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Saturday, September 19, 2020

Down, Down and ‘Away’

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 G.L. Ford 0 Comments Away, Hilary Swank, Josh Charles, Mark Ivanir, Vivian Lu

Netflix show trades the thrill of a Mars expedition for soapy backstory

Much Ado About ‘Cuties’

September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments Cuties, Damien Chazelle, Donald Trump, First Man, Josh Hawley, Maïmouna Doucouré, Netflix, Ted Cruz, The Last Temptation of Christ, Tulsi Gabbard

How GOP lawmakers came to target a French film distributed by Netflix

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‘Cursed’ is a Feminist Arthurian Jumble

August 6, 2020August 5, 2020 G.L. Ford 1 Comment Cursed, Excalibur, Frank Miller, Katherine Langford, Tom Wheeler

Netflix show imagines what would have happened if the Lady Of The Lake wielded Excalibur

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‘Ju-On’ is Back With a Vengeance

July 29, 2020 Pablo Gallaga 0 Comments Japanese horror, Ju-On, Netflix, The Grudge

Television Prequel ‘Ju-On: Origins’ Course-Corrects the Franchise

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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

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Bird Box Sequel Takes Off the Blindfold

July 21, 2020July 31, 2020 Philip Fracassi 0 Comments Bird Box, horror, Josh Malerman, Malorie, Netflix

Bestselling writer Josh Malerman discusses his new novel Malorie

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Essential Workers

July 16, 2020July 23, 2020 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Adi Barash, Allan King, Dying at Grace, Frederick Wiseman, Lenox Hill, Near Death, Ruthie Schatz

Lenox Hill, Frederick Wiseman, and Allan King document the medical profession

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Nun Shall Pass

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

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

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In ‘The Order,’ College is Magic

July 9, 2020July 8, 2020 Elijah Pollack 0 Comments Harry Potter, Teen Wolf, The Order

A great show to binge-watch unless you’re deathly afraid of werewolves (like my dad)

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Walter Mercado: the Brightest Star

July 8, 2020July 7, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mucho Mucho Amor, Walter Mercado

‘Mucho Mucho Amor’ highlights the fabulous life and not-so-tragic death of the Latin world’s most famous astrologer

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‘The Baby Sitters Club’ Will be Your Best Friends Again

July 7, 2020July 31, 2020 Kristin Clifford 0 Comments Marc Evan Jackson, Rachel Shukert, The Baby Sitters' Club

A modern TV update, but so much is still the same

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The Secrets of ‘Floor is Lava’

July 6, 2020July 8, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Floor is Lava, Wipeout

An interview with the hit game show’s executive producer

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Black Content That’s Not Just About Trauma

July 1, 2020July 3, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments A Black Lady Sketch Show, Ashley Nicole Black, Barack Obama, Eddie Murphy, F. Gary Gray, Gabrielle Dennis, Hollywood Shuffle, Inside Man, Jada Pinkett Smith, Michelle Obama, Omar Epps, Queen Latifah, Quinta Brunson, Robert Townsend, Robin Thede, Set It Off, Southside With You, Spike Lee, Taye Diggs, The Fits, The Watermelon Woman, The Wood, Vivica A. Fox

Sketch comedies, family dramas, surrealist horror, and a couple of heist flicks

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‘Shaun the Sheep’ Will Keep You Safe at Home

June 24, 2020June 25, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Aardman, Chicken Run, Early Man, Nick Park, Shaun the Sheep, Tales From Mossy Bottom, Wallace and Gromit

All the Sheeple should be watching Aardman animation while the world burns

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‘365 Days’: the Weird Polish Soft-Porn Movie Dominating Netflix Right Now

June 17, 2020June 24, 2020 Laura Roberts 0 Comments 365 Days, 365 Dni, 50 Shades Of Grey, Atlantics, Duck Butter

A dark sexual fantasy that ignores the real-life rules

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