Season 2 of ‘The White Lotus’ is Just as Juicy as the First
Another star-studded vacation in heaven (and hell)
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Author: Neal Pollack
Ron Howard Should Not Be In Jail
You don’t like J.D. Vance? Well, it’s not Ron Howard’s fault
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The Writer’s Room is Not Sacred
An elitist TV professional’s false vision of sitcom paradise: How ‘Reboot’ jumped the rail
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War Is Hell, Again
‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’ an effective adaptation of a classic anti-war novel
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Publishing Professionals Issue Orwellian ‘Dissent’ Against Amy Coney Barrett Memoir
One of the most cowardly, wrongheaded, pathetic statements in American literary history
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Triangulation of Sadness
Ruben Östlund’s savage satire of the global leisure class vomits up its cake and eats it too
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Why Was Chelsea Clinton in the Last Scene of ‘Derry Girls’?
Great show, but, let’s face it, that ending was total shite
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The Schlock
‘Black Adam’ wants to have something to say about super-colonialism, but mostly doesn’t
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‘House of the Dragon’ Vs. ‘The Rings of Power’
Two shows not in the same universe, or league
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Amsterdumb
David O. Russell’s snarky but self-serious ‘Amsterdam’ makes an improvised muddle of Depression Era history
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‘Bros’ Didn’t Flop Because of Homophobia
The box office that broke Billy Eichner’s back
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What I Did at Sporclecon
Confessions of a Quad-A trivia player
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A Better ‘Mousetrap’
‘See How They Run’ spoofs on a tired genre
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The Little Mermaid is Black Now
It’s also OK to criticize performances by Black actors
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Turn the Camera Off
‘Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul.’ can’t commit to its satirical mockumentary premise
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