Posts by Tara Ariano
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VOD Report: Django Unchained Has Both Our Curiosity and Attention
The Headliner Django Unchained As the 2013 Best Picture Oscar nominees continue limping onto VOD, the latest entry is also the penultimate one. Amour, see you whenever. Django, welcome to the living rooms of America. No, we haven’t seen a, er, “an African American” on a horse before. (If you haven’t seen the movie yet, […]
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Freak Show & Tell: This 5-Year-Old Can Bench More Than Jim Bob Duggar
Every week, television documentaries present us with so many unusual people, with so many strange and/or disturbing problems, you might find it hard to keep up with all of them. That’s where I come in! Here’s an unflinching look back at TV’s Week in Freak Shows. My Crazy Obsession (TLC) Who Is This Now? The […]
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Video on Demand Report: Someone Besides Ben Affleck Put Ben Affleck in a Movie
The Headliner To the Wonder After going the better part of a decade without making a film after the Best Picture Oscar nominee The Thin Red Line, Terrence Malick is on a tear, following up 2011’s Tree of Life with To the Wonder (available on demand the same day as its theatrical release), less than […]
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Freak Show & Tell: 19 Rats and Counting
Every week, television documentaries present us with so many unusual people, so many strange and/or disturbing problems, you might find it hard to keep up with all of them. That’s where I come in! Here’s an unflinching look back at TV’s Week in Freak Shows. My Crazy Obsession (TLC) Who Is This Now? Chantal. Why Are […]
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VOD Report: Classic Dumb Comedies Are the Only Foolproof Choice on VOD This Week
Opportunistic Backlist Revival Theme of the Week: “April Foolishness” “April Fools” is the (very) loose peg for this very random collection of silly, dirty, or otherwise outrageous comedies, including Wayne’s World, The Birdcage, Baby Mama, Old School, both Bill & Ted movies, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, The Hangover, Billy Madison, Date Night, Best in […]
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Freak Show & Tell: Normal Person Ron Jeremy Visits His Hoarder Friend’s House
Every week, television documentaries present us with so many unusual people, with so many strange and/or disturbing problems, you might find it hard to keep up with all of them. That’s where I come in! Here’s an unflinching look back at TV’s Week in Freak Shows. Hoarding: Buried Alive (TLC) Who Is This Now? Louise. […]
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Video On Demand Report: Lincoln, Now Pause-able for Bathroom Breaks, Arrives on VOD
The Headliner Lincoln Last week’s big On Demand release was the controversial Zero Dark Thirty, which found itself in the middle of the debate about “enhanced interrogation techniques.” This week’s is the controversial Lincoln, which found itself in the middle of a debate about its accuracy, and about the way its story sidelined the African […]
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Freak Show & Tell: Interview With a Bored, Occasionally Blood-Drinking Goth Girl
Every week, television documentaries present us with so many unusual people, with so many strange and/or disturbing problems, you might find it hard to keep up with all of them. That’s where I come in! Here’s an unflinching look back at TV’s Week in Freak Shows. My Strange Addiction (TLC) Who Is This Now? Michelle. Why […]
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Video on Demand Report: Better Late to the Zero Dark Thirty Debate Than Never
The Headliner Zero Dark Thirty Director Kathryn Bigelow and co-screenwriter Mark Boal’s follow-up to The Hurt Locker — an Oscar winner in the categories of Best Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture, among others — is, depending on your interpretation, a gritty, almost journalistic dramatization of the hunt for Osama bin Laden, or a propagandistic […]
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Freak Show & Tell: Postapocalyptic Jarred Meats and Sexy-Time Balloons
Every week, television documentaries present us with so many unusual people, with so many strange and/or disturbing problems, you might find it hard to keep up with all of them. That’s where I come in! Here’s an unflinching look back at TV’s Week in Freak Shows. Doomsday Preppers (NatGeo) Who Is This Now? Mike. Why […]