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Farewell, Kimmy Schmidt

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 Omar Gallaga 1 Comment Carol Kane, Ellie Kemper, Jane Krakowski, Jon Hamm, Kimmy Schmidt, Maya Rudolph, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Titus Andromedon, Titus Burgess

It’s Dead, Dammit!

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Yawning Mantis

January 28, 2019January 27, 2019 Jonpaul Henry Guinn 0 Comments Claire Bouquet, La Mante, The Mantis

Netflix’s Serial-Killer Drama is Pretentious and Camp-Free. Surprise! It’s French.

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‘Sex Education’: an Equal-Opportunity Boner Comedy

January 24, 2019January 24, 2019 Sarah Zucker 0 Comments Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Asa Butterfield, Emma Mackey, Gillian Anderson, Heathers, John Hughes, Ncuti Gatwa, Risky Business, Sex Education

A Fantasyland Where Society is Better, but Sex is Still Weird

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The Goode Vampire

January 22, 2019January 23, 2019 Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell 0 Comments A Discovery Of Witches, Deborah Harkness, Matthew Goode, Teresa Palmer

In ‘A Discovery Of Witches,’ Matthew Goode Makes the Nerd Girls Swoon

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All These Rabbits in ‘Watership Down’ Look The Same

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 Elijah Pollack 1 Comment James McCoy, John Boyega, Nicholas Hoult, Rosamund Like, Watership Down

And They All Have British Accents

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The Absurd Office Culture of ‘Corporate’

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 Mia McCullough 0 Comments Aparna Nancherla, Comedy Central, Corporate, Hampton DeVille, Jake Weisman, Lance Reddick, Matt Ingebretson, Pat Bishop

Season 2 is Just as Hilariously Weird as the First

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Mrs. Maisel Isn’t a Shiksa

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 Mia McCullough 1 Comment Ashkenazi, Felicity Jones, Jewish, Jews, Lee Israel, Melissa McCarthy, Mrs. Maisel, Rachel Brosnahan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Why Do Non-Jewish Actresses Get All The Best Jewish Roles?

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‘True Detective’ Season 3: Alright Alright Alright

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 Jason Avant 0 Comments Mahershala Ali, Matthew McConaughey, Stephen Dorff, True Detective

Time is a Mall Pretzel

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The Wackadoodle Literary Satire Of ‘You’

January 11, 2019January 12, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Caroline Kepnes, David Mitchell, Friends From College, Jonathan Franzen, Lifetime, Paula Fox, Search Party, The Affari, You, Zadie Smith

Tales Of A Bookish Psychopath

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Netflix Has a New Boss

January 10, 2019January 13, 2019 Ross Warner 0 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Springsteen on Broadway

Even For a Superfan, the Springsteen Streaming Special Offers Brilliant Surprises

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Escape From The Accents of ‘Escape At Dannemora’

January 3, 2019January 3, 2019 Daniel Cohen 1 Comment Adirondacks, Ben Stiller, Benicio del Toro, Chateaugay, Escape At Dannemora, Patricia Arquette, Paul Dano

A Show About Upstate New York Made By Summer People

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Little Women At Howard’s End

January 3, 2019January 3, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Agent Carter, Anthony Hopkins, Bob Odenkirk, Christian Bale, Claire Danes, E.M. Forster, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Gabriel Byrne, Greta Gerwig, Hayley Atwell, Helena Bonham Carter, Howard's End, Kenneth Lonergan, Kirsten Dunst, Laura Dern, Little Women, Meryl Streep, Saorise Ronan, Susan Sarandon, Timothée Chalamet, Winona Ryder

The Classics, Endlessly Adapted

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Play, Repeat, Repeat Player One

December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 Omar Gallaga 1 Comment Bandersnatch, Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker

The latest ‘Black Mirror’ puts the ‘Us’ in Möbius

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No One’s Offended by ‘South Park’ Anymore

December 18, 2018December 18, 2018 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Jeff Bezos, Matt Stone, Mr. Hankey, Santa Claus, South Park, Trey Parker, vaping

In An Outraged World, Outrageousness is Futile

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The Five Best Muppet Christmas Movies

December 13, 2018December 12, 2018 Zack Teibloom 0 Comments Christmas, Muppets, Sesame Street

Out Of a Shocking Number Of Choices

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