Author: Mia McCullough

Sports 

Return of the Sportsball

June 29, 2020June 30, 2020 Mia McCullough 0 Comments Black Lives Matter, Indianapolis 500, MLB, NBA, NFL, Olympics, Sports, Stanley Cup, The Last Dance, U.S. Open

Are sports fans ever going to get their primary programming outlet back?

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CREATORS TELEVISION 

The Brave New World of TV Production

June 12, 2020June 15, 2020 Mia McCullough 0 Comments Chicago Film Office, COVID-19, Gavin Newsom, New York City, Schitt's Creek, The Great British Baking Show, Tiger King, TV production, Unorthodox, Zoom

Shorter work days, no sex or fight scenes, and COVID-19 compliance officers

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FILM Netflix 

Netflix, We Don’t Need Your ‘Help’

June 8, 2020June 17, 2020 Mia McCullough 0 Comments 13th, Criterion Collection, Just Mercy, Katherine Stockett, Netflix, The Help, Viola Davis, When They See Us

The distressing popularity of the ultimate white savior movie

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DOCUMENTARY FILM Netflix 

‘Crip Camp’ Tells the Story of the Birth of the Disability Rights Movement

May 4, 2020May 8, 2020 Mia McCullough 0 Comments Barack Obama, Camp Jened, Crip Camp, Jim LeBrecht, Michelle Obama, Nicole Newenham

A life-affirming vision of social progress

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CREATORS Theater 

Theatre Needs You: Stream It Now!

April 9, 2020April 10, 2020 Mia McCullough 0 Comments COVID-19, Live streaming, Theater, Theatre

Help save a living art form

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TELEVISION 

‘Better Call Saul’ is Getting Dark at the Wrong Time

March 26, 2020March 30, 2020 Mia McCullough 0 Comments Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk, Breaking Bad, Jonathan Banks, Michael Mando, Rhea Seehorn, Vince Gilligan

Does it have to turn into ‘Breaking Bad’ NOW?

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FILM 

‘The Assistant’, a Harvey Weinstein Horror Movie

February 11, 2020 Mia McCullough 0 Comments Harvey Weinstein, Julia Garner, Kitty Green, Matthew Macfayden, The Assistant

No sugar-coating or slickness here

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FILM 

Kind of a Bomb

December 28, 2019December 28, 2019 Mia McCullough 0 Comments Bombshell, Charlize Theron, Fox News, Gretchen Carlson, John Lithgow, Kate McKinnon, Kevin Dorff, Margot Robbie, Megyn Kelly, Nicole Kidman, Richard Kind, Roger Ailes

Who Exactly is the Audience for ‘Bombshell’?

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FILM 

Elf on the Shelf

November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 Mia McCullough 0 Comments Emilia Clarke, Emma Thompson, Henry Golding, Last Christmas, Paul Feig

‘Last Christmas’: A Holiday Rom-Com Muddle With a George Michael Soundtrack

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FILM 

Harriet Tubman, Action Hero

November 2, 2019 Mia McCullough 0 Comments Cynthia Erivo, Harriet, Kasi Lemmons

A Straight-up American Badass Gets the Film She Deserves

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FILM 

Maleficent is so Fae

October 18, 2019 Mia McCullough 0 Comments Angelina Jolie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Elle Fanning, Jenn Murray, Maleficent, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sam Riley

Mistress of Sequels

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FILM 

Luce Expectations

September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 Mia McCullough 0 Comments Julius Onah, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Luce, Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Tim Roth

Julius Onah’s Drama Works the Gray Areas

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TELEVISION 

Jail Time

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 Mia McCullough 0 Comments Jenji Kohan, Kate Mulgrew, Natasha Lyonne, Orange Is The New Black, Taylor Schilling

A Fitting Farewell Season for the Revolutionary, Unruly ‘Orange Is The New Black’

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TELEVISION 

‘The Change’ Can Do You Good

July 17, 2019July 23, 2019 Mia McCullough 2 Comments All In The Family, Better Things, Dead To Me, FX's Better Things, Linda Cardellini, menopause plot line, Pamela Adlon, Taboo tv topic, That 70s Show, The Curse, The Golden Girls

Why Does TV Keep Misrepresenting Menopause?

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CREATORS TELEVISION 

I Want My OTV

June 13, 2019June 13, 2019 Mia McCullough 0 Comments FOBia, For Better, Open Television, OTV, Shannon Noll, The Femme Queen Chronicles, The Haven

Chicago Non-Profit Tells the Stories that Mainstream TV Doesn’t

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