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Birds of Prey packs a punch
After DC Comics' overly dark movie adaptations of its main comic book characters, hopes were high when Suicide Squad was announced because it was sure to be over-the-top fun. Unfortunately the film was a mess, with sloppy editing and even ...
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Grey’s Anatomy :: The Last Supper
What happened this week at Grey-Sloan Memorial? No idea. What about PacNorth? Not a clue. Because we spent the entire episode in a 65-35 split between the shenanigans and nonsense of Catherine and Richard's separation dinner and the heart-breaking (read: ...
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Riverdale Chapter 69 :: Men of Honor
Riverdale closed a few doors this week while opening a new one for Betty to enter, setting up a new mystery that seems like it may finally explain what the flash-forwards to Spring Break have been showing us. But all ...
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1973 TV movie The Girl Most Likely To… looks great on Blu-ray
In 1973, Joan Rivers wrote a film called The Girl Most Likely To… and told the story of Miriam (Stockard Channing), a miserable college student in Southern California who is constantly made fun of for her looks. After attempting to ...
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TV by the Decade :: February 2•8
The first week of February through the decades did not yield much in the way of memorable programming but there are two shows that premiered during this week that were very memorable and had very long runs -- one a ...
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Dynasty :: A Wound That May Never Heal
There was a lot of action on this week's Dynasty but the main focus was on Fallon ... because, of course, why waste the talents of Elizabeth Gillies, who can make even the silliest of plotlines entertaining even when they're ...
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Grey’s Anatomy :: A Hard Pill To Swallow
So no residents - at least we're doing that part of the time-hop right! Parker, Sims, Schmidt, (and by proxy Niko) and Helm are all off this week, recovering from last week's bar trauma. But they're all alive and well ...
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Riverdale :: Quiz Show
This week's movie themed title is obviously an homage to the 1994 film of the same name and on one of those rare occasions, part of the episode actually relates to the subject matter of the movie. Quiz Show was ...
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Dolittle isn’t very good… even if it has Robert Downey Jr. in it
The 'Dolittle' series has seen many different forms throughout the years. In 1967, Rex Harrison starred in Doctor Dolittle, which was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. Several decades later, Eddie Murphy starred in two films, Dr. Dolittle and ...
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TV by the Decade :: Jan 26•Feb 1
The end of January is a virtual television wasteland with just a handful of new shows premiering through the decades and only one of them having a substantial amount of success. One short-lived show has developed a bit of a ...
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Kinky Boots slays at Toby’s Dinner Theatre
In 2005, the UK film Kinky Boots became a cult hit in the US and seven years later a stage musical version of the movie debuted in Chicago and then moved to Broadway on April 4, 2013 with Stark Sands ...
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A Patient Man twists itself to attempt a take on the ambiguous revenge tale
How often has this happened to you? You see a new movie and maybe the idea is interesting, but the lead is a dull, uninteresting white guy? And say, it’s an indie movie too? Why, that should mean the potential ...
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