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Doom Patrol :: Youth Patrol
Doom Patrol yet again proves that it is the most original and creative series on television, and we have to hope that the suits at Warner Bros. Discovery can see this because it has to be an expensive show to ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #127 :: December 28 to January 3
As we end one year and begin another -- this time those years that end in 3 -- it's interesting to note the large number of films released in the years prior to 1993 ... which had no new releases ...
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is the best animated film of the year
The latest DreamWorks Animation film, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, is a continuation of the Shrek franchise. Many fans of the films have been demanding a sequel to the 2011 Puss in Boots film. There were several times that ...
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TV by the Decade :: December 25•31
There were a surprising number of new series making their debuts this week, and even more surprising is that they were all in the first five decades with 2002 and 2012 devoid of anything new, even on cable. Two of ...
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We’re Here :: Florida Part 1
The first of the two-part We're Here Season 3 finale has arrived and it is the most wonderful holiday gift we could have been given. I'm not shy to say I've already called this one of the most important shows ...
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Doom Patrol :: Casey Patrol
Doom Patrol is always a series that surprises, week after week you never really know what bizarro new twist or character will be introduced. This week's episode throws us a real curve ball because, well, there's not a Doom Patrol ...
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery might surpass the original
The fun mystery movie Knives Out came out in 2019 and introduced us to new debonair gentleman detective Benoit Blanc (a pitch perfect Daniel Craig with a melange of an accent). This year we had two attempts at the genre, ...
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The Whale is painful, punishing & powerful
It’s an odd thing, to be a fan of Darren Aronofsky the filmmaker -- to me he stands out by simply trying the audacious more often than most, and somehow frequently pulling it off. Yet even his most accessible movies ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #126 :: December 21•27
With the studios releasing their heaviest hitters ahead of the awards consideration deadline, and the week after Christmas a virtual dead zone, this week across the last nine decades -- there were no releases in 1922 -- is full of ...
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TV by the Decade :: December 18•24
The week before Christmas is probably one of the slowest of the year for new TV series premieres as the networks pump out holiday specials and reruns, knowing the average TV viewer is occupied with other things and the nets ...
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We’re Here :: Sussex, New Jersey
We're Here has been so successful over the last three seasons because of the brilliant casting, from Bob the Drag Queen, Shangela and Eureka O'Hara to all of the 'drag kids' who have participated in the show, allowing the world ...
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Avatar: The Way of Water takes filmmaking to the next level
It's been a long 13 years since we last visited the world of Pandora -- and part of that delay was due to the global pandemic -- and now I'm sure many people are asking themselves was the wait worth ...
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