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WandaVision
TELEVISION 

‘WandaVision’ Marks the Beginning of the Post-TV Era

January 16, 2021January 21, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Bewitched, Breaking Bad, Debra Jo Rupp, Elizabeth Olson, Fred Melamed, I Love Lucy, Kathryn Hahn, Mad Men, Marvel, MCU, Paul Bettany, The Brady Bunch, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Sopranos, The Wire, WandaVision

A classic superhero show about classic sitcoms

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Locked Down
FILM 

‘Locked Down’: A COVID-era diamond heist flick

January 16, 2021January 18, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Anne Hathaway, Ben Kingsley, Ben Stiller, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Doug Liman, Locked Down, Lucy Boynton, Mindy Kaling, Sexy Beast, Stephen Merchant

Too soon, guys

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The Stand
FICTION TELEVISION 

‘The Stand’ Doesn’t Deliver

January 14, 2021January 19, 2021 Scott Gold 1 Comment Alexander Skarsgard, Gary Sinise, Heather Graham, James Marsden, Jovan Adepo, Molly Ringwald, Odessa Young, Owen Teague, Randall Flagg, Rob Lowe, Stephen King, The Stand, Whoopi Goldberg

‘Don’t Fear the Reaper’ is absent in CBS All Access reboot of Stephen King’s apocalypse saga. So is linear narrative.

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Sally Rooney
CREATORS FICTION Writers 

Literary Twitter Goes Rooney Tunes Over New Sally Rooney Novel Announcement

January 14, 2021January 13, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments Amber Sparks, Beautiful World Where Are You, Brandon Taylor, Elisa Gabbert, Farrar Strauss & Giroux, Hulu, Lorrie Moore, Mitzi Angel, Normal People, Sally Rooney

Buy stock in Kleenex for September 2021

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Orwell
Politics 

The Boys Who Cried Orwell

January 13, 2021January 16, 2021 Neal Pollack 1 Comment 1984, Andrew Sullivan, Animal Farm, Bret Stephens, Christopher Hitchens, George Orwell, Joe Biden, Josh Hawley, Louis Menand, Ron Charles, Sean Spicer, Ted Cruz

Everything is Orwellian, apparently

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ngo
CREATORS NON-FICTION Politics Writers 

Ngo is a No-Go at Powell’s

January 12, 2021January 18, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments Andy Ngo, Portland, Powell's Books, Proud Boys, Sarah Jeong, Unmasked

Portland bookstore pulls anti-Antifa book after protests

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Terminator
Actors FILM 

Arnold Schwarzenegger: The Most Badass Movie Moments

January 12, 2021January 16, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Arnold Schwarzenegger, Batman and Robin, Commando, Conan the Barbarian, Hercules In New York, Kindergarten Cop, Mr. Freeze, Pumping Iron, Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Running Man, Total Recall

Going Commando, kicking ice, and taking names since 1970

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Concrete Rose
FICTION Young Adult 

‘Concrete Rose’: a Compassionate Prequel to ‘The Hate U Give’

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Concrete Rose, The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas’s love letter to Black boys everywhere

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Cobra Kai
TELEVISION 

‘Cobra Kai’ Season 3: What Went Wrong?

January 11, 2021January 25, 2021 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Cobra Kai, Johnny Lawrence, Martin Kove, Ralph Macchio, William Zabka

From ‘The Karate Kid’ to ‘Apocalypse Now’ in two easy steps

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History of Swear Words
adblock TELEVISION 

‘History Of Swear Words’ is Pretty Fucking Good

January 11, 2021January 14, 2021 Jake Harris 0 Comments Christopher D'Elia, History of Swear Words, Kory Stamper, Nick Offerman, Nicolas Cage, Nikki Glaser, Sarah Silverman

Host Nicolas Cage is the shit

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One Night In Miami...
FILM 

Young, Gifted, and Black

January 8, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Aldis Hodge, Cassius Clay, Eli Goree, Jim Brown, Kemp Powers, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Leslie Odom Jr., Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, One Night In Miami, Regina King, Sam Cooke

‘One Night in Miami…’ speculates: What happened when Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown all hung out?

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Hawley
NON-FICTION Politics 

Simon & Schuster De-Platforms Josh Hawley

January 7, 2021January 11, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments Bob Woodward, Donald Trump, James Gunn, John Bolton, Josh Hawley, Mary L. Trump, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Sean Hannity, Simon & Schuster, Tucker Carlson

After supporting Capitol attack, Missouri Senator loses his publisher

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Strangers on a Train
CLASSICS FILM 

‘Strangers on a Train’ Reconsidered

January 7, 2021January 12, 2021 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Alfred Hitchcock, David Foster Wallace, Farley Granger, Patricia Highsmith, Raymond Chandler, Robert Walker, Strangers on a Train, Tracy Austin

Hitchcock’s strange tale of a rich D.C. psychopath

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Midnight Sky
FILM 

‘The Midnight Sky’, George Clooney’s $100 Million Mistake

January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 Elijah Pollack 0 Comments Felicity Jones, George Clooney, The Midnight Sky

Boring in a theater, boring at home

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CREATORS FILM Politics 

An Online Festival Isn’t a Festival

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Austin, Austin City Limits, COVID, festivals, SIFF, SXSW, The New Yorker

Let’s stop pretending they count

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