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Sopranos

question of the weekend: what TV show do you never fast-forward through the opening credits?

Sat, Oct 02, 2021
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Maybe the show’s opener is simply a beautiful introduction to characters and places you love. Maybe the theme song is *chef’s kiss.* Maybe it’s something you cannot quite put your finger on…

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The Many Saints of Newark movie review: far from heaven

Fri, Sep 24, 2021
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The performances are terrific, the evocation of the period striking, but it feels redundant, more GoodFellas-lite than The Sopranos, and with several TV seasons’ worth of story crammed in.

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heirs of Infocom; Vice suicide model speaks; how Tony Soprano changed TV forever (stuff I found online today)

Sun, Jun 23, 2013
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Models don’t get paid for editorial work? WTF?

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the best possible tribute to James Gandolfini?

Thu, Jun 20, 2013
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Tony Soprano’s favorite cafe leaves the star’s seat “reserved.”

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QOTD: What institution or historical event would you mash up with what TV show or movie?

Fri, Mar 08, 2013
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In the spirit of this hilarious Vatican-Dallas mashup…

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Not Fade Away (trailer)

Tue, Dec 18, 2012
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First feature from The Sopranos’ David Chase! And it’s not about mobsters. Hmm.

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Game of Thrones S02 E06: “The Old Gods and the New”

Sat, May 19, 2012
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Treachery! Murder! Dragon*spoiler*! Joffreyslapping!

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Game of Thrones Season One watch-a-thon: “Winter Is Coming”

Fri, Mar 16, 2012
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If I wondered why HBO had any interest in staging a ten-episode Renaissance Festival, now I know: Game of Thrones is The Sopranos with beheadings. And lots and lots of boobies.

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London photo of the day: fancy gate

Tue, Nov 22, 2011
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A most impressive entrance to Garyland, a home in Brondesbury Park, northwest London.

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question of the day: How can ‘NCIS,’ the most-watched, most-loved TV show in America, be so absent from online fandom?

Thu, May 19, 2011
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Apparently NCIS, the military cop procedural, is the most watched scripted show in the United States. I would not have guessed this if given a million guesses.

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