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Only Murders in the Building
TELEVISION 

Another Murder in the Building

July 7, 2022July 11, 2022 Asher Luberto 0 Comments Amy Schumer, Martin Short, Only Murders In The Building, Selena Gomez, Shirly MacLaine, Steve Martin

‘Only Murders’ only improves for season 2

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Ms. Marvel
TELEVISION 

‘Ms. Marvel’ Represents

July 6, 2022 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Kamala Khan, Ms. Marvel, Partition, Watchmen

From Muslim weddings to Pakistani history, the Marvel show breaks new ground. But why is Karachi actually Bangkok?

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Baymax
TELEVISION 

Why is Baymax Buying Tampons?

July 5, 2022July 14, 2022 William Schwartz 0 Comments Baymax, Big Hero Six, Christopher Rufo, Disney, Doctor Strange, Iman Vellani, Kenobi, Moses Ingram, Ms. Marvel, Turning Red

And what exactly is Disney trying to sell?

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July
TELEVISION 

Everything That’s Streaming in July

July 1, 2022July 8, 2022 Rachel Llewellyn 1 Comment House Party, LeBron James, Nathan Fielder, Paper Girls, Persuasion, Stranger Things, The Gray Man, The Rehearsal, Virgin River, What We Do In The Shadows

From ‘Stranger Things’ to ‘What We Do In The Shadows’

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Irma Vep
TELEVISION 

The Meta-Return of ‘Irma Vep’

June 30, 2022July 4, 2022 Ryan Kallberg 0 Comments Alicia Vikander, Irma Vep, Maggie Cheung, Olivier Assayas, Vincent Lacoste

Olivier Assayas reshoots his 90s arthouse movie about movies into a satirical HBO miniseries about movies

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Tokyo Vice
TELEVISION 

What Arthur Phillips Brings to ‘Tokyo Vice’

June 29, 2022July 5, 2022 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Arthur Phillips, J.T. Rogers, Jake Adelstein, Tokyo Vice

A novelist’s eye helps guide the HBO crime series in the direction of nuance and social realism as it approaches its second season

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HBO Max
TELEVISION 

It’s not HBO Max, It’s TV

June 28, 2022July 1, 2022 William Schwartz 0 Comments Discovery, Fantastic Beasts, Game Of Thrones, HBO Max, House of the Dragon, Space Jame: A New Legacy, Warner Brothers

How to dilute a once-premium brand

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Iron Chef
TELEVISION 

Ironic, Chef

June 17, 2022June 28, 2022 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Alex Guarnaschelli, Alton Brown, Curtis Stone, Dominique Crenn, Iron Chef, Kristen Kish, Marcus Samuelsson, Mark Dascasos, Ming Tsai, Stephanie Izard

‘Iron Chef: Quest For An Iron Legend’ is fun and campy and delicious, but where does it fit into the bloated food TV universe?

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Tehran
TELEVISION 

The Muddled Politics of ‘Tehran’

June 16, 2022June 21, 2022 William Schwartz 1 Comment Apple+, Glenn Close, John le Carré, Tehran

The spy who came in and out of the cold or not or whatever on Apple TV+

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MasterChef
TELEVISION 

Who Will Win MasterChef?

June 15, 2022 Daniel Cohen 0 Comments Aaron Sanchez, Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich, MasterChef, Spago, Wolfgang Puck

We lay the odds on contestants “Back To Win” our favorite middlebrow cooking show

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Stranger Things
TELEVISION 

The Binge-Watching Model is Unsustainable

June 15, 2022June 20, 2022 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments Binge watching, Euphoria, Kate Bush, Netflix, Severance, Stranger Things, The Dropout, The Duffer Brothers

What was once novel is now a discussion killer

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Ms. Marvel
TELEVISION 

‘Ms. Marvel’ or ‘The Boys’: Which Show Should You Watch With Your Kids?

June 9, 2022June 15, 2022 Neal Pollack 3 Comments Iman Vellani, Ms. Marvel, The Boys

Superhero programming on opposite sides of the family-friendly spectrum

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Fire Island
FILM TELEVISION 

It’s Raining Gay Asian Men

June 7, 2022June 9, 2022 Dan Stahl 0 Comments Bowen Yang, Fire Island, Joel Kim Booster, Margaret Cho

‘Fire Island,’ a quippy, queer adaptation of ‘Pride and Prejudice’

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Time-Traveler's Wife
TELEVISION 

Not So Sexy ‘Time’

June 3, 2022 Ryan Kallberg 1 Comment Rose Leslie, Steven Moffat, The Time Traveler's Wife, Theo James

‘The Time Traveler’s Wife,’ a creepy, lurky, very uncomfortable romance

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Conversations With Friends
TELEVISION 

The Latest Sally Rooney Adaptation is a Bust

June 2, 2022June 8, 2022 Katie Smith 0 Comments Bridgerton, Conversations With Friends, Jemima Kirke, Normal People, Sally Rooney

‘Conversations with Friends’ and the conversation around on-screen sex

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Paper Girls
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What Went Wrong With ‘Paper Girls’?

August 10, 2022August 11, 2022 Omar Gallaga 0

Amazon’s streaming comics adaptation already feels like it’s disappearing

‘The Sandman’ Makes The Dreaming Real
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‘The Sandman’ Makes The Dreaming Real

August 9, 2022August 11, 2022 Pablo Gallaga 0
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Wanting More On Those ‘Thirteen Lives’

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Is ‘Lightyear’ Too ‘Woke’?

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