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friends who must confront what happened to them during their school years at an English boarding school. Based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. (R) Flicks
Continuing ALPHA AND OMEGA—(PG) Edwards 22 ANIMAL KINGDOM—(R) Flicks BURIED—Ryan Reynolds plays a truck driver who is taken hostage and buried alive with a cell phone and a flashlight and told that if he can get $5 million, he will be freed. Told in real time. (R) Flicks CASE 39—Renee Zellweger plays a social worker who takes in a child whom unexplained deaths seem to follow. (R) Edwards 9, Edwards 22 DEVIL—(PG-13) Edwards 22 Modern Family: Funnier than The Flintstones.
HELLO, TV, MY OLD FRIEND
EASY A—A clean-cut student decides to reinvent her image by spreading rumors about herself. Stars Emma Stone. (PG-13) Edwards 9, Edwards 22
If you’re one of those brandy sniffers who say it’s a waste to spend too much time in front of the tube, screw you. Move on. Next. I want to speak to the folks who are honest enough to say, “Damn straight I watch TV.” Because we know that the new fall season on TV is worth maxing out your TIVO.
EAT, PRAY, LOVE—(PG-13) Edwards 9, Edwards 22
BLUE BLOODS—Tom Selleck (Magnum P.I.) plays Frank Reagan, the patriarch of a clan of cops and lawyers. Donnie Wahlberg and Bridget Moynahan co-star. The show is getting dynamite ratings, but it is currently buried on Friday nights. Friday nights, CBS
INCEPTION—(PG-13) Edwards 9, Edwards 22
BOARDWALK EMPIRE—If you’ve been waiting for the next best thing out of HBO since The Sopranos, this is it. How’s this for a formula? Martin Scorsese. Mobsters. Prohibition. Atlantic City. Steve Buscemi. Sunday nights, HBO DETROIT 1-8-7—Detroit is exactly the right backdrop for this cop opera complete with excellent acting and scripts. The note-perfect Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos) plays the highly flawed Detective Louis Fitch, who is the city’s best homicide detective. This one will need a little help from the network’s promotion department. Tuesday nights, ABC DEXTER—Michael C. Hall (Six Feet Under) plays a very conflicted man. He’s a blood analyst for the Miami Police Dept. by day and a serial killer by night. This season, he’s coping with the murder of his wife. Believe it or not, he didn’t do it. Sunday nights, Showtime HAWAII-FIVE-O—Alex O’Loughlin (The Shield) plays a re-imagined Steve McGarrett. It has the same theme music, and each episode includes a “Booke ’em, Dano.” And the show rolls like those great ocean waves in the opening titles. Monday nights, CBS LAW AND ORDER: LOS ANGELES—Dick Wolf’s now legendary franchise has gone Hollywood. It has the same format, excellent stories and an amazing cast: Terrence Howard, Alfred Molina, Skeet Ulrich (Scream) and Regina Hall. Wednesdays, NBC MODERN FAMILY—OK, this one isn’t new, but it’s still great, and it deserved every ounce of gold in the Emmy it received for Best Comedy Series. This is appointment viewing. Wednesdays, ABC RAISING HOPE—This is the funniest, most inappropriate comedy on network television. A 23-year-old pool cleaner has a one-night stand with a serial killer. She gives birth just before she is electrocuted, which leaves him to raise the child with the help of his trailer-trash family. Tuesdays, Fox
THE EXPENDABLES—(R) Edwards 22 GET LOW—(PG-13) Flicks
IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY—A clinically depressed teenager meets a bizarre cast of characters and finds new perspective during a stint in the adult psychiatric ward. (PG-13) Flicks JACK GOES BOATING—(R) Flicks LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE 3D— (PG) Edwards 9, Edwards 22 LET ME IN—(R) Edwards 22 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT—(PG-13) Edwards 9, Edwards 22 MY SOUL TO TAKE—(R) Edwards 9, Edwards 22 RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE 3D—(R) Edwards 9, Edwards 22 SECRETARIAT—(PG) Edwards 9, Edwards 22 THE SOCIAL NETWORK-—Director David Fincher (Fight Club, Seven) directs the story of the controversial rise to power of Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook and the world’s youngest billionaire. Stars Jesse Eisenberg. (PG-13) Edwards 9, Edwards 22 THE TOWN—(R) Edwards 9, Edwards 22 TOY STORY 3—(G) Edwards 22, Edwards 9 WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS—(PG-13) Edwards 9, Edwards 22 YOU AGAIN—Marni realizes her brother is engaged to marry Joanna, the hottie who bullied her all through school. When Marni sets out to show everyone just how rotten the fiancee is, she discovers that her mother (Sigourney Weaver) made Marni’s mom (Jamie Lee Curtis) just as miserable in high school. (PG) Edwards 9, Edwards 22
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