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Only two new series premiered during the first week of March, 40 years apart. One was a 13-week failure, while the other went on for multiple seasons with a groundbreaking Emmy Award win for its first season. The series also ...
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There’s certainly an interesting confluence of timings here from the land of Amazon Prime movies, as a few months we got the shaky Being the Ricardos from Aaron Sorkin that dramatized a bunch of key moments in the lives of ...
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Seriously -- we know every week can't be cliff-hangers and crazy shenanigans, but this week's episode -- just felt sort of milquetoast in comparison to all the high-octane crazy we've been living with since just before the pandemic. And while ...
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Time is of the essence on this week's Star Trek: Discovery as the DMA is heading closer to Titan, Ni'Var and Earth with billions of lives as collateral damage of the 10-C's mining operation. With less than two days before ...
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Let's Talk About 'An Alien in New York': Sam Hodges and the real Harry were mixed up in some serious criminal activity, and Sam's threats to go to the police led to an order for Harry to kill him. The town ...
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The first week of March over the last century was an interesting one for film releases. Every decade had at least one new release, but how many of them are notable or memorable is the question. There's no denying, though, ...
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Okay, so Miss Audrey's singing didn't soothe the savage breast of Pike. He wasn't destroying that detonator to try to let bygones be bygones with Layton, he was just destroying the evidence. Pike has no intention of going down without ...
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It's been a long time coming what with a global pandemic and the production itself delayed by viral infections among cast and crew, but The Batman is finally here. Was it worth the wait and how does this fit in ...
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Making the transition from February to March was tough on most of the new series that made their debuts this week across the decades. Six of this week's new series lasted between six and thirteen episodes before they were canned, ...
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In general I have little patience for slasher movies, which often over-utilize jump scares, pretend at depth, and get fairly repetitive. So anything that’s at least trying to be different stands out, even if it doesn’t always work out as ...
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Seriously. SERIOUSLY!? I mean, seriously -- nobody for a hot second thought Owen was going to die -- and it was even cute for a half a hot second that they toyed around with him potentially being paralyzed. (Haven't crossed ...
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For my money, this episode of Star Trek: Discovery was the best of the season so far. And while our intrepid crew still has not made contact with the elusive Species 10-C, the episode did take them, and us, where ...
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