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Nine crucial lessons from The Wire's pilot

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Look at any list where the greatest TV series ever are ranked, and you’ll commonly see…

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Nine crucial lessons from Breaking Bad's pilot

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Breaking Bad did okay for itself. But all of this mayhem began with just one episode…

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Candivan becomes Cideshow

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The Candivan is finally arriving at its destination…

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AFI film school #17: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — Not me

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Up until I hit “watch” on Netflix, I thought I was about to see a biopic on some of the racier moments of Virginia Woolf’s life. Instead…

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AFI film school #16: Gone with the Wind — Hungry again

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Eighty years ago a movie came out that affected movies forever. Sure, the same could be said…

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AFI film school #15: Midnight Cowboy — I'm talking here

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There is no movie like this one…

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Petition Granted -- Why most show finales suck and what to do about it

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You invest years into a show. An hour a week--maybe around a hundred hours overall. Talking about it with your friends…

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AFI film school #14: Do the Right Thing — The truth Ruth

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Overall, this movie is asking a question, and it’s a question that Mookie could have asked Da Mayor after he delivered the film’s titular line: “what is the right thing…

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AFI film school #13: The Wizard of Oz — Home away from home

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One of the most beautiful things about the film is its simplicity. It’s a clarity often found in family films. The more “adult” a movie gets…

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AFI film school #12: 2001: A Space Odyssey — A movie and a monolith

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I have to admit: doing these film analyses of the AFI top 100 movies is a daunting task. Not only is it…