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Album Review: John Mayer's 'Born and Raised' rears its graceful head
21 May 2012 8:01 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
That sound you hear on John Mayer’s “Born and Raised” is an artist entering a new phase of his career, and, more importantly, his life. The highly personal set, out Tuesday, May 22, is a stripped-down collection of tunes, mainly recorded as a four-piece, that has plenty to say, but is in absolutely no rush to make its point. Whether it’s that life slapped Mayer around a bit lately after opening his mouth a few too many times about his love life, his having to deal with ongoing vocal issues, or producer Don Was’s relaxed approach —most likely a combo of »
Mad Men 5.10 "Christmas Waltz" Review
21 May 2012 4:17 AM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
Mad Men 5.10 "Christmas Waltz" Review
It is December 1966 in Mad Men and unlike the last Christmas period we saw things are more financially stable for Scdp. The firm is not a powerhouse nor is it teetering on the edge of oblivion, but that doesn't mean that all of the characters are in a comfortable financial position as we see in the opening sequence as Lane (Jared Harris) discusses his impending doom on the phone. Lane is a character that we have seen little of since his dust up with Pete (Vincent Kartheiser) and so this storyline is a welcome return even if Lane's actions were rather dubious and will likely have some major consequences. Joan (Christina Hendricks) is another character who has been a bit player over the past few weeks, but this episode more than makes up for this.
Lane needs funds quickly due to what appears to be »
- emma fraser
Mad Men Recap: Kris Kringle and Hare Krishna
21 May 2012 4:09 AM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Christmas really came early in this week’s Mad Men, which gifted us with an hour that answered at least one huge question, took a seasonal stroll down memory lane, and featured some recently neglected members of the ensemble. The quips! The plot forwarding! The sexy sports cars! Let’s tear open the windows, throw up the sash, and review the big developments of “Christmas Waltz.”
Lane’s been naughty | Lane’s personal financial problems from a few episodes back haven’t abated, so we watched the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce money man rob Peter (and the rest of the partners) to pay, »
- Kimberly Roots
'Mad Men Season 5 Episode 510 'Christmas Waltz': Don Draper really is back
21 May 2012 1:19 AM, PDT | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
With three episodes left of Season 5, the tension on "Mad Men" shifted into high gear on Sunday's (May 20) episode, "Christmas Waltz." Here's the one-sentence summary: Don Draper's head is back in the game, Lane Pryce is dancing on the edge of financial ruin (and possibly a precipice) and it turns out that Harry Crane, official Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce d-bag, isn't a total tool after all.
Don's back: At the end of the episode, Don (Jon Hamm) re-engaged in the work of Scdp and it's a good thing because if Don's happy, so goes the firm. What convinced him? A domino effect: Pete (Vincent Kartheiser) suggested Don drive a Jaguar. Thanks to Joan (Christina Hendricks), drunk-driving a Jaguar sports car gets him fired up about the product. Finally, an irate Megan (Jessica Paré) -- who gets his attention by throwing her dinner plate at the wall and ordering him to »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Mad Men Review: Merry Krishna
20 May 2012 10:48 PM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
It's that time of year, when the world falls in love...or maybe it's just that time of year when the world pretends to be in love because her better half is a really good recruiter for her religion.
Seriously, between Harry's trip down Krishna lane, and Lane's money problems, there was a lot going on in "Christmas Waltz" that couldn't have cared less about.
As Harry's plot continued to get stranger and stranger as it went, I started wondering what the point was of adding this arc to the series. Was it just to show that audience how caring Harry was? Was it to add some religious elements to the mix? Whatever the reasoning, I found myself not caring in the least what happened to the new Paul, and his lovely friend.
Similarly, I was bored out of my mind whenever Lane was by himself worrying about his money situation. »
- d4cella@gmail.com (Dan Forcella)
Maureen Ryan: Thanks, Betty, For The Worst Episodes Of 'Mad Men'
13 May 2012 10:31 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
Note: Do not read on unless you've seen Season 5, Episode 8 of "Mad Men," entitled "Dark Shadows."You know how critics like to say, "Well, even a not great episode of [Show X] is better than most things on TV"? I'm not going to say that about Sunday's episode of "Mad Men."
It was a bad episode of TV. And it was not in a special class of mediocrity that allows it to still somehow remain elevated above the fray. It made the mistakes that much less brilliant shows make. It repeated a lot of themes that we're already very familiar with, it didn't add to them in compelling or imaginative ways, and it featured a character that just doesn't work. "Mad Men" is usually a lot better than most shows, but "Dark Shadows" just didn't work in the way that episodes of much more mundane shows don't work.
"Mad Men" has always »
- Maureen Ryan
Maureen Ryan: Thanks, Betty, For The Worst Episodes Of 'Mad Men'
13 May 2012 10:31 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
Note: Do not read on unless you've seen Season 5, Episode 8 of "Mad Men," entitled "Dark Shadows."You know how critics like to say, "Well, even a not great episode of [Show X] is better than most things on TV"? I'm not going to say that about Sunday's episode of "Mad Men."
It was a bad episode of TV. And it was not in a special class of mediocrity that allows it to still somehow remain elevated above the fray. It made the mistakes that much less brilliant shows make. It repeated a lot of themes that we're already very familiar with, it didn't add to them in compelling or imaginative ways, and it featured a character that just doesn't work. "Mad Men" is usually a lot better than most shows, but "Dark Shadows" just didn't work in the way that episodes of much more mundane shows don't work.
"Mad Men" has always »
- Maureen Ryan
Mad Men Season 5 Episode 507 'At the Codfish Ball' Review
12 May 2012 6:55 AM, PDT | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
If you've been following my recaps, you'll know that I've been rather pleased with this season of Mad Men, save for some seemingly off editing and thematic issues here and there. 'At the Codfish Ball' not only manages to keep the season running in high gear, but truly feels like the show again. I can't really put a finger on what exactly it is, but something about the overall feel of the episode just feels right. If nothing else, it's quite welcoming and refreshing to see some of the advertising work aspects come into play.
A more apt name for the episode might be 'Dinners and Daughters,' as these two themes connect throughout the entire episode, serving to display this season's continued focus on cultural and generational differences. Sally, Peggy and Megan all are looking to make a path of their own, but seem hung up on others' acceptance »
William Bradley: Mad Men: Rejecting Advertising, Or, Don Draper Meets Acid Rock, Pop Buddhism, and an Independent Wife
8 May 2012 7:19 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
"Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream. It is not dying, it is not dying.
Lay down all thought, surrender to the void. It is shining, it is shining.
That you may see the meaning of within. It is being, it is being."
John Lennon and Paul McCartney
from Tomorrow Never Knows, on the album Revolver
Don't look now, but something important just happened on Mad Men. A major character, someone with real talent in the field, just rejected advertising. Someone who happens to be ad guru Don Draper's bright and shiny new wife.
Megan Calvet Draper's Marxist academic father, who so disapproves of her work in advertising, and of her life of easing into wealth by marrying a rich older man, evidently got through to his daughter in the episode before this. She's now pursuing her dream, which was unclear then but turns out to be acting. And »
- William Bradley
Mad Men Review: Death Is The Only Adventure
7 May 2012 6:27 AM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
Rory Gilmore, Mr. Belding and the end of Megan Draper's run as a copywriter highlighted the eighth episode of Mad Men's fifth season, "Lady Lazarus."
One stanza in the Sylvia Plath poem that this episode gets its title from reads:
Dying
Is an art, like everything else.
I do it exceptionally well.
Just as the lady of the poem wants nothing more than to finally die after being revived time and time again, Megan Draper wanted nothing more than to finally get out of the advertising business.
She was great at her job. Like the above excerpt reads, Lady Lazarus was exceptional at everything, and like Peggy so astutely commented to Joan, Megan is good at everything...she's just one of those girls.
Megan Draper picked up advertising quicker than anyone at Scdp, but she didn't love doing it. Did she hate advertising? Did she hate the people working there? »
- d4cella@gmail.com (Dan Forcella)
Maureen Ryan: What's Pete Doing With A Gilmore Girl On 'Mad Men'?
6 May 2012 10:34 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
Don't read on unless you've seen "Lady Lazarus," Sunday's Season 5 episode of "Mad Men."
A strange sense of anti-climax pervaded this episode, which felt like a bridge between earlier events and themes and what's to come. I couldn't help but feel during the entire hour that a big explosion or a major event was on its way, but it ended with Don merely picking up the needle on a Beatles record and walking out of an empty room.
Emptiness, missed connections, lies and not getting what you want -- those were the recurring ideas, but overriding all that was the sense that someone was going to die or something terrible was going to happen. But nothing did (unless we saw Don begin to truly fall out of love with Megan?). It was all pretty ambiguous, and I spent much of the hour waiting for a confrontation that never came.
Not surprisingly, »
- Maureen Ryan
Maureen Ryan: 'Mad Men' Recap: What's Pete Doing With A 'Gilmore Girl'?
6 May 2012 10:34 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
Don't read on unless you've seen Season 5, Episode 8 of "Mad Men," entitled "Lady Lazarus."
A strange sense of anti-climax pervaded this episode, which felt like a bridge between earlier events and themes and what's to come. I couldn't help but feel during the entire hour that a big explosion or a major event was on its way, but it ended with Don merely picking up the needle on a Beatles record and walking out of an empty room.
Emptiness, missed connections, lies and not getting what you want -- those were the recurring ideas, but overriding all that was the sense that someone was going to die or something terrible was going to happen. But nothing did. (Unless we saw Don begin to truly fall out of love with Megan?) It was all pretty ambiguous, and I spent much of the hour waiting for a confrontation that never came.
Not surprisingly, »
- Maureen Ryan
Janet Turley: Mad Men Season Five -- A Rough Start
30 April 2012 8:34 AM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
Last night's episode was the most compelling of the season; provocative without being tawdry. Bookended from Sally's Pov, we see the little girl not only thrust into the adult world of dirty deeds [walking in on Roger (her "date") getting head from Megan's mother] but also that the lies start young (saying Mother Francis broke her ankle by tripping over Baby Gene's toy when the culprit was the phone cord stretched into the Sally's room). Additionally, Abe pops the question of "let's move in together" to Peggy's hidden disappointment, and then her mother chews her out for living in sin. Innocence is shed, disappointing and confusing both young and old.
Mad Men -- welcome back from what's been amateur hour at Scdp. I'm not talking about the copywriters, campaigns or maiden voyages on an acid trip. I'm talking about the series writers.
For four years, I've looked forward to Sunday nights and delighted in Roger Sterling's quips and Don Draper's antiheroic heroism. »
- Janet Turley
'Mad Men': Roger Hooks Up With Megan's Mom
30 April 2012 7:46 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
"Mad Men" (Sundays at 10 p.m. Et on AMC) has had plenty of wild parties this season, but this past Sunday's episode, "At the Codfish Ball," may have been the most eventful, and deflating.
Megan's feuding parents were visiting from Montreal at the same time Don was to be honored by the American Cancer Society for his "Why I Quit Tobacco" editorial, and the group, including Sally, dressed to the nines and descended on the gala for a lovely evening. Instead, the ball became a perfect storm of disappointment, sex and lies.
The newly-single Roger Sterling thought the gala would be a perfect opportunity to acquire new business. He spent the week studying flash cards of the high-powered CEOs in attendance. But once the event actually started, he ended up in the other room with Megan's mom's (guest star Julia Ormond) head in his lap. She was getting back at »
- Alex Moaba
'Mad Men': Roger Hooks Up With Megan's Mom
30 April 2012 7:29 AM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
"Mad Men" (Sundays at 10 p.m. Et on AMC) has had plenty of wild parties this season, but this past Sunday's episode, "At the Codfish Ball," may have been the most eventful, and deflating.
Megan's feuding parents were visiting from Montreal at the same time Don was to be honored by the American Cancer Society for his "Why I Quit Tobacco" editorial, and the group, including Sally, dressed to the nines and descended on the gala for a lovely evening. Instead, the ball became a perfect storm of disappointment, sex and lies.
The newly-single Roger Sterling thought the gala would be a perfect opportunity to acquire new business. He spent the week studying flash cards of the high-powered CEOs in attendance. But once the event actually started, he ended up in the other room with Megan's mom's (guest star Julia Ormond) head in his lap. She was getting back at »
- Alex Moaba
Watch: John Mayer takes us on a trip through his 'Shadow Days' on new video
27 April 2012 12:59 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Pack your bags, we’re riding shotgun on a road trip with John Mayer. In the video for “Shadow Days,” he takes us on a triptych across the West and Southwest-- from California to Idaho and Arizona and beyond. He’s traveling solo, but there are stops along the way: a diner, a convenience story, a guitar shop. The shaggy-haired Mayer is sporting a hat much like the kind producer Don Was, who helmed Mayer's new album, “Born & Raised,” sports, as well as a few days’ scruff so we’re thinking Was definitely rubbed off on him not only musically, but fashion-wise. And »
TV Review: Mad Men 5.6, ‘Far Away Places’
24 April 2012 8:53 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
(warning: significant spoilers follow)
The producers of Mad Men seem to be taking a sadistic glee in tormenting their characters this year. Last week we had the emasculation of Pete Campbell and this week…well, this week one character gets to a very unhappy place and the other gets to a very happy one, and both come at it from different directions. To make things even more interesting, the episode employs a fascinating non-linear style.
First, we have Peggy (Elizabeth Moss) and her team putting together a pitch for Heinz. They’re just about ready when Don (John Hamm) comes in at the last moment and steals Megan (Jessica Pare) away. The two leave for a visit to a Howard Johnson’s restaurant/hotel and Peggy is stuck trying to do the pitch solo.
She does her best, and the idea for her ad isn’t a bad one, »
- Chris Swanson
Maureen Ryan: High Art: Taking A Trip With 'Mad Men'
22 April 2012 11:37 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
Don't read this unless you've seen "Far Away Places," Sunday's episode of "Mad Men."
I began watching Sunday's episode of "Mad Men" a half-hour after it began airing, and before I logged off Twitter, I saw a few tweets along the lines of "What the hell?"
Then I began watching the episode, and it wasn't long before I was saying, "What the hell?" About 17 minutes in, before we'd fully figured out that the episode was toying with timey-wimey experimentation, my husband muttered, "We're going to meet some weird Europeans in a minute."
The comment was spot-on, given how much this episode reminded me of "Jet Set," which was tonally and structurally a rather odd hour of "Mad Men." It was an hour that, as I recall, inspired a lot of passionate "pro" and "con" chatter.
"Far Away Places" was much, much weirder than "Jet Set," and I'm of mixed minds about it myself. »
- Maureen Ryan
Maureen Ryan: High Art: Taking A Trip With 'Mad Men'
22 April 2012 11:37 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
Don't read this unless you've seen "Far Away Places," Sunday's episode of "Mad Men."
I began watching Sunday's episode of "Mad Men" a half-hour after it began airing, and before I logged off Twitter, I saw a few tweets along the lines of "What the hell?"
Then I began watching the episode, and it wasn't long before I was saying, "What the hell?" About 17 minutes in, before we'd fully figured out that the episode was toying with timey-wimey experimentation, my husband muttered, "We're going to meet some weird Europeans in a minute."
The comment was spot-on, given how much this episode reminded me of "Jet Set," which was tonally and structurally a rather odd hour of "Mad Men." It was an hour that, as I recall, inspired a lot of passionate "pro" and "con" chatter.
"Far Away Places" was much, much weirder than "Jet Set," and I'm of mixed minds about it myself. »
- Maureen Ryan
‘Mad Men,’ A Conversation (Season 5, Episode 6): TV Recap
22 April 2012 8:12 PM, PDT | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »
Photo by Michael Yarish/AMC Jon Hamm in “Mad Men”
Editor’s note: Every Sunday after the newest episode of “Mad Men,” lawyer and Supreme Court advocate Walter Dellinger will host an online dialogue about the show. The participants include Columbia University history professor Alan Brinkley, Stanford Law Professor Pam Karlan, and Columbia theater and television professor Evangeline Morphos. Dellinger will post his thoughts shortly after each episode ends at 11 p.m., and the others will add their commentary in »
- Walter Dellinger
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