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James L. Conway

Author of Supernatural: Season 4

29 Works 639 Members 8 Reviews

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James L. Conway is a Hollywood writer, producer, director and studio executive who also writes novels.

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Works by James L. Conway

Supernatural: Season 4 (2009) — Director — 142 copies
Smallville: The Complete Sixth Season (2007) — Director — 104 copies
Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Complete First Season (1987) — Director; Director — 102 copies
Charmed: Season 1 (1998) — Director — 88 copies
Charmed: Season 3 (2006) — Director — 61 copies
MacGyver: The Complete Third Season [1985 TV series] (1987) — Director — 43 copies
Kindred: The Embraced [Videorecording] (1996) — Director — 36 copies
Dead and Not So Buried (2012) 14 copies
In Cold Blonde (2013) 9 copies
Sexy Babe (2012) 7 copies
Sexy Babe (2012) 3 copies
Word As Bond (2017) — Director — 2 copies
The Boogens (1981) 2 copies
The Writing Room (2016) — Director — 2 copies
TheStory of Noah VHs (1998) 2 copies
The Rattening (2017) — Director — 2 copies
The Losses of Magic (2018) — Director — 2 copies
All that Josh (2018) — Director — 2 copies
Last of the Mohicans [1977 TV movie] — Director — 2 copies
The World in the Walls (2016) — Director — 2 copies
In Search of Noah's Ark [1978 TV movie] (1976) — Director — 1 copy
Charmed: That Old Black Magic (1999) — Director — 1 copy
Hangar 18 1 copy

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Birthdate
1950-10-27
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
New York, New York, USA
Places of residence
Los Angeles, California, USA
Highland Park, Illinois, USA
Education
University of Denver
Occupations
film director
television director
television producer
Relationships
Balding, Rebecca (spouse)
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James L. Conway is a Hollywood writer, producer, director and studio executive who also writes novels.

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For a show from 1998, with a procedural, monster of the week formula, the first season of Charmed holds up surprisingly well. It respects its own continuity, characters and viewer enough to briefly acknowledge the events of earlier episodes whenever it would be strange not to (a simple feat a very sad amount of similar shows ever manage), and the sisters' relationship mostly avoids cliches and farce, becoming something rather genuine and likable to follow.

There are, of course, holes. Most episodes have at least two or three obvious logical issues that if questioned even briefly would make the whole narrative fall apart, and there are larger, structural conveniences that are difficult to swallow (like how the same two homicide detectives are always assigned every single case relevant to the protagonists -- even when the case in question is not a homicide). But that's kind of baked in to this kind of series, and it would be enormously surprising to me not to find such irritations. The fact remains, rewatching this for the first time in two decades, I found myself liking it still, finding fewer flaws and forgiving more of the ones I do see than I expected to. My vague memory of the later seasons (I think I kept up with it until season 4, maybe?) is that it grows weaker, but for now, as low-attention TV, this is watchable and occasionally outright enjoyable, even in 2023.… (more)
 
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Lucky-Loki | 1 other review | Aug 31, 2023 |
A great B-flick from my youth. Hanger 18 is loosely based on the 1947 Rowell incident.
 
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robertbruceferguson | Sep 24, 2021 |
A giant space ship flies around the galaxy, ostensibly exploring but usually running errands.

Popcorn television. There's not much reason to like it. So much is badly done. There's not a single episode without at least one damning flaw. But I just love watching it.

Concept: A
Story: C
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: B
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: C
Acting: D
Music: D

Enjoyment: B

GPA: 2.2/4
½
 
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comfypants | Jan 6, 2016 |
I watched this series a couple of years after had been off the air on TNT, but once I started watching them in order I fell in love with them and I had to own them!
 
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Laura_Jean | 1 other review | Jul 6, 2011 |

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Works
29
Members
639
Popularity
#39,445
Rating
4.0
Reviews
8
ISBNs
35

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