The Shield

JBO: Joystiq Box Office, November 2 - November 6

source: Joystiq

Vic Mackey isn't the first hardass cop to come down the line and smack miscreants into place, but he's definitely one of the most effective and most memorable. If you haven't had the pleasure of watching Michael Chiklis in The Shield, then this has your name all over it. If you have ... well, your n...

Published Fri, Nov 6

The Shield Leads TV Critics Awards Nominations

source: topix.net

Vic Mackey may have been a cold-hearted, murderous son of a b, but TV critics sure love him.

Published Sat, Jun 6

Link Time! 6/2

source: topix.net

FX's groundbreaking cop drama The Shield came to an end in November, but could there be a future in movies for Vic Mackey? High School Musical hottie Zac EfronA is the latest big celeb to make a cameo on HBO's Hollywood-centric comed, Entourage.

Published Tue, Jun 2

TV: Southland

source: Uinterview.com

 NY The problem lies in the simple truth that ever since Vic Mackey put a bullet in his own team member's head to protect himself at the end of the first episode of The Shield, everything else is just a footnote.

Published Wed, May 27

Your next box set: The Shield

source: EducationGuardian.co.uk

 UK Its centre is Vic Mackey, the most hilarious middle-aged man's wish fulfilment of a macho West Coast rogue cop since Harry Callahan appropriated the modifier "dirty". Picture, if you will, a protagonist like a pint-sized Ross Kemp mixed with bald-era ...

Published Thu, May 21

Saving Grace: Holly Hunter Talks Season Three

source: TVOvermind

 CA Then you know you have The Shield and Vic Mackey being this incredible anti-heroic man, who completely captivates the landscape, you know, for a specific audience. And then you follow that with Rescue Me, you have all of these men, and then you start ...

Published Tue, May 19

This is your police; This is your police in the war on drugs

source: tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com

 NY If you thought the portrayal of Vic Mackey on The Shield was hyperbole, behold NYPD Officer Shawn Jenkins in a story which demonstrates with chilling clarity the extent to which the war on drugs is really the war to enforce a commercial franchise. ...

Published Sat, May 16

Heroes and villains

source: Northern Echo

 UK The Shield has always stood out largely because the show centres on a team of crooked cops who spend more time breaking the law than they do upholding it. Now, after seven exciting series, it's time to say adios to detective Vic Mackey and friends. ...

Published Mon, May 11