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TV by the Decade :: Nov 25•Dec 1
Depending on the decade, this week was either pre- or post-Thanksgiving in the US, and unlike the modern method of putting most of the new series on ice for the holiday, this was an unusually busy week for the TV ...
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Creed II is a predictable if supremely crowd pleasing sequel
Ryan Coogler’s sequel to the many Rocky movies was a surprise in a lot of ways, and it was considered a vital, fresh new way to approach the creaky boxing series. The story and direction had a new style, and ...
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TV by the Decade :: November 18•24
A slow November week for TV premieres, but of the three series that premiered this week through the decades, two of them are still going strong!1958No new series premiered this week in 1958.1968No new series premiered this week ...
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Swedish film Border asks: Who is the real monster here?
The mysterious land of Scandinavia is an odd one. Filled with Norse myths, dwarves, gruffs, trolls, and very white people. It is a dark and cold place, but there can be beauty in the silence. I was a folklore obsessed ...
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Teen Titans GO! To the Movies, but is it worth the trip?
I'm kind of new to this whole Teen Titans thing. I've never read any of the comics, I've never seen the TV series and I'm only now getting familiar with the characters through the DC Universe series Titans -- which ...
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Grey’s Anatomy :: Blowin’ in the Wind
Legit lost count of how many mega-disasters have hit Grey+Sloan over the last 15 seasons but we haven't had a wind storm yet, so why not!? And did we seriously not fix the generators from the end of Season 9 ...
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The Coven vs the Anti-Christ on the AHS Apocalypse season finale
I was very concerned about the season finale of American Horror Story: Apocalypse after the previous episode because there was so much ground to cover to get from where they were to where the season first started -- with the ...
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TV by the Decade :: November 11•17
Another slow week for TV premieres as Fall is turning to winter and we roll toward the holiday season. There's not a whole lot to write home about this week but there is one series that will be celebrating its ...
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Riverdale does The Breakfast Club
It seems that this season's major storyline / mystery on Riverdale is going to focus on the Gryphons & Gargoyles game and how those who played it in the past are trying to prevent their own kids from playing it ...
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Dynasty :: It’s all in the cards
Dynasty returned to some form of coherent storytelling this week but sort of wasted the great Harriet Sansom Harris, seen just recently as a member of the Church of Satan on American Horror Story, as a psychic brought to Atlanta ...
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Overlord is gleefully bloody
It's not often you walk into a movie with absolutely no idea what you're getting into, but Overlord was one of those movies, for me at least. I knew it was a war movie with some horror elements but not ...
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A nice Grinch makes for a bland movie
It's been 61 years since the classic children's book How the Grinch Stole Christmas was first released, and 52 years since the classic holiday TV special was first broadcast. And it's still aired every holiday season. Eighteen years ago, a ...
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