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Belinda Acosta

Belinda Acosta's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Austin Chronicle film critic.

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The Deep End: Season 1 (2010) 16% EDIT “Yet, in spite of its primary-colored depictions, I actually like The Deep End. It makes me giggle. I'm not sure I'm supposed to be giggling all the times I find myself giggling, but I'm having a good time, nonetheless.” – Austin Chronicle Jun 4, 2020 Full Review Hell's Kitchen: Season 1 (2005) 36% EDIT “Ugly to contestants, clients, and anyone else who gets in his way, [Gordon] Ramsay's performance is an overdone caricature. Sadistic foodies may take pleasure in this contest, but I prefer my hardasses on the tender side.” – Austin Chronicle Apr 17, 2020 Full Review Fastlane: Season 1 (2002) 47% EDIT “Fast cars, faster women, impossible car chases, and explosions make this show rock.” – Austin Chronicle Apr 6, 2020 Full Review Castle: Season 1 (2009) 70% EDIT “Snappy dialogue, sexual tension between two appealing characters, a big city backdrop, and what do you know - a decent murder mystery, as well. All of it with charmed casting.” – Austin Chronicle Apr 2, 2020 Full Review The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Season 1 (2008) 38% EDIT “While there is a lot of talk about sex on The Secret Life, how it approaches the subject is not particularly candid, nor is it as different as the ABC Family tagline promises. In the end, it's downright disappointing.” – Austin Chronicle Mar 31, 2020 Full Review Six Feet Under: Season 3 (2003) 90% EDIT “In lesser TV fare, sameness and predictability is the norm. Character changes are usually played for laughs and only for the duration of an episode. In Six Feet Under, the characters ripen.” – Austin Chronicle Mar 30, 2020 Full Review Six Feet Under: Season 5 (2005) 97% EDIT “The series (which underwent a creative resurrection this season) should go down in history as having the least nostalgia-laden finale in TV history.” – Austin Chronicle Mar 30, 2020 Full Review Six Feet Under: Season 1 (2001) 90% EDIT “Six Feet Under may sound like a down-in-the-mouth downer, but it promises to be one of the best reasons to come in from out of the sun this summer.” – Austin Chronicle Mar 30, 2020 Full Review Tom Goes to the Mayor: Season 1 (2004) 80% EDIT “Whether it's bear traps for child safety or Tom marrying all the dogs in town, the results are calamitous and uproariously funny.” – Austin Chronicle Mar 20, 2020 Full Review Gilmore Girls: Season 1 (2000) 90% EDIT “Ordinarily, I frown on the mother-and-daughter-as-friends premise, but in this case, I tolerate it because a third mother -- Lorelai's mother -- is included in the mix, giving the show an interesting, three-way look at mother-daughter relationships.” – Austin Chronicle Mar 9, 2020 Full Review Extras: Season 1 (2005) 93% EDIT “When it comes to the beleaguered sitcom, Ricky Gervais might have saved it: first with The Office, and now with Extras.” – Austin Chronicle Mar 5, 2020 Full Review Alias: Season 1 (2001) 84% EDIT “It's a treat to see longtime Broadway actor Victor Garber, co-starring as Sydney's aloof father, another SD-6 agent turned double agent. Their estranged relationship is actually poignant, though it sounds idiotic in print.” – Austin Chronicle Feb 26, 2020 Full Review Angels in America: Season 1 (2003) 91% EDIT “The performances are uniformly, unabashedly, be-still-my-heart superb.” – Austin Chronicle Feb 21, 2020 Full Review The Office: Season 1 (2005) 71% EDIT “Gervais' David was unlikable and pathetic... Carell's Michael is all this, except that he inspires the desire to see him decked by a box of paper. And not in a Wile E. Coyote sort of way. Michael Scott is despicable.” – Austin Chronicle Feb 19, 2020 Full Review John From Cincinnati: Season 1 (2007) 58% EDIT “John From Cincinnati has a broody tone that takes some time to digest. Fortunately, performances by an assemblage of engrossing satellite characters keep interest piqued.” – Austin Chronicle Feb 18, 2020 Full Review Deadwood: Season 1 (2004) 85% EDIT “Growing up watching Westerns like Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, The High Chaparral, and Rawhide, I think I can say with authority that Milch has made the old genre new again with this gritty, decidedly unromantic look at how the West was won.” – Austin Chronicle Feb 18, 2020 Full Review Southland: Season 1 (2009) 77% EDIT “Yes, it's another police drama, but this one is surprising, refreshing, and superb.” – Austin Chronicle Feb 14, 2020 Full Review Smallville: Season 1 (2001) 78% EDIT “Fine acting and appealing performers like Tom Welling as the young Clark Kent, Kristin Kreuk as the comely Lana Lang, and a young Lex Luthor played with beady-eyed shiftiness by Michael Rosenbaum, make this appointment television for fans.” – Austin Chronicle Feb 12, 2020 Full Review CSI: Miami: Season 1 (2002) 80% EDIT “The performances of the CSI: Miami cast are more stylish than its predecessor's.” – Austin Chronicle Feb 11, 2020 Full Review The Beast: Season 1 (2001) 30% EDIT “The show is self-indulgent and appallingly one-dimensional.” – Austin Chronicle Feb 11, 2020 Full Review Supernatural: Season 1 (2005) 80% EDIT “What makes Supernatural engaging is that it is a buddy series featuring two young men.” – Austin Chronicle Feb 7, 2020 Full Review Malcolm in the Middle: Season 1 (2000) 100% EDIT “Frankie Muniz is a charmer as the title character.” – Austin Chronicle Feb 3, 2020 Full Review NCIS: Los Angeles: Season 1 (2009) 70% EDIT “I hate procedurals, but something about this series can't help but be cool.” – Austin Chronicle Jan 28, 2020 Full Review Desperate Housewives: Season 1 (2004) 81% EDIT “Borrowing from Twin Peaks, with a nod to Leave It to Beaver on acid, Desperate Housewives is one of the most original dramedies to premiere this fall.” – Austin Chronicle Jan 17, 2020 Full Review Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King: Season 1 (2006) 85% EDIT “This series is pure King in all his mind-bending, sometimes corny, always curious glory.” – Austin Chronicle Jan 17, 2020 Full Review
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