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Grey’s Anatomy :: Who’s Gonna Win a Harper Avery?

So, Megan’s still hanging around — walking around? Stumbling around? But she can’t be sticking around for much longer — and I think we’re all grateful for that! Meredith gave another epic speech, as she so often does, about what ...
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October 6, 2017 / by Mandy Gunther / tags: ABC, Go Big Or Go Home, Grey's Anatomy, Grey's Anatomy Season 14, Television, TV Commentary / Leave a comment

Phantom sequel Love Never Dies is spectacular and spellbinding

Welcome one. Welcome all! Welcome to the monster’s ball! See it here — beckoning and shimmering! All agleam — glistening and glimmering! Where every fantasy is set free … the sun rising by the sea and showing us the beauty ...
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October 5, 2017 / by Mandy Gunther / tags: Broadway Across America, Love Never Dies, Musical Review, Stage, The Phantom of the Opera, The Really Useful Group, Touring Shows Review / 1 comment

Jeepers Creepers 3 Review :: The Creeper returns to feast once more

14 years ago, we saw the last of The Creeper after he awoke from his 23-year-long slumber to feast. When the first two Jeepers Creepers movies were released, fans patiently waited for a third film that would follow up the ...
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October 4, 2017 / by Justin Moore / tags: ★★, Brandon Smith, Gabrielle Haugh, Gina Philips, Horror, Jeepers Creepers 3, Jonathan Breck, Meg Foster, Movie Reviews, Movies, Mystery, Screen Media Films, Stan Shaw / Leave a comment

AHS: Cult :: If it bleeds, it leads

Wow, okay, this was one messed up episode, probably one of the most brutal, and one that made our heads spin with all the major twists. That and we got a little more of Kai's backstory, the real backstory, that ...
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October 4, 2017 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: American Horror Story, another cable network, Cult, Holes, Television, TV Commentary / Leave a comment

No fury like a woman scorned on Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Brothers

I feel like I may have been a little rough on the first episode of Law & Order: True Crime because of the sometimes bad acting, bad wigs and overall cheap look of the show. And a few people agreed ...
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October 4, 2017 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: Law & Order True Crime, Law & Order True Crime Season 1, NBC, Television, The Menendez Murders, TV Commentary / Leave a comment

Rick and Morty ends with a hidden cliffhanger and not so hidden growth

The latest episode of Rick and Morty, and also the season finale, "The Rickchurian Mortydate", is a trick of a name and a troll of a title. The novel and movie The Manchurian Candidate is the obvious reference, all about ...
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October 3, 2017 / by Jeremy Fogelman / tags: Adult Swim, Rick and Morty, Rick and Morty Season 3, Television, The Rickchurian Mortydate, TV Commentary / Leave a comment

Grey’s Anatomy :: Once More Into The Breach, Seattle Grace

Shonda had to do a two-hour season opener because the first episode of this new season of Grey's Aantomy was rubbish. Though I did like the little throwback to George. That was nice (especially since I'm rewatching the series when ...
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Star Trek: Discovery resets and introduces a mystery

Star Trek: Discovery got off to a good start setting up the premise for the new series and then quickly pulled the rug from under our feet by killing off Captain Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) and sentencing lead character Michael Burnham ...
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October 1, 2017 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: CBS all access, Context is for Kings, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Television, TV Commentary / Leave a comment

Battle of the Sexes brings back the 1970s in style

In 1973, the world tuned in to a television spectacle -- a tennis match. But not any old tennis match, this one was one for the ages, the match that would prove once and for all that men were better ...
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