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Only four new series premiered this week, and all in a single decade: 2011. Of the four, the animated kids series and the reality docuseries had multiple seasons, while the two scripted shows, both on CBS, were cut short at ...
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EPISODE 7The Stand continues its strong storytelling with a crucial episode that starts to bring the battle between good and evil to an end. Up until Episode 6, the series has been a bit rocky with plenty of characters introduced, ...
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This week's Malcolm in the Middle-inspired Halloween-themed episode of WandaVision seems to put to rest the suggestion of Agnes's true identity of Agatha Harkness. And it may also reveal who the show's true villain is ... sort of because there's ...
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The latest episode of Dickinson is called 'I’m Nobody! Who are you?' which is a poem that’s all about questioning attention and fame, being a 'Nobody' ignored instead of a 'Somebody' that’s akin to a frog chirping for no audience ...
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What a difference a week -- and seven years -- makes on Riverdale. Over the past four seasons the series has basically rebooted with a new season-long storyline each year (although The Black Hood was one element that always seemed ...
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When we say something's afoot on the latest episode of Resident Alien, we mean that literally ... someone found a foot in the lake. The news of which instantly makes Harry regret tossing his human counterpart into said lake. But ...
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The latest episode of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist is called 'Zoey’s Extraordinary Reckoning', and I’m not sure what the show was thinking about this insane attempt to talk about race relations in an evenhanded way. I suppose I can respect the ...
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The week including Valentine's Day feels more like Halloween with new films being released that feature a vampire, a homicidal miner, a brilliant cannibal and a snarky alien. Many more notable -- or notorious -- films were also released this ...
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The Snowpiercer needs to keep moving to generate energy, but sometimes an episodic TV series has an episode that brings the storyline to a bit of a slow-down or full stop in order to set up plot points moving forward ...
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There is not a lot to write home about as far as this week's TV premieres go. The FOX network debuted one drama and one comedy that lasted for just 13 episodes, and Matthew Perry created a series for himself ...
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I don't think I've been this completely gobsmacked by an episode of a TV show for quite some time, but WandaVision pulled off one of the truly most amazing final moments that I don't think anyone was expecting. But we'll ...
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You don’t necessarily need a huge budget to tell an interesting story or even to have a unique visual style. A lot of indie movies have a similar low key look, and often they have the same sort of style ...
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