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Saturday, March 6, 2021

Ethan Hawke

CREATORS FICTION Writers

‘A Bright Ray of Darkness,’ Ethan Hawke’s Pretentious, Whiny Autofiction

February 5, 2021February 11, 2021 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments A Bright Ray of Darkness, Ethan Hawke, Henry IV

OJ’s ‘If I Did It’ for the pseudo-intellectual set

Run Hide Fight

‘Run Hide Fight’: Not Very Conservative

February 1, 2021February 5, 2021 Paula Shaffer 1 Comment Ben Shapiro, Isabel May, Run Hide Fight, The Daily Wire

Political controversy aside, ‘The Daily Wire Movie’ is an effective, schlocky school-shooting thriller

Lego Star Wars Holiday Special

End My Life Day, Please

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Carrie Fisher, Darth Vader, Harrison Ford, Kylo Ren, Lego Star Wars Holiday Special, Mark Hamill, Rey Skywalker, Star Wars, Star Wars Holiday Special

‘The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special’ is just as much a disaster as the original Star Wars Holiday Special

Masked Singer

Escape From Reality

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Clare Crawley, Dancing With the Stars, The Bachelorette, The Masked Singer

New seasons of ‘The Masked Singer,’ ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ and ‘The Bachelorette’ give us contests that we know will end

Lucifer

The Devil Made Me Watch It

September 1, 2020September 1, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Jerry Bruckheimer, Lucifer, Neil Gaiman, Tom Ellis

‘Lucifer’ continues to be glorious white-hot trash

Umbrella Academy

Too Cool For School

August 25, 2020August 26, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Doom Patrol, Ellen Page, Gerard Way, Jared Padalecki, My Chemical Romance, Supernatural, Umbrella Academy, X-Men

‘The Umbrella Academy’ Season 2 finds our heroes chilling in the 60s

Netflix TELEVISION

Saying Yes to Stupid

July 22, 2020July 24, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Cannonball, Don't, Floor is Lava, Game On, Game shows, Television, Ultimate Tag

Summer TV game shows are here to distract our tired brains

Warrior Nun

Netflix TELEVISION

Nun Shall Pass

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Warrior Nun

‘Warrior Nun’ on Netflix takes itself a little too seriously

RuPaul

Actors CREATORS TELEVISION

Will RuPaul Save Us All?

June 2, 2020June 1, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments AJ and the Queen, RuPaul, RuPaul's Drag Race, RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars

Or is the reign up for our longest-standing queen?

COVID-19

The Crap I Watched While Sick with COVID-19

May 21, 2020May 26, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Alex Guarnaschelliaschelli, Brady Bunch, Clinton Kelly, Food Network, Gilmore Girls, Spring Baking Championship, Supermarket Stakeout, The Masked Singer

The virus not only affects your sense of smell, it affects your cultural taste

Never Have I Ever

Netflix TELEVISION

‘Never Have I Ever’ Flips the Teen-Sex Comedy Script

May 13, 2020May 15, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Andy Samberg, John McEnroe, Lang Fisher, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Mindy Kaling, Never Have I Ever

Mindy Kaling celebrates horny girl power

Book series

Book Series for the Housebound Citizen

March 30, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Brandon Sanderson, Chief Inspector Gamache, Crazy Rich Asians, Elizabeth Chadwick, Jim Butcher, Kevin Kwan, Louise Penny, Mistborn, The Dresden Files, The Greatest Knight

Lose yourself in a vast fictional world for a while

Virgin River

Netflix TELEVISION

‘Virgin River’: a Relaxing, Warm TV Bath

March 4, 2020December 2, 2020 Paula Shaffer 1 Comment Alexandra Breckinridge, Annette O'Toole, Martin Henderson, Netflix, Robyn Carr, Tim Matheson, Virgin River

Good old traditional down-home programming

Netflix TELEVISION

Alexa & Katie, BFFs

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Alexa & Katie, Dan Schneider, Isabel May, John Green, Paris Barely

Despite Laugh Track, Teen Cancer Sitcom Continues to Rise Above the Genre

‘Why We Can’t Sleep’ Can’t Convince

January 15, 2020January 17, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Ada Calhoun, Enjoli, Enjoli commercial, Gen-X, Generation X, Meg Ryan, perimenopause, Sesame Street, Space Shuttle Challenger, Why We Can't Sleep

Ada Calhoun’s Mostly Disappointing Treatise About the Problems Of Gen-X Women

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