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Restless Virgins: Movie of my Lifetime
Restless Virgins: Movie of my Lifetime
By Sarah Bennett
March 21, 2013

​Restless Virgins​'s depiction of wealthy New England society is mostly science fiction.

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Thanks, Marshmallows: Now, Pass the Baton to the Browncoats
Thanks, Marshmallows: Now, Pass the Baton to the Browncoats
By Sarah Bennett
March 15, 2013

​Okay, so it takes a few million to make a Veronica Mars movie. But what about Firefly Season 2? 

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I Will Watch Anything: Ripper Street
I Will Watch Anything: Ripper Street
By Sarah Bennett
March 14, 2013

Ripper Street is about a police detective who works in Whitechapel in East London in the late 1800s, when it was basically a Dickensian slum.

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Woody Allen, Aaron Sorkin & The Patriarchal Parallel Universe
Woody Allen, Aaron Sorkin & The Patriarchal Parallel Universe
By Sarah Bennett
March 08, 2013

How Aaron Sorkin became Woody Allen, and why The Newsroom sucks.​

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Reject The Remake
Reject The Remake
By Sarah Bennett
March 06, 2013
Why UK shows often lose the charm in translation.
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I Will Watch Anything: Banshee
I Will Watch Anything: Banshee
By Sarah Bennett
March 05, 2013

I will even watch Banshee. (I know, I know, you've never heard of Banshee.)​

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TV Methadone: Bunheads For Gilmore Girls
TV Methadone: Bunheads For Gilmore Girls
By Sarah Bennett
March 04, 2013

When a great show gets cancelled, we consider the replacement fix-- will former Gilmore Girls fans get a enough of a buzz from Bunheads?

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