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Grey’s Anatomy :: It’s All Too Much
Despite everyone's hopes being sky-high for the return of a certain Season 14 departure, April Kepner does not make it back to Grey-Sloan or the COVID-Beach or anywhere on this week's episode. The bulk of the episode was spent, as ...
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Riverdale :: Lock & Key
This week's Riverdale put the core four in some interesting situations, and then Cheryl blew everything up. While Archie's been enjoying his fling with Betty, he's still obviously got feelings for Veronica, and doing demolition on her apartment doesn't make ...
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Resident Alien :: End of the World as We Know It
This week's episode of Resident Alien could probably be considered a 'bottle episode' in which the majority of the action is confined to a single space, in this case the crevasse into which Harry, Asta and D'Arcy were swallowed. When ...
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Justice League gets a Zack Snyder redux
It's been a long, strange trip since Justice League was first released in 2017. Some may say Warner Bros. jumped the gun by introducing the group, Avengers-style, before half of them had even been properly introduced in their own stand-alone ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #34 :: March 17•23
This was a huge week for new movie releases with several titles making their debuts each week in every decade over the last 100 years. The list includes classic, both popular and cult, hits and misses, big stars and notable ...
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Snowpiercer :: The Eternal Engineer
We still don't know why Snowpiercer blew past Melanie two episodes back, but by the end of this week's episode we have a pretty good idea. And things aren't looking great for Layton either. Could we see the last of ...
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Pennyworth :: The Rose and Thorn
There are no secrets in London apparently, at least not where Alfred is concerned. The question is, who is blabbing about his business ... or is he just so unaware of his own actions? Right off the bat, he's surprised ...
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TV by the Decade :: March 14•20
Only four new series premiered this week over the last 70 years, but believe it or not a beloved series about a hapless superhero -- with a hit theme song -- made its debut 40 years ago this week. Let's ...
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Grey’s Anatomy :: Helplessly Hoping
Grab the tissues (again) because Grey's isn't done with the emotional torment, and just as dramatic as the winter season finale, the spring season crossover opener packs just as much of a gut-punch.We left off with Meredith being put on ...
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Riverdale :: Fire in the Sky
Riverdale is back after a week off and this week finds very little interaction between the core characters. We do pick up shortly after where the last episode left off with Archie and Jughead trapped inside the Andrews' burning house ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #33 :: March 10•16
This was a huge week for new movie releases with several titles making their debuts each week in every decade over the last 100 years. The list includes classic, both popular and cult, hits and misses, big stars and notable ...
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Resident Alien :: The Green Glow
Resident Alien picks up right where we left off last week as Harry finds himself coming face-to-grille with a car barreling into the pit where his ship is supposed to be. But it's not General Wright (Linda Hamilton), it's Isabelle ...
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