WHAT’S HOT ON HOTCHKA RIGHT NOW

Riverdale took a brief break from its overarching Season 5 storyline -- in a way, although one important plot point drives this episode -- by giving us the Hiram Lodge backstory we didn't know we wanted. Since his introduction into ...
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The latest episode of What If...? ponders a relatively simple question -- what if T’Challa (who originally became the Black Panther) became ‘Star-Lord’ instead of Peter Quill? Of course, the specific difference here is due to a mistake by the ...
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As the Summer movie season begins to wind down, there are fewer blockbusters and other movies of note being released this week, but there are still quite a few that deserve attention. This week gave us the first feature film ...
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The glamorous Mae West stars as a 'kept' woman who flees to Alaska and the Gold Rush of the 1890s in Klondike Annie. After the beautiful Rose Carlton (West) escapes from the clutches of the wealthy and possessive Chan Lo ...
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Mid-August is truly the Summer doldrums for the TV landscape and this week's three new shows across two different decades are all the cheapest shows to produce -- reality series. One was a clip show with a guy who was ...
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Are we over the death of Anders yet? It's only been a week for us, but two weeks in Carrington time. I suppose we shouldn't have been too surprised by his death since the original series Anders died in the ...
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And here we are, the finale of Schmigadoon!. I really was worried that there was no way they'd be able to tie up all the loose threads from the previous five episodes in just 27 minutes ... but they did.As ...
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The latest episode of Ted Lasso is called 'Carol of the Belles' and I know I’m missing some reference aside from the obvious name of the song. But the episode was mainly about seeding a few little things, ignoring a ...
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Well, it looks like the romance is over and Liz and Diane are back to feuding again. And this time it wasn't really Diane's fault. Julius is desperate to start his own firm and he knows just the man to ...
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The show Star Trek: Lower Decks returns with the episode ‘Strange Energies’, and naturally, it’s all about the classic strange energies that cause problems in every Star Trek show. But the actual storyline is about two parallel ideas, miscommunication and ...
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Wow, it's been four months since the last episode of Riverdale aired, but the story picks up pretty much right where we left off with the town under siege by Hiram's 'escaped' prisoners. And we also learn that the governor ...
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The idea of a multiverse or 'alternate universe' take on comic book tales is hardly anything new. It’s the sort of story that’s been utilized for many decades even if just as one-off ‘gag’ issues in the 60s. Marvel simply ...
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