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TV by the Decade :: June 2•8
It's not technically summer yet, but the 'summer doldrums' are creeping on to the networks' schedules where reruns are the order of the day. Occasionally one of the 'Big Three' networks (back in the day when there were only three ...
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Ma Review :: Ma is weird but fun
Octavia Spencer has enjoyed a lengthy career of appearing in Oscar nominated films such as The Help, The Shape of Water, and Hidden Figures. She also has had smaller roles in such films as Halloween II and Bad Santa 2 ...
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The first season of The Twilight Zone ended in the most meta way possible
The first season of The Twilight Zone reboot has come to an end and I couldn’t have been more shocked with how this episode turned out. What I originally thought was going to be an episode about Seth Rogen writing ...
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters is everything you want
A lot can happen in five years. When the first of the new Godzilla movies was released, Hotchka didn't even exist. Instead, I reviewed the movie for the site I previously wrote for, CliqueClack. The review is still available but ...
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Rocketman Soars
There is nothing new in Rocketman. Check every biopic of every movie star, rock star, sports star, literary star, maybe even business & finance and you will find elements of Rocketman. The father who doesn’t show his son any love, ...
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Kissing off Kiss Me, Kate!
Right after Corbin Bleu finished his ‘Bianca’ number in Kiss Me, Kate!, my companion leaned over and, laughing, said over the applause, 'This play is so stupid!' and together we laughed and applauded Mr. Bleu’s wonderful performance.I hadn’t ever thought ...
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Doom Patrol ends in a world of weird
From it's launch fifteen weeks ago, Doom Patrol has proven itself to be one of the finest new shows of the year. I had some concerns about it after the first season of Titans which had a lot of ups ...
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TV by the Decade :: May 26•June 1
The season finales have ended and through most of the earlier decades, summer meant reruns. It wasn't until the advent of cable TV when audiences had more options to choose from that original programming between June and September became a ...
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Brightburn Review :: Brightburn delivers the gore, but lacks a strong story
Brightburn asks the question: What if a being from another planet, like Superman, was evil instead of good? Clark Kent’s classic tale of arriving on Earth, discovering his powers, and helping the world has brought many different interpretations to the ...
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Dynasty Season Finale :: Bodies everywhere
The second season of Dynasty has come to an end, and while it didn't go out in a blaze of glory like the first season, this ender left the fates of almost all the characters hanging in the balance. And ...
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The Blue Scorpion rules all in the latest Twilight Zone episode
Most movies where an object is possessed and haunts an individual or family, that object is either a diary, a car, a ring, a VHS tape, or even a doll. In The Twilight Zone, it can be anything. In a ...
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Aladdin Review :: Aladdin razzle dazzles but needs more magic
Disney has been mining their animated film library to make more money from them with live-action adaptations. This isn't a new phenomenon, of course, because they remade 101 Dalmations back in 1996, long before they really got things rolling with ...
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