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Only those familiar with 80’s music (and the band M) will get that joke. Good review at PopMatters.
HBO’s ‘Conchords’ mixes mirth and music
by Mike Duffy
Detroit Free Press (MCT)
15 June 2007
“Flight of the Conchords” has a goofy cool beat you can really laugh to.
Oh sure, you could also do a dizzy little dance to HBO’s new [...]

Hipster Heaven

The New York Sun gives the series a thumbs up.
HBO Finds Hipster Heaven

Television
By ERICA ORDEN
June 15, 2007
In one of the opening scenes of “Flight of the Conchords,” which makes its premiere Sunday on HBO, buddies Bret and Jemaine, played by New Zealanders Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, approach their friend Dave (Arj Barker) at [...]

A review from the NYTimes

My favorite (so far) review of the HBO series. In my opinion..a must read.
 
The New Zealand Invasion: Digi-Folk Now!

By ALESSANDRA STANLEYPublished: June 15, 2007
It sometimes seems as if there is only one joke, and it’s innocence. From Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton to Jerry Lewis, Will Ferrell and Steve Carell, a comedian is [...]

Variety reviews FoTC series

Read Brian Lowry’s review of HBO’s Flight of the Conchords show below or on the Variety web site.
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Flight of the Conchords (Series — HBO, Sun. June 17, 10:30 p.m.)By BRIAN LOWRYFilmed in New York by Dakota Pictures and Comedy Arts Studio. Executive producers, James Bobin, Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, Troy Miller, Stu Smiley; co-executive [...]

A few lovely bits

Televisionary has a nice review of the HBO series.
Filmmaker Magazine talks to Taika Waititi.
Go see Taika’s 48HOURS disqualified entry: Arab Samurai.
Q & A with Taika and Loren at Premiere.com

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Givin’ you some ’sugar’

Ok, so that’s a terrible headline..please ignore it and let’s move on.. one of my most favorite reads on the internet is from the “sugar” network. My favorites being ‘yumsugar‘ and ‘geeksugar‘, and occasionally ‘buzzsugar’ where i found out that Savage Steve Holland is making a new film! Woo-hoo! What does that have to do [...]

Popwatch watches the pilot

I’m still trying to catch up with all the news that I missed while I was incommunicado so please excuse me if this is way old news. Chris Schonberger from Popwatch Blog wrote a review of the pilot episode for Entertainment Weekly. I think he liked it. Go read it here or below.

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