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 "The best video essay source on the web." (Roger Ebert) This is a web site built around original video essays and critical, personal writing about movies, TV, music, comics and whatever else interests its contributors. Co-founded by Matt Zoller Seitz, TV critic for New York Magazine, and Ken Cancelosi, it is published by Seitz and Cancelosi and overseen by editor-in-chief Kevin B. Lee and managing editor Max Winter.

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MATT ZOLLER SEITZ: The lavish "Pan Am" is nostalgic bonbons for the mind

ABC's period epic is as light as prime-time drama can get without becoming bubble-headed By Matt Zoller Seitz Press Play Contributor
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • September 25, 2011 12:29 PM
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GREY MATTERS: SyFy's ALPHAS excels in story and character

By Ian Grey Press Play Contributor
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • September 25, 2011 7:21 AM
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MATT ZOLLER SEITZ: Relax, PRIME SUSPECT fans, the remake has promise

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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • September 23, 2011 4:56 AM
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MATT ZOLLER SEITZ: Fear and Hugging at Dunder-Mifflin

James Spader's debut sharpened "The Office's" dulled edge -- but does the show have the nerve to draw blood again? By Matt Zoller Seitz Press Play Contributor
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • September 23, 2011 3:17 AM
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MATT ZOLLER SEITZ: Charlie Sheen's wicked, wicked, winning ways

EDITOR'S NOTE: Matt Zoller Seitz says Two and a Half Men replacement Ashton Kutcher can't compete with pop culture's smirking prince of darkness.
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • September 20, 2011 9:23 AM
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RECAP: BREAKING BAD, Season 4, Episode 9: "Bug"

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following contains spoilers for Breaking Bad season 4, episode 9. Read at your own risk.
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • September 12, 2011 8:30 AM
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MATT ZOLLER SEITZ: The "Reincarnation" of Futurama

EDITOR'S NOTE: The sci-fi cartoon's season finale spoofs 1930s cartoon shorts, early arcade games and badly dubbed anime.
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • September 8, 2011 10:35 AM
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RECAP: RESCUE ME, the series finale

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article contains spoilers for the series finale of Rescue Me. Read at your own risk.
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • September 8, 2011 7:06 AM
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RECAP: BREAKING BAD, Season 4, Episode 8: "Hermanos"

EDITOR'S NOTE: In a powerful Breaking Bad, Gustavo "Gus" Fring, bold businessman and master liar, is "explained" -- sort of. The following recap of contains spoilers. Read at your own risk.
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • September 6, 2011 6:36 AM
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MATT ZOLLER SEITZ: Great shows that understand workplace politics

By Matt Zoller Seitz Press Play Contributor
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • September 5, 2011 6:02 AM
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