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The Office gets the post-Super Bowl slot, and other NBC mid-season shenanigans

by Alan Sepinwall/The Star-Ledger
Wednesday December 03, 2008, 4:33 PM

So, now that the other networks have shown their mid-season cards, NBC finally decided to unveil its plans past the initial January news that came out last week. You can read the press release here, and after the jump, bullet point-y analysis... Continue reading "The Office gets the post-Super Bowl slot, and other NBC mid-season shenanigans" »

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Sepinwall on TV: 'Leverage' review

by Alan Sepinwall/The Star-Ledger
Friday December 05, 2008, 4:47 AM

The new TNT drama "Leverage" isn't a great show, but it may just be the exact right show at the exact right time. Continue reading "Sepinwall on TV: 'Leverage' review" »

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30 Rock, "Reunion": Mean, mean, mean girl

by Alan Sepinwall/The Star-Ledger
Thursday December 04, 2008, 10:00 PM

Spoilers for tonight's "30 Rock" coming up just as soon as I buy your mulch... Continue reading "30 Rock, "Reunion": Mean, mean, mean girl" »

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Powerful blues songs drive clunky 'Cadillac Records'

by Stephen Whitty/The Star-Ledger
Thursday December 04, 2008, 10:00 PM

PHOTOS BY ERIC LIEBOWITZ Adrien Brody is label owner Leonard Chess, and Jeffrey Wright is Muddy Waters in "Cadillac Records."

Cadillac Records (R) TriStar (109 min.) Directed by Darnell Martin. With Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Beyonce Knowles. Opens Friday at theaters in New Jersey. TWO AND A HALF STARS

No other popular music comes as directly, painfully from the soul.

Rock'n' roll has the adrenaline rush of parties and rebellion. Jazz is all intellect and quicksilver creativity. But the blues? The blues are messy. The blues are raw. The blues are pain.

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'Frost/Nixon' soars as historical fiction

by Stephen Whitty/The Star-Ledger
Thursday December 04, 2008, 10:00 PM

RALPH NELSONFrank Langella stars as president Richard Nixon, left, and Michael Sheen, portrays TV personality David Frost in "Frost/Nixon."

Frost/Nixon( R) Universal (122 min.) Directed by Ron Howard. With Frank Langella, Michael Sheen. Opens Friday at theaters in New York. THREE AND A HALF STARS

When an absolute leader falls, he falls absolutely.

And there is a ritual. The self-righteous, late-night address to the people who don't deserve him anyway. The emotional, morning-after goodbyes to a tearful retinue of faithful servants. And then, the private helicopter, the unrepentant wave -- and the flight to wealthy exile in a palace by the sea.

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