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FILM Netflix 

Spenser’s Grift

March 20, 2020March 22, 2020 Jonpaul Henry Guinn 2 Comments Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg, Robert Urich, Spenser Confidential, Winston Duke

Robert B. Parker wouldn’t recognize the Boston in Spenser Confidential

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FILM 

Great Movies About Lightness During Hard Times

March 19, 2020March 23, 2020 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Charles Bronson, Hard Times, Hope and Glory, Joel McCrea, John Boorman, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Paper Moon, Preston Sturges, Ryan O'Neal, Sullivan's Travels, Tatum O'Neal

Don’t watch Contagion when you’re living it in real time

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DOCUMENTARY FILM MUSIC 

‘Miles Davis: The Birth of Cool’

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 Jenny Parrott 0 Comments

The continual reinvention and resurrection of the jazz legend

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FICTION 

Romance So White

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 Laura Roberts 0 Comments Bethany House, Carina Press, Kensington, Ninestar Press, Ripped Bodice, Romance, Romancelandia, Simon & Schuster, Tule Publishing

An annual report highlights Romancelandia’s continued racial-diversity problems

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FICTION 

Horror Writers Unite to Keep Fans Happy During Pandemic

March 18, 2020March 24, 2020 Philip Fracassi 6 Comments Adam Cesare, Benjamin Percy, Christopher Golden, horror, Jonathan Janz, Laird Barron, Michael Bailey, Michael Patrick Hicks, Paul Michael Anderson, Paul Tremblay, Philip Fracassi, Sarah Pinborough, Tananarive Due, Tim Lebbon

Low-cost chills for a horrifying time

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FILM 

Movie Theaters are Dead. Long Live Movie Theaters!

March 18, 2020March 20, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Alamo Drafthouse, AMC Theaters, ArcLight, COVID-19, Criterion Channel, Disney, Emma, Fast and Furious, Invisible man, Netflix, Regal Cinemas, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Tarkovsky, The Hunt

Filmgoing is done for now. But is it done for?

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TELEVISION 

Five Great Films to Watch for Free on Pluto TV

March 18, 2020March 20, 2020 Ron Hart 3 Comments Billy Crystal, Danny DeVito, David Lynch, Fear of a Black Hat, Francis Ford Coppola, Gene Hackman, John Cazale, John Hurt, Pluto TV, Robert Mitchum, Rusty Cundieff, The Conversation, The Elephant Man, The Friends Of Eddie Coyle, Throw Momma From The Train

Hearkening back to the golden age of channel surfing

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Podcasts Tech YouTube 

Online Yoga Will Get You Through the Crisis

March 17, 2020March 24, 2020 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Elena Brower, Glo, Glo.com, Jason Crandell, Kathryn Budig, Mary Taylor, Richard Freeman, Stephanie Snyder, Tias Little, Tiffany Cruikshank, Yoga, Yoga International, Yoga With Adriene, Yogis Anonymous

Where to turn for strength, flexibility, and peace of mind

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FICTION Young Adult 

Five YA Fantasy Novels to Help Your Kids (and You) Escape Reality

March 17, 2020March 20, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments A Phoenix First Must Burn, Astrid Scholte, Elana K. Arnold, Marie Lu, Melissa de la Cruz, Patrice Caldwell, Red Hood, The Kingdom of Back, The Queen’s Assassin, The Vanishing Deep

But don’t forget to wash your hands

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Netflix TELEVISION 

‘Narcos: Mexico” is the Ultimate War on Drugs Show

March 16, 2020March 18, 2020 Elijah Pollack 1 Comment

Por verdad, es increíble

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DOCUMENTARY FILM 

‘I’m Gonna Make You Love Me’

March 16, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

A man becomes a woman and then a man again

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TELEVISION 

‘Devs’ and ‘Altered Carbon’ Bring Back the Cyberpunk

March 16, 2020March 17, 2020 Scott Gold 0 Comments Altered Carbon, Anthony Mackie, Devs, Joel Kinnaman, Nick Offerman, Takeshi Kovacs

The spirit of the 90s is alive in 2020

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DOCUMENTARY FILM 

The Madness of Del Close

March 15, 2020March 17, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Adam McKay, Bob Odenkirk, Charna Halpern, Del Close, For Madmen Only, Heather Ross, James Urbaniak, Matt Walsh, Tina Fey

Documentary unravels the mystery of the guru of American comedy

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FILM 

The Movies I Would Have Seen at SXSW

March 13, 2020March 17, 2020 Glenda S. McKinney 0 Comments Psycho Goreman, Quilt Fever, Save Yourselves!, SXSW, SXSW Film, Yummy

What happens to an avid festivalgoer’s dream deferred?

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FILM 

‘The Hunt’ Mocks Us All

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Betty Gilpin, Craig Zobel, Damon Lindelof, Hilary Swank, Ike Barinholtz

An appropriate final movie release before the apocalypse

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