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Author: G.L. Ford

Black Narcissus
TELEVISION 

Sisters on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 G.L. Ford 0 Comments Alessandro Nivola, Black Narcissus, Diana Rigg, Gemma Arterton, Kulvinder Ghir

Nuns go nuts in Nepal in FX’s ‘Black Narcissus’

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Comey Rule
Politics TELEVISION 

The Comey Drool

October 1, 2020October 2, 2020 G.L. Ford 0 Comments Brendon Gleeson, Donald Trump, James Comey, Jeff Daniels, The Comey Rule

Showtime miniseries is more like an anti-Trump Twitter feed than a film

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Away
Netflix TELEVISION 

Down, Down and ‘Away’

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 G.L. Ford 0 Comments Away, Hilary Swank, Josh Charles, Mark Ivanir, Vivian Lu

Netflix show trades the thrill of a Mars expedition for soapy backstory

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Cursed
Netflix TELEVISION 

‘Cursed’ is a Feminist Arthurian Jumble

August 6, 2020August 5, 2020 G.L. Ford 1 Comment Cursed, Excalibur, Frank Miller, Katherine Langford, Tom Wheeler

Netflix show imagines what would have happened if the Lady Of The Lake wielded Excalibur

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Cervantes
CREATORS FICTION Writers 

The Defiling of Miguel de Cervantes

June 22, 2020July 7, 2020 G.L. Ford 26 Comments 1984, Antifa, Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes, Ulysses S. Grant

Vandals in San Francisco desecrate a monument to the creator of the modern novel

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Homecoming
TELEVISION 

‘Homecoming’ Forgets the Reason it Exists

May 29, 2020June 3, 2020 G.L. Ford 0 Comments Chris Cooper, Homecoming, Hong Chau, Janelle Monae, Joan Cusack, Julia Roberts, Stephan James

Janelle Monáe is here, though she doesn’t remember why

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Tales From The Loop
TELEVISION 

‘Tales from the Loop’ Humanizes Sci-Fi

April 29, 2020May 5, 2020 G.L. Ford 0 Comments Abby Ryder Fortson, Ato Essandoh, Devs, Jonathan Pryce, Philip Glass, Rebecca Hall, Tales From The Loop, The Twilight Zone, Westworld

A hopeful vision for a hopeless age

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Tomie dePaola
CREATORS Remembrance 

Tomie dePaola, RIP

March 31, 2020April 2, 2020 G.L. Ford 0 Comments Tomie dePaola

Beloved children’s author dies at 85

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Good place finale
TELEVISION 

The Good Place’s Suicide Solution

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 G.L. Ford 6 Comments David Lynch, Eraserhead, The Atlantic, The Good Place, The Pixies, Vulture

In Heaven, Apparently, Everything is Fine

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CREATORS Remembrance 

Christopher Tolkien, 1924-2020

January 17, 2020January 17, 2020 G.L. Ford 1 Comment C.S. Lewis, Christopher Tolkien, J.R.R Tolkien, Middle-earth, The Inklings, The Lord Of The Rings, The Silmarillion

Keeper of Middle-earth’s Legacy

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TELEVISION 

Axis of Evil

December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 G.L. Ford 1 Comment Alexa Davalos, Rufus Sewell, Stephen Root, The Man In The High Castle

‘The Man In The High Castle’ Outrageously Gives the Holocaust a Happy Ending

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Netflix TELEVISION 

What is ‘The OA’ About, Anyway?

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 G.L. Ford 0 Comments Brit Marling, The OA

Tell Us, O Great Psychic Octopus!

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Featured Stories

Coming 2 America
Featured Stories FILM 

‘Coming 2 America’ is Deeply, Embarrassingly Bad

March 5, 2021March 6, 2021 Sara Stewart 2

Eddie Murphy is the straight man, and that’s the least of its problems

Search Party
Featured Stories TELEVISION 

Where ‘Search Party’ Went To Die

March 5, 2021March 6, 2021 Katie Smith 0
Dr. Seuss
COMICS Featured Stories FICTION Politics 

The Cancellation of Dr. Seuss

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0
Muppet Show
Featured Stories TELEVISION 

Is ‘The Muppet Show’ Racist?

February 24, 2021February 25, 2021 Neal Pollack 4

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