividly detailed life"

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30 Rock (TV Series) (2006)

Publish Date: October 11, 2006
"The show needs a better premise and funnier dialogue and, most of all, a more commanding performer in the starring role"

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Six Degrees (TV Series) (2006)

Publish Date: September 21, 2006
"The central conceit of 'Six Degrees' (...) is strictly yesterday's blog. It's lame and it's limp"

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My Name Is Earl (TV Series) (2005)

Publish Date: September 20, 2005
"Where 'Raising Arizona' was deliciously fresh and nutty in tone, the zany eccentricity in 'My Name Is Earl' comes off as forced and wearying."

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Desperate Housewives (TV Series) (2004)

Publish Date: December 26, 2004
"[One of] the best new scripted shows of the year"

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House, M.D. (TV Series) (2004)

Publish Date: November 16, 2004
"'House' introduces us to the most electrifying new main character to hit television in years"

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CSI: New York (TV Series) (2004)

Publish Date: September 22, 2004
"'CSI' will be going up against 'Law & Order' (...) 'CSI: NY' may be the more artful show, but it is also harder to watch. Sinise, fortunately, makes it worth the effort"

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Lost (TV Series) (2004)

Publish Date: September 22, 2004
"'Lost' actually gives every sign of knowing where it's going and what it's doing. It's solid, suspenseful and fraught with frights."

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Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (TV Series) (2003)

Publish Date: September 23, 2003
"We don't need another criminal investigation show and we don't need another military justice show, and this series is those two."

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Nip/Tuck (TV Series) (2003)

Publish Date: July 22, 2003
"Murphy seems willing to do anything to startle viewers and introduce outrageous elements into the script, but as he pushes the envelope up, down, backwards and sideways, the characters become less and less believable."

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CSI: Miami (TV Series) (2002)

Publish Date: September 23, 2002
"The premiere episode is smart and tense, the TV equivalent of the book you can't put down."

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Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV Series) (2000)

Publish Date: September 14, 2002
"[3rd Season Review]: [A] largely improvised and hugely hilarious comedy that returns in splendor for a new season"

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Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV Series) (2000)

Publish Date: November 24, 2001
"[2nd Season Review]: Just like life, only funnier"

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Attila (TV) (2001)

Publish Date: January 30, 2001
"'Attila' succeeds despite the fact that the actor in the lead role, Gerard Butler, is its weakest link (...) Robert Cochran's script is lean and smart"

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Family Guy (TV Series) (1999)

Publish Date: January 30, 1999
"[1st Season Review]: Utterly excremental. May the room in which 'Family Guy' is drawn be sacked, emptied, disinfected and burned to a cinder. Anything to keep them from making any more episodes of this smug and amateurish tripe."

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Felicity (TV Series) (1998)

Publish Date: September 29, 1998
"'Felicity' is so skillfully written and acted that it's hard to imagine an age group that couldn't be touched by it and feel involved"

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