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Friday, May 7, 2021

Shadow & Bone

FICTION Netflix TELEVISION Young Adult

‘Shadow & Bone’: Damsels Who Rescue Themselves

April 28, 2021April 28, 2021 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Leigh Bardugo, Shadow & Bone

Netflix series turns fantasy and young-adult tropes on their heads

The Last Blockbuster

DOCUMENTARY FILM

‘The Last Blockbuster’ Ignores the Fact that Blockbuster Video was Terrible

March 29, 2021April 5, 2021 Paula Shaffer 3 Comments Blockbuster Video, Kevin Smith, Lloyd Kaufman, The Last Blockbuster, Troma Entertainment

It destroyed independent video stores, and censored movies

Eilish

DOCUMENTARY FILM MUSIC

Billie Eilish is a Little Blurry

March 24, 2021March 29, 2021 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Billie Eilish, Madonna, The World's A Little Blurry, Truth or Dare

The documentary of a modern popstar for the people, totally in control

Ginny & Georgia

Netflix TELEVISION

‘Ginny & Georgia’: It’s No ‘Gilmore Girls’

March 18, 2021 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Gilmore Girls, Ginny & Georgia

Every episode runs just under an hour, but each manages to feel like a day

Punky Brewster

‘Holy Macanoli!’

March 10, 2021 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments 30 Rock, Peacock, Punky Brewster, Soleil Moon Frye

The pitifully warmed-over reboot of ‘Punky Brewster’, on Peacock

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 2 Comments 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

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