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Disney updates its movie release schedule

Everyone was wondering what kind of moves Disney would make once the merger with Fox was completed, and today the studio made a major announcement about its upcoming movie release schedule through ... 2027. The most notable news coming from ...
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May 7, 2019 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: Marvel Studios, Movies, Twentieth Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures / 2 comments

Doom Patrol vs the Bureau of Normalcy

When we last saw our team of reluctant heroes, Vic had been abducted by the Bureau of Normalcy and now they have two people to find and bring back. The search for the Chief was put on the back burner ...
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May 6, 2019 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: Cyborg Patrol, DC Universe, Doom Patrol, Television, TV Commentary, Warner Bros. Television / Leave a comment

TV by the Decade :: May 5•11

It's that time of year when the networks are wrapping up the season or ending a series with finales taking up most of the broadcast schedule. Which means there were very few new shows premiering in the month of May ...
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May 5, 2019 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: Television, The Fashion Show, TV by the Decade, TV Commentary / Leave a comment

Dynasty :: Mama drama

With Mother's Day approaching, it was the mothers who delivered all the drama on this week's Dynasty, and poor Fallon had to deal with both of them. And to make matters worse, there was actually one person connected to both ...
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May 4, 2019 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: another major network, Dynasty, Dynasty Season 2, Television, This Illness of Mine, TV Commentary / Leave a comment

Things are creepier at night in Body at Brighton Rock

Years before I became a teacher, my dream job was to become a park ranger. The job had always fascinated me, and I wanted to be in nature all day long. This was the main reason I checked out Body ...
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May 3, 2019 / by Justin Moore / tags: ★★, Body at Brighton Rock, Brodie Reed, Casey Adams, Emily Althaus, John Getz, Karina Fontes, Magnet Releasing, Martin Spanjers, Matt Peters, Miranda Bailey, Movie Reviews, Movies, Susan Burke, Thriller / Leave a comment

Your eyesight may deceive you in The Twilight Zone

Whenever a movie or television show is set in space, you can expect something to go terribly wrong. May it be an alien invasion on board the space shuttle or the passengers on the spaceship slowly suffering a mental breakdown, ...
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May 3, 2019 / by Justin Moore / tags: CBS all access, DeWanda Wise, Jefferson White, Jessica Williams, Jonathan Whitesell, Karin Konoval, Lucinda Dryzek, Six Degrees of Freedom, Television, The Twilight Zone, TV Commentary, Zabryna Guevara / Leave a comment

The Good Fight :: Kurt saves the day

I'm not sure that the May Sweeps casting stunts apply to streaming TV series, but if they do The Good Fight pulled out all the stops this week with guest stars ranging from Alan Alda and Jane Curtin to John ...
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May 3, 2019 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: Alan Alda, Andrea Anders, CBS all access, Gary Carr, Gary Cole, Jane Curtin, John Cameron Mitchell, Maulik Pancholy, Michael Urie, Mo Rocca, Roger Bart, Television, The Good Fight, The Good Fight Season 3, The One Where Kurt Saves Diane, TV Commentary / Leave a comment

Grey’s Anatomy :: What I Did For Love

Two total seconds of noticing the sisters in the opening sequence in their red, white, and blue tops. Seriously? Seriously. We're not close enough to Memorial Day for that (or was it filmed/shot around Labor Day?). There was a pause last ...
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May 3, 2019 / by Mandy Gunther / tags: ABC, Grey's Anatomy, Grey's Anatomy Season 15, Television, TV Commentary, What I Did For Love / 1 comment