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Saturday, September 19, 2020

Bleak New World

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 Scott Gold 0 Comments Raised by Wolves, Ridley Scott

‘Raised By Wolves’ gives us space travel, monsters, androids, and a grim sci-fi pioneer story that you won’t want to miss

Netflix TELEVISION

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

Actors CREATORS FILM TELEVISION

All the Stars Who’ve Had COVID-19

September 11, 2020September 16, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments Adam Schlesinger, Alyssa Milano, Anna Camp, Bryan Cranston, Chris Cuomo, COVID-19, Idris Elba, John Prine, Michael Rooker, Nick Cordero, Rita Wilson, Robert Pattinson, The Rock, Tom Hanks, Tony Shalhoub

From the tragic to the absurd

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Diana Rigg, Style Icon

September 10, 2020September 17, 2020 Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell 0 Comments

The Dame had a look like no other

FILM TELEVISION

Gen-X Never Dies

September 7, 2020September 16, 2020 Neal Pollack 4 Comments Brian Austin Green Mark-Paul Gosselar, Cobra Kai, Friends, Jason Priestley, Jennie Garth, Johnny Lawrence, Mario Lopez, Maverick, Ralph Macchio, The Breakfast Club, The Karate Kid, Tom Cruise, Tori Spelling, William Zabka

Cobra Kai, Bill & Ted, Top Gun, and the third-greatest generation’s endlessly expanding universe of nostalgia

TELEVISION

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

DOCUMENTARY Gaming TELEVISION

‘High Score’ Plays it Safe

August 27, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments

Fun Netflix docuseries about video-game history underplays the dark side of the industry

CREATORS TELEVISION

‘Ren & Stimpy’ to Return, Minus the Perversion

August 27, 2020September 10, 2020 Rachel Llewellyn 0 Comments Beavis & Butthead, Billy West, Clone High, Comedy Central, John Kricfalusi, Ren & Stimpy, Robin Byrd

Creator’s proclivities for underage girls clouds reboot

TELEVISION

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

TELEVISION

‘I May Destroy You’ Shows Us Everything

August 24, 2020August 25, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Adele, Harriet Webb, I May Destroy You, Michaela Coel, Paapa Essiedu, Seth Rogen, Weruche Opia

On the day of the U.S. finale on HBO, what does Michaela Coel have in store?

Sports TELEVISION

‘Last Chance U’ Scores Again

August 18, 2020August 24, 2020 Jon Hart 0 Comments Dakota Allen, Jason Brown, John Beam, Laney College, Last Chance U, Ronald Ollie

A new school, but the same compelling JUCO football drama

TELEVISION

‘Lovecraft Country’: Not Very Lovecraftian

August 16, 2020August 26, 2020 Michael Washburn 25 Comments Courtney B. Vance, J.J. Abrams, Jonathan Majors, Jordan Peele, Jurnee Smollett, Lovecraft Country, Michael Kenneth Williams, Misha Green, S.T. Joshi

HBO’s exciting and scary new series seems to miss the point of Lovecraft’s work

Sports TELEVISION

Don’t Call It a Restart

August 13, 2020August 16, 2020 Daniel Cohen 0 Comments Breonna Taylor, Charles Barkley, Damian Lillard, Devin Booker, Ernie Johnson, Gregg Popovich, Inside the NBA, Kenny Smith, LeBron James, NBA, Phoenix Suns, Shaquille O'Neal, TJ Warren

The NBA Bubble has been tremendously compelling television

TELEVISION

It’s Time To Play the Music

August 12, 2020August 16, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Bret McKenzie, Danny Trejo, Harry Belafonte, Jason Segel, John Mulaney, Lizzo, Louise Fletcher, Muppets Now, Peter Sellers, RuPaul, Taylor Swift, Zero Mostel

‘Muppets Now’ is missing the best thing about the Muppets–the songs. Here are some classic clips.

FILM TELEVISION

The Old and the Distanced

August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments $100, 000 Pyramid, Avatar, BET, Card Sharks, Days of Our Lives, Friends, General Hospital, HBO Max, Host, Jeopardy!, Leslie Jones, Riverdale, Shudder, Sistas, Supermarket Sweep, Supernatural, The Bold and the Beautiful, The Flash, The Young and the Restless, Tyler Perry, Untitled Horror Movie, Wheel of Fortune

Coronavirus hasn’t stopped everything: What is and isn’t in production right now

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