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Feud digs deep into Mommie issues
Anyone who knows anything about Joan Crawford is sure to know about the infamous tell all written by her daughter Christina which was made into the notoriously (unintentionally) campy, now cult film Mommie Dearest, from which this episode borrows its ...
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Donald Cried is an introspective indie from a new aspiring auteur
I feel like I see a lot of indie movies about the “man child” or the “prodigal son returning home,” some of which are better, others which are not. I’ve also seen a few that are the “triple threat” origin, ...
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Puzzle pieces finally come together on Time After Time
After a couple of frustrating outings for Time After Time, the show seems to have finally found its footing with the fourth episode "Secrets Stolen." Of course, more questions are raised but they're not as frustrating now that things are ...
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The Good Fight rips from the headlines
The Good Wife found ways to dramatize current events within its storytelling, and The Good Fight is following in those footsteps, particularly as it addresses the world under a Trump administration. The fifth episode of the series, "Stoppable: Requiem for ...
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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast brings the classic tale to life
It's the "tale as old as time" that Disney brought to the big screen in a wondrous animated version back in 1991, scoring the first ever Best Picture Oscar nominee for an animated film (and still the only one to ...
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Bette and Joan’s Feud goes into the gutter
This week's episode of Feud: Bette and Joan speaks volumes to how women are treated in the workplace, in the public eye, and even among private citizens. Hollywood was always a "man's world" in the early days, and while there ...
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Time After Time poses a lot of questions
Time travel stories are extremely tricky to pull off, especially when they're set in the real world in real time. The minute something happens to change the course of an historical timeline, the show immediately becomes a part of an ...
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New suspects emerge in Riverdale
This week's movie inspired title "In a Lonely Place" does mirror the classic film noir plot with a writer being accused of murder. In this case, it's our dear Jughead who has suddenly become prime suspect number one in the ...
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Kong: Skull Island proves the big ape is still king
After the financial success of Godzilla it seemed only natural that Legendary would seek to bring more classic giant monsters to the screen, either in their own movies or in a sequel. Well, that sequel got sidelined when director Gareth ...
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Time After Time brings Jack the Ripper to the present
The 2016-2017 television season has been overrun with shows featuring time travel. Last year, The CW got things started with DC's Legends of Tomorrow (and we have to give special mention to the network's The Flash which also dabbles in ...
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Feud: Bette and Joan offers delicious camp
After hitting it big on FX with American Horror Story and American Crime Story, Ryan Murphy has introduced a new anthology show focusing on famous feuds. Confident in the format, a future season has been planned focusing on Price Charles ...
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The Good Fight :: Eggs, canned peaches and fake news
The latest episode of The Good Fight could have almost been a throwaway episode. Though still very well-written, we didn't get a whole lot of forward movement with the Rindell scandal, a case involving ownership of an embryo seemed to ...
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