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  • August 16, 2012

    Hello Awards Circuit! The Emmys are right around the corner and we thought it might be fun to break from a traditional article/recap of the nominees and do a chat in live blog form. Each entry will cover a particular section of the nominated field (ie. Drama, Comedy, Reality TV, TV Miniseries or Moive). This weeks chat will focus on the TV Miniseries or Movie category that sees many Hollywood heavyweights battling it out in long form.

    OUTSTANDING TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
    American Horror Story
    Game Change
    Hatfields & McCoys
    Hemingway and Gellhorn
    Luther
    Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

    Terence: I don’t know what your opinion of the nominees is, but this is perhaps the strongest field we’ve had in a while.

    Joseph: ‪I concur. I believe any of the nominated series could potentially win, but I pray it’s not the disappointing, thinly-plotted Hemingway & Gelhorn. I’m rooting for Game Change, just because I know American Horror Story will more than likely be nominated next year and the year after and the year after…

    Terence: ‪Yeah you’re right about Hemingway & Gelhorn seeming like the weakest in this field. I LOVED American Horror Story this season, although I think it’s committing slight category fraud (no matter what the Emmy Committee says!) But I have a confession to make…

    Read more on Emmy Chatter: TV Miniseries or Movie…

    August 14, 2012

    In Hatfields & McCoys, what starts out as a simple transgression turns into a full-blown familial feud with a tremendous body count that consumes everyone and everything in its path. History Channel’s engrossing miniseries might not always justify its running time, but it never ceases to be engaging and fun. Costner and co. have done a fantastic job of crafting a gritty, realistic narrative that grips you in its machinations and makes you feel as if you are right in between the two feuding families at the center of the tale.

    Read more on Review: Hatfields & McCoys (***)…

    Author: Robert Hamer
    August 31, 2011

    So now the five-part Mildred Pierce saga is over, and after its utterly fantastic conclusion had settled for me, I have to admit a slight tinge of disappointment at the series as a whole.  Now, clearly a three-star miniseries (borderline three-and-a-half) is nothing to sneer at, and I am still glad I took this journey.  But my nagging question of why one of the most creative and intelligent minds in cinema today would tackle this project remains unanswered.

    Simply put, this was not the TV EVENT OF THE YEAR that I was anticipating.  And no, I do not think it’s because I wasn’t a huge fan of the original film, either.  For one thing, the original Mildred Pierce is a wholly different product; a shameless melodrama to this version’s slow-burn elegance.  Secondly, I would not call myself a die-hard fan of glam rock, Douglas Sirk melodramas (well, except Imitation of Life) or Bob Dylan, yet Haynes crafted intellectually bold and visually exhilarating masterpieces out of those subjects.  No, I think it’s because – for the first time ever for me – Todd Haynes put his obsessions with the textures of his story seemingly at arm’s length from his audience.  Or as my colleague Joey Magidson might say, I felt like that extra bit was missing. Read more on TV Review: Mildred Pierce (***)…

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