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Featured TV Reviews

• TV Show Review – The Goodwin Games

  Rating:  3 (out of 5).  “The Goodwin Games” is a new comedy series starring Scott Foley, Becki Newton, T.J. Miller, and Beau Bridges.  The story revolves around three siblings who discover that their deceased father has left them a huge amount of inheritance.  There’s a catch though; they have to play The Goodwin Games, a [...]

• TV Show Review – Family Tree

  Rating:  4 (out of 5).  “Family Tree” is Christopher Guest’s (“Spinal Tap”, “Best in Show”) first TV project.  This mockumentary follows the quest of Tom Chadwick (Chris O’Dowd) in tracing his roots, which takes him from UK to the US and discovers the stories of his ancestors.  For the most part the critics are impressed [...]

• TV Show Review – The Family Tools

  Rating:  2 (out of 5).  “The Family Tools” is a new comedy that stars Kyle Bornheimer as Jack Shea, and JK Simmons as his dad, Tony.  Jack is trying to find a career of his own, when he is forced to go home when his dad suffers a heart attack.  He is then required to run his [...]

• TV Show Review – Rectify

  Rating:  4 (out of 5).  Sundance Channel’s “Rectify” tells the story of a man who is freed from prison after 18 years from a different perspective. Daniel Holden, played by Aden Young is the center of this mini-series as he tries to fit back into society in a small town after DNA evidence finds him [...]