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Swarm
TELEVISION 

‘Swarm’ Falls Apart

March 23, 2023March 22, 2023 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Beyoncé, Dominique Fishback, Donald Glover, Janine Nabers, Swarm

Sharp, bloody satire of music fandom flies off the rails at the end

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The Last of Us
TELEVISION 

At Long Last

January 17, 2023January 23, 2023 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Anna Torv, Bella Ramsey, Chernobyl, Craig Malin, Pedro Pascal, Station Eleven, The Last of Us

With The Last of Us, HBO leapfrogs all the usual video-game adaptation pitfalls

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Fleishman
TELEVISION 

Scenes From The Upper-Class Struggle

December 8, 2022December 13, 2022 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Claire Danes, Fleishman Is In Trouble, Jennifer Coolidge, Jesse Eisenberg, Mike White, Taffy Akner, White Lotus

Down here on Earth, we’re struggling to pay the bills, so why are the one-percenters of ‘White Lotus’ and ‘Fleishman Is In Trouble’ so compelling?

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Holy Spider
FILM 

‘Spider’ Bite

October 27, 2022October 31, 2022 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Ali Abassi, Holy Spider, Iran, Zar Amir Ebrahimi

Iran-set serial-killer drama ‘Holy Spider’ transcends its procedural premise and gets under your skin

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Los Espookys
TELEVISION 

Less Espooky

October 17, 2022October 19, 2022 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Ana Fabrega, Fred Armisen, Julio Torres, Los Espookys

Season Two of HBO’s Spanish-language supernatural comedy is more restrained, to its detriment

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Decision To Leave
FILM 

A Really Good ‘Decision’

October 14, 2022October 17, 2022 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Decision To Leave, Go Kyung-Pyo, Jeong Min Park, Jung Yi-seo, Park Chan-Wook, Park Hae-il, Tang Wei

Park Chan-wook’s dazzling new movie might be his best and most mature

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Fantastic Fest
FILM 

Still Fantastic

September 30, 2022 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Anya Taylor-Joy, Decision To Leave, Fantastic Fest, Hellraiser, Park Chan-Wook, Ryan Johnson, The Menu, Werewolf By Night

Austin’s genre film fest was back in full with a strong 2022 lineup

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Atlanta
TELEVISION 

‘Atlanta’ Is Back! (Again)

September 28, 2022October 3, 2022 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Atlanta, Brian Tyree Henry, Donald Glover, Hiro Murai, Lakeith Stanfield, Stephen Glover, Zazie Beetz

After a divisive third season, Donald Glover’s FX show runs its victory lap

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Paper Girls
TELEVISION 

What Went Wrong With ‘Paper Girls’?

August 10, 2022August 17, 2022 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Ali Wong, Christopher C. Rogers, Christopher Cantwell, Halt and Catch Fire, Jason Mantzoukas, Nope, Paper Girls, Runaways, Stranger Things, The Sandman, Y: The Last Man

Amazon’s streaming comics adaptation already feels like it’s disappearing

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CREATORS TELEVISION 

What is Nathan Fielder Up To In ‘The Rehearsal’?

July 26, 2022August 24, 2022 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments HBO Max, Nathan Fielder, Nathan For You, The Rehearsal

‘Nathan for You’ creator’s bigger ambitions (and HBO-sized budget) pay off

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Eight Billion Genies
COMICS 

‘Eight Billion Genies’ Can’t Be Wrong

July 1, 2022July 6, 2022 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Amazon Prime, Charles Soule, Eight Billion Genies, Ryan Browne

Amazon has already picked up the bonkers new comic already for a cross-media movie and TV adaptation

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Fortnite
Gaming 

Fortnite meets MLK

September 6, 2021September 9, 2021 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Dr. Martin Luther King, Fornite, March Through Time, MLK, Time Magazine

Learning about civil-rights history from the game that teaches you to “aim for the head”

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Made For Love
TELEVISION 

‘Made For Love’: Made for Television

May 5, 2021May 5, 2021 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Alissa Nutting, Billy Magnussen, Cristin Milioti, Made for Love, Ray Romano

HBO Max’s adaptation of Alissa Nutting’s novel slows the pace and amps up the humanity

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Bad Trip
FILM 

Not Such a ‘Bad Trip’

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Bad Grandpa, Bad Trip, Eric Andre, Jackass, Lil Rel Howery, Tiffany Haddish, White Chicks

Netflix’s Eric André prank movie gets the set pieces right

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Looney Tunes
FILM Politics TELEVISION 

Looney Tunes Escapes the Censor’s Axe…So Far

March 30, 2021April 1, 2021 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Charles Blow, Dr. Seuss, Gabriel Iglesias, Looney Tunes, Pepe LePew, Speedy Gonzales, Tim Soret, Wile E. Coyote

Well, except for Pepe LePew

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Oe Warned Us

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Japan’s second Nobel laureate, who died earlier this month, would not let his nation forget the dehumanization of war

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