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American Horror Story :: Female Trouble
So a few weeks ago, American Horror Story: Cult gave us an episode that focused mainly on the Valerie Solanas / SCUM Manifesto story and a mysterious woman named Bebe Babbitt (Frances Conroy) who was the lover of Solanas. She ...
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Discovery serves up a lot of questions
This week's episode of Star Trek: Discovery, "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum," really felt like a classic original series episode in that we finally got an episode with an away team on a new planet ... and not a red ...
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A Bad Moms Christmas brings out the holiday joy
Last year I was dragged to an advance screening of Bad Moms and while I was sure I would enjoy the movie overall, I definitely wasn’t prepared for the crowd that attended. The result was a film that made hundreds ...
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Stranger Things 2 gave me all the feels again in the strangest ways possible
After such a fantastic first season, many wondered if Netflix’s hit show Stranger Things would be able to keep up the momentum for its sophomore season. If you had your doubts, I’m here to put them to rest. The new ...
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Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok is finally the Thor movie we all wanted
I have enjoyed the Marvel superhero movies over the years, but many have noted that the studio seems to be stuck in a rut with their films, following the same template over and over again. To be fair, there have ...
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The Orville gets mired in a dull episode
The Orville of late has really impressed me with its complex writing and witty humor. Seth MacFarlane has balanced a serious tone with comedic moments that have stood out over other shows currently airing on television. I would say that ...
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Grey’s Anatomy :: Sex & Boats
Sometimes I wonder why I’m still watching Grey's Anatomy, other than the not-quite-300-episodes/14 seasons that I’ve already invested, but episodes like tonight’s make it almost all worth it again. We saw the revival of the intern mixer! That’s something that ...
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Novitiate is an intense, focused look at the life of a convent in turmoil
The last movie I saw about nuns was the odd The Little Hours, which was ultimately about struggles with faith and the Catholic Church, despite its absurdity. Maybe that’s why it feels like I’ve seen all this before, despite being ...
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Dynasty :: Who’s screwing who?
On the original Dynasty, Krystle Carrington was pretty much the show's moral center. Even when she had to get down and dirty with her husband's ex-wife Alexis, Krystle was always the beacon of light who everyone could look up to ...
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Terror grips Riverdale
This week's episode of Riverdale had the apt title of "The Town That Dreaded Sundown" (a phrase that Jughead actually says in the episode as well) and the similarity to the 1976 film of the same name is pretty obvious ...
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AHS: Cult :: The Wizard and Oz
I'm surprised by all the vitriol for this season's American Horror Story. I don't know if it's just the whole political storyline that has divided the viewers -- with most of them being in the negative column -- or just ...
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Loretta Young goes from college grad to Big Business Girl
Big Business Girl was released during the pre-code era of Hollywood in 1931. The pre-code era was a time in Hollywood between the introduction of sound pictures in 1929 and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code in 1934 ...
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