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Queen & Slim Review :: Queen & Slim is one of the year’s best acted films
Queen & Slim opened in theaters over the Thanksgiving weekend and it was one of my most anticipated films for the remaining of the year. Ever since seeing Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out, I’ve been excited to see him in ...
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TV by the Decade :: December 1•7
As we head into the holiday season, the modern era of television finds most regular series heading into their 'winter breaks' to make room for holiday specials and to not burn off new episodes of shows when people are unlikely ...
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The Irishman is another crime epic from Martin Scorsese
Three hours and twenty-nine minutes, a large cheese pizza, two energy drinks, and a bag of chips is what it took for me to get through Martin Scorsese’s new film The Irishman on Netflix. Usually I can sit through a ...
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Rick and Morty tries to teach us all the inherent silliness of heists
The latest episode of Rick and Morty is called ‘One Crew Over the Crewcoo's Morty’, but honestly that’s just a lot of silly puns about the word 'crew' because it’s all about heist nonsense. The episode seemingly starts with Rick ...
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The Mandalorian seeks Sanctuary… and better direction
The Mandalorian’s fourth episode 'Sanctuary' almost immediately struck me as feeling different from the previous three. The main thing that stuck out was the whole episode had the feel of a syndicated series from the eighties or nineties. From the ...
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Knives Out is a clever murder mystery
When I was approaching my twelfth year in 1974, the all-star murder mystery based on Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express was released, ushering in a new era of stylish mystery movies with a who's who of actors being ...
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The Illusionists – Magic of the Holidays Tickets Contest :: National Theatre, Washington DC
Ring in the holidays with the mind-blowing spectacular The Illusionists - Magic of the Holidays, showcasing the jaw-dropping talents of the most incredible illusionists on earth. THE ILLUSIONISTS has shattered box office records across the globe and dazzles audiences of ...
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TV by the Decade :: November 24•30
We're in the thick of Thanksgiving week in the US, so there are only a handful of new TV series premieres this week. But there is one show that is celebrating its 30th anniversary on the air this week thanks ...
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Dynasty :: The pie’s the limit
It's Thanksgiving in Atlanta, and Blake Carrington wants nothing more than to have the family together for the annual family portrait and a nice dinner. Well, everyone except Steven who seems to have been erased from everyone's memories at this ...
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Star Wars: The Mandalorian serves up action galore in The Sin
This week’s episode of The Mandalorian, 'The Sin', felt like the start of what the real adventure will be. Starting with Mando following through with his delivery of the child and getting a hefty payday out of it, the glimmer ...
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Grey’s Anatomy :: Let’s all go to the bar
Seriously? Seriously. SERIOUSLY!? Where was this epic 'cliffhanger so bad we'll all be dying for the pick-up on January 23rd?' Because right now the only thing that's dying is hope that this didn't just take a time warp back to the ...
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A Christmas Story brings holiday cheer to Toby’s Dinner & Show Theatre
The film A Christmas Story was a cult hit upon its release just before Thanksgiving 1983 but was only playing in a handful of theaters by the time Christmas arrived. The advent of home video brought the film more attention, ...
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