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FILM 

‘Bullet Train’ Is a Punch-Packed Ride

August 6, 2022August 7, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Aaron-Taylor Johnson, Bad Bunny, Brad Pitt, Brian Tyree Henry, Bullet Train, Joey King, Michael Shannon, Sandra Bullock

Glossy thriller crammed with stylish fights, not much else

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Theater 

The Last Supper, Reinvented as a Musical, Shoots for Broadway

August 5, 2022August 10, 2022 Ken Kurson 1 Comment Charlotte d’Amboise, Howard Kagan, Jeff Thomson, Jeremy Desmond, Lorin Latarro, Mark Evans, Megan Kane, Sheryl Kaller, The Last Supper

Timely, entertaining show about divided politics fails to even the score

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FILM 

Warner Axes ‘Batgirl,’ Other HBO Max Movies

August 4, 2022August 5, 2022 Jake Harris 0 Comments Bad Boys For Life, Batgirl, David Zaslav, HBO Max, Jason Kilar, Leslie Grace, Ms. Marvel, Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Discovery

Scoob! sequel and more scrapped amid money woes

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Dirty Pictures
COMICS 

When We Were Zapped

August 3, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments

An interview with Brian Doherty, author of ‘Dirty Pictures,’ an oral history of underground comix

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Gary Snyder
Poetry 

Gary Snyder Joins the Greats

August 2, 2022August 9, 2022 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Daniel Ellsberg, Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, Kenneth Rexroth, Library of America

Library of America honors an influential poet of the San Francisco Renaissance

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The Book Eaters
FICTION 

A Hot, Fun Gothic Mess

August 2, 2022 Dan Friedman 0 Comments Mary Shelley, Sunyi Dean, The Book Eaters, Wuthering Heights

Sunyi Dean’s wild genre mashup, ‘The Book Eaters’

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Book and Film Globe Podcasts 

BFG Podcast #067: ‘The Rehearsal,’ ‘The Bear,’ and ‘Nope’

August 1, 2022August 2, 2022 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jordan Peele, Nathan Fielder, Nope, The Bear, The Rehearsal

Our editor and contribs break down the culture

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August
TELEVISION 

Everything That’s Streaming in August

August 1, 2022August 9, 2022 Rachel Llewellyn 0 Comments A League of Their Own, Andor, Beavis and Butthead, Charlie Cox, Diego Luna, House of the Dragon, I Am Groot, Julia Stiles, Mike Judge, Neil Gaiman, Prey, Reservation Dogs, Ron Howard, She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, Tatiana Maslany, The Sandman, Thirteen Lives, Tim Roth

A ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel, ‘The Sandman,’ She-Hulk, and much more!

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Vengeance
FILM 

That’s Right, He’s Not From Texas

July 29, 2022August 3, 2022 Neal Pollack 1 Comment B.J. Novak, Boyd Holbrook, Issa Rae, J Smith Cameron, Only Murders In The Building, Vengeance

B.J. Novak makes a real name for himself as a director and actor (and writer) with the comedy thriller ‘Vengeance’

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Bromance
FILM 

The Year of the Bromance

July 28, 2022August 1, 2022 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments Bromance, Carey Williams, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Cooper Raiff, Emergency, Glen Powell, Miles Teller, Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, RRR, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Tom Cruise, Top Gun Maverick

Complicated male friendships thrive on film in 2022

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The Bear
TELEVISION 

‘The Bear’ Doesn’t Sugarcoat Chef Life

July 27, 2022August 2, 2022 Daniel Cohen 0 Comments Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

At last, a cooking show that’s actually about reality

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CREATORS TELEVISION 

What is Nathan Fielder Up To In ‘The Rehearsal’?

July 26, 2022August 9, 2022 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments HBO Max, Nathan Fielder, Nathan For You, The Rehearsal

‘Nathan for You’ creator’s bigger ambitions (and HBO-sized budget) pay off

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COMICS 

From Manga to Politics

July 25, 2022 William Schwartz 0 Comments Ken Akamatsu, Love Hina

Writer Ken Akamatsu’s election win offers a peek into Japan’s artistic discourse

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TELEVISION 

Boy Oh FBoy

July 22, 2022 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Fboy Island, HBO Max, Nikki Glaser

HBO Max’s ‘FBoy Island’ is a golden ticket to guilty pleasures

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Netflix TELEVISION 

Evict This ‘Resident Evil’

July 22, 2022July 28, 2022 Ryan Kallberg 0 Comments Ella Balinska, Lance Reddick, Netflix, Resident Evil, Turlough Coventry

Netflix’s rendition of the franchise is a muddled mess

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Uncoupled is SO Gay

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The Long Con of ‘Better Call Saul’

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