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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

‘A Teacher’: An Afterschool Special For The Age of Prestige TV

November 17, 2020November 18, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments A Teacher, Afterschool Special, Hannah Fidell, Kate Mara, Nick Robinson, Scott Baio

A subtle and disturbing drama of teacher-student sexual abuse

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Good Grief

November 17, 2020November 18, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Apple TV, Charlie Brown, HBO Max, Jurassic Park

Charlie Brown’s move to Apple TV+ is like getting a football pulled out from under you

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Baby Yoda, Genocidal Monster

November 13, 2020November 17, 2020 Scott Gold 0 Comments Baby Yoda, eggs, Frog Lady, The Mandalorian

A controversy has erupted after TV’s cutest character ate some frog’s eggs

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Much ‘Undoing’ About Nothing

November 10, 2020 Jake Harris 1 Comment David E. Kelley, Hugh Grant, Jean Hanff Korelitz, Nicole Kidman, The Undoing, You Should Have Known

HBO miniseries is a fine legal potboiler with prestige branding

Remembrance TELEVISION

Alex Trebek, RIP

November 8, 2020November 18, 2020 Neal Pollack 13 Comments Alex Trebek, Jeopardy!

Legendary Jeopardy! quiz host dead at age 80. To the show’s contestants, he meant the world.

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Check, and Mate

November 6, 2020November 20, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Anya Taylor-Joy, Marielle Heller, The Queen's Gambit, Thomas Brodie-Sangster

‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is the best show on TV right now

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On Second Thought, Season Two of ‘The Mandalorian’ is Good

November 5, 2020November 11, 2020 Scott Gold 0 Comments Baby Yoda, Boba Fest, George Lucas, Jon Favreau, Star Wars, The Mandalorian, Timothy Olyphant

The good, the bad, and the ugly space monster

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‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ is the current best of the franchise

November 5, 2020November 8, 2020 Jamie Mason 0 Comments Michael Chabon, Picard, Star Trek, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Lower Decks

It has the humor that ‘Picard’ lacks, and the humanity that ‘Discovery’ never will

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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

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The Manda-Snorian

November 1, 2020November 8, 2020 Rob Kutner 0 Comments Baby Yoda, Battlestar Galactica, Boba Fett, Mandalorian, Mando, Mark Hamill, Star Wars, Tatooine, Timothy Olyphant, Tusken Raiders

‘The Mandalorian’ goes back to Tatooine, of all planets, in a dull season 2 opener

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A Good Old-Fashioned Ghost Story

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Ryan Kallberg 0 Comments Henry Thomas, Mike Flanagan, T'Nia Miller, The Haunting of Bly Manor, The Haunting Of Hill House, Victoria Pedretti

‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ on Netflix

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Totally Insaney

October 19, 2020October 22, 2020 Rachel Llewellyn 0 Comments Animaniacs, Jess Harnell, Maurice Lamarche, Pinky and The Brain, Rob Paulsen, Steven Spielberg, Tress MacNeille

The return of the Animaniacs

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Hearts and Minds

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments Jason Sudeikis, Schitt's Creek, Ted Lasso

Making the pitch for ‘Ted Lasso’ as a surprise feel-good comedy show

FILM TELEVISION

Understuffed

October 13, 2020October 16, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Barbara Hershey, Dennis Quaid, Disney, Jeff Goldblum, Kim Stanley, Pamela Reed, Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, The Right Stuff, Veronica Cartwright

‘The Right Stuff’ TV remake is an embarrassment

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There’s a Place in France

October 9, 2020October 21, 2020 Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell 0 Comments Darren Star, Emily in Paris, Lily Collins, Sex And The City

‘Emily in Paris’ is a ridiculous bonbon for troubled times

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