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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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When Suicide Squad was released five years ago, it came with high expectations for expanding the DC Comics cinematic universe (or DCEU, the E for 'Extended'), especially with the introduction of Jared Leto's Joker, who was then supposed to feature ...
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The latest episode of Rick and Morty is called 'Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort' which is obviously a reference to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -- here the connection is also obvious, both are involved with memories and ...
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If you were into animation, this would have been your week, with 1991 giving us the very first original animated shows for Nickelodeon, while 2001 gave us a popular animated series that got a revival to conclude the story 12 ...
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Last week's episode was such a busy one full of set-up that it was hard to recap. But payoff is exactly what we got this week and I am reluctant to admit I was wrong about who was in the ...
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The latest episode of Ted Lasso is called ‘Do The Right-est Thing’, which is naturally a reference to both the classic Spike Lee movie Do the Right Thing and the concept of doing the right itself. Similarly the episode lightly ...
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Melissa and Josh are living in two different musicals at this point, making us wonder if they'll ever find true love as both face major roadblocks in their new relationships. Also, there's the introduction of a major new character -- ...
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This week's The Good Fight was a very powerful episode centered around words and the perception we can have of those words. A great choice of topic for a show that relies so heavily on excellently worded scripts. There was ...
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This is the story of Lady Lou (Mae West) -- a bawdy nightclub singer in the 1890s, who spends most of her time tossing witty barbs at the overheated clientele. With her old man locked up in the slammer, Lou ...
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While there were no new movies released this week in 1921, it was still a pretty big week over the next 90 years with some very notable films, many of them award winners. 1931 gave us a notorious pre-Code Barbara ...
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The latest episode of Rick and Morty is called ‘Gotron Jerrysis Rickvangelion’, which is both a reference to the robot children’s cartoon show Gobots and the critically acclaimed anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, which is really more of a subversion of ...
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Screen legends Mae West and Cary Grant star in the sizzling Pre-Code comedy I'm No Angel, about a carnival performer with greater aspirations ... wealthy men! In addition to circus acts, Tira (West) performs some questionable business maneuvers and takes ...
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