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Joker is unrelentingly uncomfortable
Joker is the new film by Todd Phillips, previously known for The Hangover, Old School, and War Dogs. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz and Frances Conroy, Joker has managed to stoke controversy across the internet well ahead ...
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American Horror Story 1984 serves up more twists & turns
Previously on American Horror Story: 1984, two killers stalked Camp Redwood, and the mysterious hiker was revealed to be ... a ghost! Mr. Jingles brutally murdered Dr. Hopple, and Margaret used her religious seduction to soothe the savage beast and ...
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Judy brings a legend to life once more
Judy Garland is having quite a renaissance. It’s been fifty years since she died and there were many remembrances, tributes, and celebrations of her life during Gay Pride and World Pride this year. There have been numerous nightclub and cabaret ...
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Preacher :: The Grand Design
And just like that, AMC's Preacher is no more. Four years ago when the series launched, someone else was covering the recaps until it just got a bit too bonkers in Season 2. But I've always appreciated the insanity and ...
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Pennyworth :: God save the Queen
When I first heard that the team behind Gotham was going to produce a new series focusing on the life of a much younger Alfred Pennyworth than we'd seen before, I was curious and concerned that they would not be ...
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TV by the Decade :: Sept 29•Oct 5
The last few days of September leading into the first week of October yielded more new series across the decades, many of them forgotten, but there are still quite a few classics that made their debuts. Let's take a look!1959...
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Grey’s Anatomy :: Nothing Left To Cling To
Sixteen Seasons in and for some strange reason this week's episode - the Season 16 premiere - has sent the world of film and television technology back to the mid 90s when PowerPoint presentations were all the rage and everyone ...
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Mike Birbiglia is back with his latest stellar one man show
You may recall actor and comedian Mike Birbiglia from his minor roles in Trainwreck, Billions, or Orange is the New Black, or perhaps his previous indie movie based on his unusual and dangerous sleep disorder. But although the dude pops ...
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The Bodyguard celebrates Whitney Houston at Toby’s Dinner Theatre
After a successful summer run of crowd-pleasers like Grease and Mamma Mia!, Toby's Dinner Theatre goes a little darker for their Fall presentation of The Bodyguard, based on the hit film that starred Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. I have ...
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Preacher faces a vengeful God
And here it is, the penultimate episode of the Preacher TV series. After this it's kaput. That makes me sad. That's not to say that the show hasn't been all over the place creatively but it's always been entertaining, even ...
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Pennyworth :: Monarchy or anarchy?
I am not ready for the first season of Pennyworth to come to an end, but here we are at the penultimate episode of the first season and it's a doozy, from Alfred getting himself into a world of trouble ...
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TV by the Decade :: September 22•28
The new season continues to roll out with some memorable and not-so memorable shows. This particular week saw many shows that went on to long runs and have become classics, still regarded fondly today. It's a lenghty list but scroll ...
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