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TV by the Decade :: September 9•15
It's week two of our new video feature TV by the Decade, and this week we look back through the decades to the second week of September. It was a good weekend to be a kid in 1968, comedy fans ...
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New on Hotchka :: TV by the Decade
Welcome to our new video feature TV by the Decade where each Sunday evening we'll look back at notable television premieres from the 1950s to the present. As we kick off this new feature in September 2018, we'll take a ...
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Disenchantment isn’t the next Futurama or The Simpsons… yet
It’s no surprise or shock to hear me say that Futurama and The Simpsons are two of my favorite shows of all time. Sure, The Simpsons rapidly went downhill after season 8, to the point that I cannot even recall ...
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Big Brother makes a strong case that Donnie Yen may be able to save the world
Let’s get one thing out of the way: I had a 'kung fu' phase. Yup, college kid, watching all those Jet Li and Jackie Chan movies, some good, some great, some bad, but a lot of them. I say 'kung ...
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Preacher’s Season three finale closes the book on Angelville
Here we are at the end of Season 3 of Preacher, which wrapped up a major season long storyline and introduced a new one in a massive cliffhanger, but the big question is will the show return for a fourth ...
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The Happytime Murders is a mixed felt bag of cliche and often funny dirty jokes
There was this show most people didn’t care for or watch called Greg the Bunny way back in 2002 which I did care for and did watch, which had a short-lived follow-up on MTV called Warren the Ape. I loved ...
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David Tennant fights a Bad Samaritan on home video
When an actor becomes closely associated with a particular role and is beloved by fans who then refuse to separate the actor from the character they play, said actor usually takes on a role that's 180 degrees away from the ...
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Studio 54: The Documentary :: Trailer
For 33 months, from 1978 to 1980, the nightclub Studio 54 was the place to be seen in Manhattan. A haven of hedonism, tolerance, glitz and glamor, Studio was very hard to gain entrance to and impossible to ignore, with ...
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Preacher :: Apocalypse No
In the penultimate episode of the third season of AMC's Preacher, our 'heroes' -- Jesse, Tulip and Cassidy -- all face a critical moment in their lives. The question is will these issues be resolved in the season finale, or ...
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a fun adaptation of the Shakespeare comedy
I think we’re all aware of the adaptations that have been inspired by Shakespeare's works, but he is actually the most credited writer on IMDB with over 1300 credits as a 'co-writer'. I’ve seen a few interpretations of A Midsummer ...
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Crazy Rich Asians elevates the rom-com drama with a touch of real depth
There’s a kind of fiction that’s referred to as aspirational, the sort of world that has surface level problems and more positives than those negatives. Sometimes this is following the kings and queens of politics or business or fashion, getting ...
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Preacher :: Another deal with the Devil
We've said before about how Preacher started off so well in its first season and then things went a bit haywire in season two, jumping the rails and the shark so wildly that our original writer for the recaps gave ...
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