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‘Castle’ Recap: 2×18 – ‘One Life To Lose’ (Lovingly) Mocks Soap Operas

Mixmaster Throwdown — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:21:02 +0000

The most exciting part of “One Life to Lose” was that Jane Seymour (or as she was referred to in my house while I was growing up, Dr. Quinn) guest starred. The second most exciting part is the ent...

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‘Chuck’ 4.19 ‘Chuck Versus The Muuurder’ Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:01:32 +0000

After the royal screwing up of the Gretas last week, this week's Chuck is like Clue, only with extra dead bodies. It sees our hero with Bentley's job of finding more Intersect candidates, and to n...

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‘Chuck’ 4.18 ‘Chuck Versus The A-Team’ Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:05:46 +0000

As an Adam Baldwin fan, I am always in favor of a Casey-centric episode of Chuck. This one doesn't disappoint. Although I do now have a certain theme song stuck in my head because of the title. ...

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Whoa! Did ‘Nikita’ Promo Say Too Much?

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:01:39 +0000

WARNING: The following article contains a link to and discussion of spoilers for the April 7 episode of CW's Nikita. Do not read any further if you are attempting to avoid spoilers.

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People Who Are Awesome: Shane West

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:22:47 +0000

How awesome is Shane West? He's so awesome that even though I'd already written a People Who Are Awesome column for February, I felt like I'd be doing a disservice if I didn't give him one anyway. ...

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‘Chuck’ 4.17 ‘Chuck Versus The First Bank of Evil’ Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:05:50 +0000

First things first: I am in love with this episode title. It sounds like something out of a comic book, and I think it's cool.

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‘Nikita’ 1.16 ‘Echoes’ Recap and Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:13:23 +0000

I am generally opposed to TV episodes that take place in a character's head, as they lend themselves to bad writing. All too often, they are code for "we're going to use a bunch of half-baked, i...

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‘Nikita’ 1.16 ‘Echoes’ Recap and Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:13:23 +0000

‘Nikita’ 1.15 ‘Alexandra’ Recap And Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:02:59 +0000

Nikita knows how to hook me. Last week, it gave me some of my favorite scenes ever to be had on this show, and now this. It just keeps getting better.

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Save ‘Human Target,’ Again

Mixmaster Throwdown — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:00:50 +0000

Stop me if you've heard this one before: FOX's Human Target is on death watch, and it needs the viewing public to save it.

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‘Hawaii Five-O’ 1.17 ‘Powa Maka Moana’ Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:36:53 +0000

We've had a tsunami (fake but still). We've had the jungle. So what's next in Hawaii Five-O's recent string of high adventure stories? Well, pirates, of course! Pirates who take over a hapless sh...

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‘Chuck’ 4.15 ‘Chuck Versus The Cat Squad’ Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 05:44:24 +0000

This week's Chuck introduces us to a riff on Charlie's Angels: Sarah's old spy team, the Cat Squad, in all their campy awesomeness (at least in Morgan's brain). "I don't even want to think about ...

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Top 10 Current TV Character Crushes

Mixmaster Throwdown — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:30:16 +0000

It's Valentine's Day, and that means love is in the air (for some of us, anyway). It's also a perfect time to pay tribute to the fictional men who've made my heart melt this TV season, for one re...

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‘Nikita’ 1.14 ‘The Last Seduction’ Recap And Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:40:04 +0000

Nothing good ever happens at 2:13 AM. Yet a random American agent is taking a meeting in a deserted part of Berlin at exactly that time. No wonder why he ends up dead.

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Interview: Xander Berkeley Is ‘Nikita’s’ Bad Guy (But I Still Like Him)

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:10:00 +0000

If you don't know who Xander Berkeley is, you haven't been paying attention for the last twenty-plus years. Currently playing very, very bad as Division's head honcho Percy on The CW's Nikita, Be...

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‘Human Target’ 2.13 ‘Marshall Pucci’ Recap And Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:01:28 +0000

I'm having a really strong sense of deja vu. It's another Human Target season finale, and we're in the same place: wondering if the show is going to make it, watching as people speculate it's not ...

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Lucy Lawless Reveals She Never Liked Being an Action Heroine

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:40:01 +0000

This may come as a surprise to Xena fans. Lucy Lawless, who played the legendary heroine for six years, reveals she never liked being a tough girl.

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‘Nikita’ 1.13 ‘Coup De Grace’ Recap And Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 06:07:36 +0000

Now that Alex has settled into her new life and we've settled into the new direction of Nikita, it's time to get back to what this show does best: secrets, lies and a healthy dose of action.

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Interview: Shane West Clues Us Into What Makes ‘Nikita’s’ Michael Tick

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:47:33 +0000

He's been at the top of my Interview Wish List for five months - and that day has come. This afternoon, Nikita star Shane West and I sat down to dish about Michael's various and sundry character q...

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‘Human Target’ 2.12 ‘The Trouble With Harry’ Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 06:04:52 +0000

Remember this picture? That's what happened the last time that Harry graced Chance and Co. with his presence. Needless to say, his return does not inspire confidence. Just the look on Chance's fa...

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Interview: ‘Human Target’s’ Mark Valley Takes Aim At Season 2

Mixmaster Throwdown — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:30:57 +0000

Human Target's sophomore season is almost over - which made it a perfect time to sit down again with one of my favorite people, series star Mark Valley. Continuing from our chat at the beginning ...

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Get To Know Your ‘Burn Notice’ Prequel Cast

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:25:52 +0000

Thanks to the folks at TVLine, we now know someone who'll be joining Bruce Campbell in the Burn Notice prequel telefilm. In fact, we know many someones.

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‘Chuck’ 4.13 ‘Chuck Versus The Push Mix’ Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:54:28 +0000

It's been said that this week's Chuck was written as a potential series finale, and it certainly did feel as if it could double as one. "Chuck Versus The Push Mix" certainly packed a lot into one...

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‘Human Target’ 2.11 ‘Kill Bob’ Recap And Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 05:00:08 +0000

Tonight begins the week-and-a-half push toward Human Target's second season (potentially series?) finale. FOX is fast-tracking the final three episodes, starting with tonight and ending with the s...

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‘Human Target’ Is Still Getting Rescheduled

Mixmaster Throwdown — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:54:12 +0000

Programming alert, Human Target fans: our show is still getting rescheduled. After enduring the schedule changes due to the cancellation of Lone Star, and later the (completely understandable) pree...

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Q&A: Lucy Lawless Dishes On Sexy ‘Spartacus’ Scenes, Hurt ‘Xena’ Fans & More

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:00:45 +0000

It’s been nearly a decade since 41-year-old actress Lucy Lawless starred as a leather-loving heroine, but that’s ancient history. After "Xena: Warrior Princess" came to an end in 2001, the New Zea...

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Q&A: Lucy Lawless Dishes On Sexy ‘Spartacus’ Scenes, Hurt ‘Xena’ Fans & More

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:00:45 +0000

‘Nikita’ 1.12 ‘Free’ Recap And Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 06:02:24 +0000

After leaving us with a shocking death and Alex's promotion from recruit to Division agent, Nikita is back for the final ten episodes of its first season. The show certainly had found its voice by...

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Interview: Thad Luckinbill Is ‘Nikita’s’ Rare Normal Guy

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:10:45 +0000

Tonight, actor Thad Luckinbill joins The CW's Nikita as Nathan, who becomes a new love interest for Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) once she begins a new life outside of Division's walls. He sat down with ...

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Interview: Thad Luckinbill Is ‘Nikita’s’ Rare Normal Guy

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:10:45 +0000

‘Chuck’ 4.12 ‘Chuck Versus The Gobbler’ Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:05:08 +0000

We learned from last week's Chuck that Sarah was planning to go undercover in order to help Mary Bartowski take down Alexei Volkoff. This week, the ongoing plot once again returns to center stage...

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‘Hawaii Five-O’ 1.15 ‘Kaie’e’ Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:30:41 +0000

Hawaii Five-O scored the post-conference championship time slot this year, and you can't say this episode didn't make the most of it: we've got a tsunami, the return of Steve's girlfriend Catheri...

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‘Hawaii Five-O’ Finds Its New Regular (Ish)

Mixmaster Throwdown — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:09:15 +0000

Remember awhile back when we reported that Hawaii Five-O was looking for a new regular? Well, they have her. Sort of.

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‘Hawaii Five-O’ 1.14 ‘He Kane Hewa’ole’ Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:01:59 +0000

I've spent way too much time watching car chases, and I know I'm not alone. With all the police video shows out there, we've all seen our fair share. Having one is an entertaining way to open thi...

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‘Chuck’ 4.11 ‘Chuck Versus The Balcony’ Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 05:01:00 +0000

When we left Chuck about a month and a half ago, it was one awkward Thanksgiving. It's no wonder that Chuck is taking stock of his life and wanting to propose to Sarah. Fortunately, just after he...

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The ‘Human Target’ Scheduling Carousel Continues

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 04:57:10 +0000

As if Human Target fans didn't have enough with the show's pre-second season schedule version of Musical Chairs, the show is once again getting bounced around the FOX calendar.

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Brittany’s TCA 2011 Blog: FOX – ‘Chicago Code,’ ‘American Idol,’ ‘Terra Nova,’ & More

Mixmaster Throwdown — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:00:00 +0000

FOX had its Television Critics Association presentation Tuesday, and from my front-row (literally) seat, I confirmed what I felt has been the case for awhile: while the network has consistently str...

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ABC Renews Six Shows For Next Season

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:45:06 +0000

In an early vote of confidence, ABC renewed six series for next season. None of the choices is particularly surprising since none were on the bubble. The shows are:

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‘Human Target’ 2.08 ‘Communication Breakdown’ Recap and Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 06:06:13 +0000

In the second part of this week's two-part adventure, we're right back where we left off. Chance and Ilsa are arguing when her jet is shot down courtesy of Victor Lopez, who's still ticked off th...

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‘Human Target’ 2.07 ‘A Problem Like Maria’ Recap and Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 05:10:12 +0000

The beginning of this episode sounds like a bad joke: Christopher Chance is in a bar.

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‘V’ Recap: 2×01 – ‘Red Rain’ Brings The Drama And Keeps It Coming

Mixmaster Throwdown — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:08:14 +0000

“V” returned last night, to my everlasting joy and entertainment. In case you missed season one, let me give you a brief recap: in this adaptation of a mid-80s TV series, reptilian aliens calling ...

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Returning Mid-Season Shows: What’s Worth Watching?

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:00:48 +0000

We’ve already been over what new shows are premiering mid-season. There are lots of returning favorites as well, and some promise to be some of this year’s highest-rated programs. Others are sure...

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‘Hawaii Five-O’ 1.13 ‘Ke Kinohi’ Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 07:03:13 +0000

"Ke Kinohi" is the episode we've all been waiting for since...well, two weeks ago. Or since Taryn Manning gave an interview where she vented her frustrations. Never mind the behind the scenes dram...

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‘Human Target’ 2.07/2.08 ‘A Problem Like Maria’/'Communication Breakdown’ Advance Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:03:45 +0000

I know, it's a downer that tonight's Human Target is a rerun (both of them). Don't worry, though, as I have a cure for you: a sneak peek at next week's two all new episodes, "A Problem Like Maria" ...

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‘Doctor Who’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 03:23:56 +0000

The Doctor Who Christmas specials are always a treat: fun escapism to share with friends and loved ones during the holiday season. It's a real pleasure that for the first time, BBC America is deb...

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Master Class: Celebrating ‘Burn Notice’ & ‘Nikita’ In 2010

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:45:23 +0000

My Thursday nights are empty for the time being, with USA's Burn Notice having wrapped up season four and The CW's Nikita not due back until next month. I knew this time was coming, yet I can't he...

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‘Human Target’ 2.06 ‘The Other Side Of The Mall’ Recap And Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:05:55 +0000

I've quipped a time or two that I wouldn't mind getting Christopher Chance for Christmas - well, I finally got my wish. Kind of. Close enough.

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‘Leverage’ 3.16 ‘The San Lorenzo Job’ Recap and Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 04:16:54 +0000

Picking up where "The Big Bang Job" left off (two-hour season finales are in vogue this week!), "The San Lorenzo Job" opens with Nate and Damian Moreau exchanging blows.

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‘Leverage’ 3.15 ‘The Big Bang Job’ Recap and Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 04:11:41 +0000

It's a sad week for TV: first Burn Notice ends its season (albeit spectacularly) and now it's time to wrap up Leverage.

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‘Burn Notice’ 4.18 ‘Last Stand’ Recap And Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:19:37 +0000

"Last Stand" obviously picks up where "Out of the Fire" left off. Our heroes are preparing to meet again with a bunch of people they'd rather put behind them. It's not long before a very cranky V...

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‘Burn Notice’ 4.17 ‘Out Of The Fire’ Recap And Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:12:59 +0000

Can you believe we're at the end of Burn Notice's fourth season already? I was just getting used to having the series back again, and I'll be sad to see it go; this may be my favorite season yet....

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‘Human Target’ 2.05 ‘Dead Head’ Recap and Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:19:30 +0000

This week's Human Target takes a pretty different tack. Chance and Winston are waiting to have an overdue meeting with a man who claims he's being targeted by just about everyone. As usual, Winst...

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TV On DVD: ’24: Season Eight’

Mixmaster Throwdown — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:40:38 +0000

Yesterday, FOX Home Entertainment released the final season of 24 on DVD and Blu-Ray (as well as a DVD-only Complete Series set). I'm lucky enough to have my hands on the six-disc DVD volume to gi...

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Interview: Coby Bell Dishes On ‘Burn Notice’ And ‘The Game’

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:40:54 +0000

I got an early Christmas present on Monday: the chance for a follow-up chat with one of my favorite actors, Burn Notice and The Game star Coby Bell. Picking up where our August conversation left of...

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‘Hawaii Five-O’ 1.12 ‘Hana ‘a’a Makehewa’ Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 07:07:29 +0000

CBS gave an early gift to Hawaii Five-O fans: the episode we've been waiting for, which features the return of Victor Hesse (James Marsters), better known as the man who murdered McGarrett's fath...

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‘Nikita’ 1.11 ‘All The Way’ Recap and Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:41:35 +0000

This is Nikita's winter finale - and I warned you yesterday, it's a heck of one. Unlike yesterday, now I can spoil, and squeal and scream with the rest of you.

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‘Burn Notice’ 4.16 ‘Dead Or Alive’ Recap And Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 04:02:09 +0000

Burn Notice is on a roll. Last week it did an excellent job bringing back Nate Westen, and this week it provides the return of one of my favorite bad guys, arms dealer Tyler Brennen (The Shield's J...

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‘Human Target’ 2.04 ‘The Return of Baptiste’ Recap and Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:02:21 +0000

Ilsa's gone and gotten herself into it again this week. She's in South America looking for her kidnapped friend. Chance is not impressed with this decision. Perhaps in order to keep her from be...

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‘Nikita’ 1.11 ‘All The Way’ Advance Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:51:14 +0000

At my graduations (all three of them), the most important thing I had to worry about was not standing on a folding chair and cracking my tailbone. Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) gets her graduation presen...

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‘Hawaii Five-O’ 1.11 ‘Palekeiko’ Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 06:50:32 +0000

There's been a lot of Hawaii Five-O buzz this week, with the news that the show is bringing on Reiko Aylesworth in a potentially recurring role and casting for a new series regular. In case you're...

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‘Walking Dead’ Season Finale Recap: 1×06 – ‘TS-19′ Ends With A Bang. Literally.

Mixmaster Throwdown — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 04:46:34 +0000

The Walking Dead season 1 finale aired tonight, titled “TS-19.” At the end of the last episode, our band of survivors had potentially found the CDC. In this episode they hook up with Dr. Jenner, ...

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Leverage 3.14 ‘The Ho, Ho, Ho Job’ Advance Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 20:39:17 +0000

Are you ready to get even? Next week, Leverage is back to finish out its third season, starting with this crisp outing that sees the team taking on Santa Claus as a client.

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‘Nikita’ 1.10 ‘Dark Matter’ Recap And Review

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 06:02:28 +0000

Nikita certainly left us with a lot to think about almost a month ago. Not to mention, it teased us with the return of Owen (Devon Sawa), the rogue agent introduced in the "The Guardian"/"Resista...

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‘Misfits’ Episode Recap: Season 2, Episode 2

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:14:33 +0000

While Nathan is in the middle of a sexy striptease on the roof of the community center, a young man drives up looking for him. He claims to be Nathan's brother from the same father. After a few mom...

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‘Walking Dead’ Recap: 1×05 – ‘Wildfire’ Builds Suspense, Leaves Us Hanging

Mixmaster Throwdown — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:50:43 +0000

When we left our plucky Southern zombie fighters, they were reeling in the aftermath of a surprise zombie attack. We rejoin them in episode five, “Wildfire.” Rick is on the radio with Morgan (the...

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‘Walking Dead’ Recap: 1×04 – ‘Vatos’ Relies On Stereotypes, Abandons Original Characters

Mixmaster Throwdown — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:38:10 +0000

The first scene of this episode of Walking Dead is weird. And cheesy in a way that you can tell the actors are trying to be dramatic, but all they’re doing is overacting. To tell you the truth, i...

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Captain Jack Isn’t Done With ‘Doctor Who’

Mixmaster Throwdown — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 04:36:56 +0000

Russel T. Davies recently revealed in an interview that Steven Moffat, the current “Doctor Who" showrunner, would like nothing more than to bring back everyone's favorite omnisexual immortal, Capta...

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‘Misfits’ Episode Recap: Season 2, Episode 1

Mixmaster Throwdown — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:35:35 +0000

(Important background: At the end of the season one it was finally revealed that Nathan -- everyone’s favorite rudely loquasious, egomaniacal pain in the backside -- actually had a superpower all a...

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Disney’s ‘Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes!’ Is Better Than You Might Think

Mixmaster Throwdown — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:13:53 +0000

Speaking as a devoted fan of the Marvel-verse and the collection of their premiere heroes known as The Avengers, I have been pleasantly surprised by the animated version currently airing on Disney ...

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‘Supernatural’ 6×05 Recap: ‘Live Free or Twihard’

Mixmaster Throwdown — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:24:16 +0000

If this episode taught me one thing, it's that the 'Supernatural' writers have been trolling fan-fiction sites. Every episode this season has had some fanfic trope or another in it, and considering...

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Lost Without ‘Lost’? Try This…

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:10:12 +0000

Regardless of what you thought of the ‘Lost’ finale that aired last May, chances are you will miss the show come January. Then, you’ll realize during the doldrums of winter that your favorite show...

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Casting Call: Who Should Be The ‘New Wonder Woman’

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:00:26 +0000

Any time a movie or TV comic book adaptation is announced, the internet becomes instantly abuzz with casting ideas, and when it comes to a character as iconic as Princess Diana of Themiscyra, those...

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‘No Ordinary Family’ 1×02 Recap: ‘No Ordinary Marriage’

Mixmaster Throwdown — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:05:57 +0000

The episode opens, and Jim is on the run. He leaps onto the roof of a nearby building and his momentum causes him to skid right off the other side. Thankfully, there's another small ledge beneath t...

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‘Mad Men’ Recap: ‘Chinese Wall’

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:09:03 +0000

Who was more pathetic in this episode of 'Mad Men' - Don or Roger? Don was up to his old tricks, so I'd vote Roger, who has reached a (scary) new low. Don reached a new low this season, and appar...

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‘No Ordinary Family’ Pilot Recap: Has A Shot At Becoming A Great Show

Mixmaster Throwdown — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:35:49 +0000

The Powells seem like an average family; Jim is a sketch artist for the police, and Stephanie is a renowned scientist. Their children Daphne and JJ struggle with boyfriends and school, and while St...

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‘Castle’ Recap: Of Psychic Proportions

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:11:02 +0000

In last night's episode, "He's Dead, She's Dead," a famous psychic named Vivienne was a murder victim, found dead, stuffed in her couch by her own daughter. Suffice it to say she probably should ha...

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J.J. Abrams Heads To Alcatraz

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:00:04 +0000

J.J. Abrams is one busy guy lately. Recently I reported he and ‘Dark Knight’ scribe Jonah Nolan were working on a new television crime-thriller and today Deadline reported that Fox has greenlit a ...

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Tom Selleck’s New Show ‘Blue Bloods’ Won’t Stop ‘Jesse Stone’

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:30:19 +0000

Next week, Tom Selleck’s new TV series Blue Bloods premieres on CBS. The commitment to a new weekly drama won’t hurt his other job though. Selleck promises more Jesse Stone movies while he’s on Blu...

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New Fall Shows – What Should You Be Watching?

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:15:29 +0000

The Fall season is officially upon us, and that means while the weather gets cooler, there's more and more reason to stay inside and watch your favorite shows. This has been a big season for new dr...

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J.J. Abrams Teams Up With ‘Dark Knight’ Writer For A Television Crime-Thriller

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:15:55 +0000

Holy dream team Batman! Geek powerhouse J.J. Abrams is reportedly teaming up with Jonah Nolan to shop around a crime-thriller that Nolan wrote. If you haven’t heard of Jonah Nolan but think his n...

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Katee Sackhoff Heads To ‘CSI’

Mixmaster Throwdown — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:00:06 +0000

Scoop master Michael Ausiello, writer for Entertainment Weekly, is reporting that Battlestar Gallactica hottie and recent 24 cast member Katee Sackhoff has been picked up to star as a possible recu...

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What’s Back In TV Land: Our Favorite Returning Fall Shows

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:32:22 +0000

It's that time of year again, when we all set our DVRs and get ready for a night in with our favorite returning TV shows! Here's just a few to look forward to when September finally rolls around. ...

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Betty White And Neil Patrick Harris Win Creative Arts Emmys

Mixmaster Throwdown — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:32:10 +0000

The Creative Arts Emmy is not often talked about, and its winners are rarely commended. This is mostly due to non coverage and its off-beat categories, such as technical, guest-star appearances, h...

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There’s No Place Like ‘Haven’

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:51:08 +0000

Initially, I didn’t like this show very much. Based on the story Colorado Kid by Stephen King, Syfy’s latest series follows FBI agent Audrey Parker (Emily Rose, a former cast member of ER and Broth...

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Syfy’s Hit Duo: ‘Warehouse 13′ and ‘Eureka’

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:28:29 +0000

Warehouse 13: In the fist season, the show about two Secret Service agents hunting down artifacts capable of everything from passing through solid objects to seeing the future, really overdid the "...

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Blunt Parody Trumps Tradition on ‘Psych’

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:30:10 +0000

What I’ve always loved about Psych is that no one on the show is taking themselves seriously at all. When plugging the latest season on Attack of the Show, Dule Hill (who plays Burton "Gus" Guster ...

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The (New) Doctor’s Finest Hour

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:34:52 +0000

Well, the latest season of Doctor Who has come and gone, and we've now all met the eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith), his Scottish hottie companion Amy Pond (Karen Gillan), and her boyfriend/ fiance/ hu...

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