The Wire

Sunday Soliloquy: The Wire S02E06

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More scene than soliloquy, but one of the most memorable scenes from The Wire in my books. Omar Little is one of my favorite characters of all time, and one worth studying. Here he is at his best while testifying against a member of the Barksdale crew.

Published Sat, Nov 7

5 of the Best HBO Productions...

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Season 1 Episode 1 “The Routine” - Episode 7 ”The Breaking Point” The Wire If you only watch one episode of The Wire, watch: Season 3 Episode 4 “Hamsterdam” The Sopranos If you only watch one episode of The Sopranos, watch: Season 3 Episode 11 “Pine Barrens”

Published Fri, Oct 30

THE AVON BARKSDALE STORY-LEGENDS OF THE UNWIRED

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E1 MUSIC ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF DVD “AVON BARKSDALE STORY – LEGENDS OF THE UNWIRED” IN MARCH 2010 Barksdale says he consulted David Simon, the creator of The Wire, during the early filming of the highly successful mini-series. He says, “The Wire was one long commercial for this!”

Published Thu, Oct 29

The Wire, Season 1, Episode 6, "The Wire"

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If Rawls could just stop being so jealous of McNulty, because that’s what it is, pure jealousy, then maybe the citizens of Baltimore can get their justice. Rawls knows he’ll ruin the case for McNulty if he gets his way. That’s why Daniels better step in. Good, Daniels is stepping in. It’s so diff...

Published Tue, Oct 13

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I recently stumbled upon the following short film called Five Deep Breaths and thought I'd share with the class. It was directed by Seith Mann, who helmed several episodes in Season 4 and 5 of The Wire and stars Jamie Hector (Marlo Stanfield) in one of the lead roles. According to New York Maga...

Published Sun, Sep 20

Highest Video Rec: The Wire

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The Wire is set in the hard-working city of Baltimore, a city Producer David Simon knows well.  Each season deals with a different facet of the drug-dealing standoff between the criminals and the coppers, with recurring characters, minor and major to follow throughout.  Season 1 was firm...

Published Wed, Sep 16

Dexter Season 4: Sneak Preview Non-Spoiler Review: Fabulous!

source: Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress

Well, my wife and I saw the first four episodes of the new season of Dexter last night - season 4 - courtesy of Showtime's advance screener copy, and I'm bursting to tell how superb indeed this new season is, on its way to being perhaps the best season of Dexter yet (high praise indeed, because the first three seasons were outstanding), but I don't want to spoil any of this for you, so here instead are some non-specific highlights - 1. Dexter as a new father is sleep deprived. Watch for all kinds of consequences from that. He's now essentially juggling three jobs - blood specialist for the police, serial killer, and dad.

Published Sun, Sep 13

The Office is returning and I’m trying to get pumped up for it — Thoughts?

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But I did think it was cool to find out that Fonzi’s ex-girlfriend (look it up) would be portraying Pam’s mom. And I might even rethink my decision to blow off buying the Season 5 DVDs. I’m watching a lot of The Wire Season 1 lately, and it’ll depend whether I decide that Amy Ryan brought more to Th...

Published Fri, Sep 4