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    TV Recap: ‘The Morning Show,’ Season 2, Episode 2: It’s Like the Flu

    Episode two of the new season of The Morning Show is a triggering flashback to early last year, just by its title: It’s Like the Flu. Who among us doesn’t know someone who said those words, or even said that line themselves? It was a time of rumblings and uncertainty – the uncertainty certainly remains […] More

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    TV Recap: ‘The Morning Show,’ Season 2, Episode 1: My Least Favorite Year

    The first season of Apple TV+’s The Morning Show was nominated for seven Emmys last year, winning just one for Billy Crudup’s supporting turn. The show, headlined by Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carrell, was positioned to be the streamers big series entry into the streaming wars, but the reception around The Morning Show, […] More

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    TV Review: ‘Impeachment’ is an Engaging, Familiar Case

    Ryan Murphy’s television empire has encompassed a great deal of subjects, from a high school glee club to the murder trial of O.J. Simpson. His American Crime Story anthology series (which began with The People vs. O.J. Simpson, followed by The Assassination of Gianni Versace) aims to put a spotlight on ripped from the tabloid […] More

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    TV Review: ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ Offers Mystery Within Tranquility

    Nicole Kidman continues her business of adapting Liane Moriarty novels with Nine Perfect Strangers, coming off the success of HBO’s Big Little Lies. This time Kidman has brought the material to Hulu in the hopes Big Little Lies fans will follow her to the streamer. Big Little Lies was such a hit, capturing audiences week-to-week […] More

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    Film Review: ‘Gully’ Strands Talented Young Cast on the Streets of L.A.

    Gully is the worst type of bad movie: Aimless, shapeless, ugly, and gratuitous. The movie has an idea of what kind of story it wants to tell and does almost nothing with it and takes on tricky subject matter without much commitment. It’s a shame given the rising talent involved, especially in front of the […] More

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    Film Review: ‘Profile’ Takes On the Dark Corners of the Web

    Director Timur Bekmambetov uses the increasingly popular gimmick of setting his new movie Profile as if we are looking at the protagonist’s computer screen the entire time. This style of filmmaking seemed to be made popular by the effective horror movie Unfriended (from Bekmambetov) and was used well with 2018’s John Cho-led Searching (Bekmambetov also […] More

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    Film Review: Andrew Garfield is (Perfectly) Obnoxious in ‘Mainstream’

    Gia Coppola’s sophomore feature Mainstream had its premiere at 2020’s Venice Film Festival (a rare festival, which took place in person last year), before making the rounds to a few international festivals. It was met with mostly negative reactions, sitting in the mid-30s on Rotten Tomatoes, before making a limited theatrical run and VOD debut […] More

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    Film Review: ‘Boogie’ Dribbles in Familiar Territory

    Boogie is the feature debut for writer-director Eddie Huang, who previously worked on the show Fresh Off the Boat. His first film plays like one of those debuts that are perfectly harmless and a solid-enough calling card, without delivering a showstopping movie. The culturally specific story at the heart of Boogie offers some nuance to […] More

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    Film Review: After A lot of Noise, ‘Chaos Walking’ Hits Screens

    Chaos Walking’s chaotic journey to the big screen is finally over. The new dystopian thriller, directed by Doug Liman, was shot in 2017, but required reshoots, which caused release delays. Typically, though sometimes undeservedly, that’s a sign of trouble. It was finally set to release, but the pandemic caused the movie – like most others […] More

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