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Hostiles is a Western of sadness & moral complexity with shaky underpinnings
I remember seeing Unforgiven in theaters, because it was the first R-rated film I was permitted to see. I went with my old friend from Virginia, who taught me about video games, Magic cards, and let me stay up late ...
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Young Frankenstein is alive, ALIVE at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
I've been reviewing the shows at Toby's Dinner Theatre for a year now, and while the shows are always of the highest quality, the subject matter of the majority of them often comes with more drama than the lightheartedness one ...
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Grey’s Anatomy :: Personal Jesus
I can’t even properly go on the bender I was about to go on over this being a Kepner-centric episode because bigger than how much Kepner-centric episodes tend to suck, and all the in-your-face-religion-turned-doubt, which was arguably well-done, there was ...
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Dynasty :: All tied up
This week's episode of Dynasty was basically an exercise in wrapping up a storyline and introducing a few crumbs for possible plot twists to come. The story picks up the morning after Fallon's birthday party and she finds herself tied ...
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Riverdale heads down a dark path
We're at the halfway point for Riverdale's second season and the show is really taking a disturbing turn. I mean, the first season was all about the death of Jason Blossom, of course, and while the resolution to that was ...
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Parallel lives intersect on Discovery
At the end of the previous episode of Star Trek: Discovery, we noticed that puzzling smirk on Lorca's face when he saw Emperor Georgiou and now we know why ... and another fan theory has come to fruition, and it ...
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Mom and Dad is a gonzo horror misfire with glimpses of potential
So in the spirit of full disclosure, I am not a horror fan. It’s just not a genre that generally interests me. But horror thrillers can work (like Alien) or similar genre mixes, and I do enjoy the occasional horror ...
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Grey’s Anatomy :: 1-800-799-7233
In a stunning move, and almost certainly for the first time ever, the title of this week’s episode breaks a 14-season running streak and arrives itself as the first episode to not share its name with a song title. As ...
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Dynasty :: All that glitters
When last we saw the Carrington clan on Dynasty, Christmas was anything but merry as Cristal's sister turned up and blew up everything Cristal had been working for, forcing her to reveal to Sammy Joe that she had murdered his ...
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Archie goes undercover in Riverdale
After a holiday break, Riverdale returns as the town tries to get back to normal in the wake of the unmasking of the Black Hood. But things aren't so hunky-dory for everyone, and the episode kicked off with what was ...
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Fuller House is starting to burn out its nostalgic fuel
I’ve finally caught up on some of my holiday-derailed viewing, including the second half of Season 3 of Fuller House on Netflix. In my previous post, I criticized DJ Tanner-Fuller for being a selfish bitch intent upon breaking up Steve’s ...
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Worlds collide on Star Trek: Discovery
So we're stranded for a second week in the Mirror Universe, and "Captain" Burnham finds herself torn between keeping up appearances with her Shinzhou crew and holding true to her real Starfleet morality. That is all put to the test ...
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