TV REVIEWS
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Series Appetizer: My Life with the Walter Boys
Adapted from the YA novel of the same name by Ali Novak, My Life with the Walter Boys is a paint-by-numbers coming-of-age drama.
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Doctor Who: The Star Beast
Doctor Who is back and better than ever, baby! The sci-fi show celebrated its sixtieth anniversary with a bang on November 25 as the first of three upcoming specials, “The Star Beast”, premiered on the…
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Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Woo boy, are we Godzilla fans living in some good times for Godzilla projects. Not only do we have the Legendary Western Godzilla (along with King Kong) starring MonsterVerse, we have had Netflix animated movies,…
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Series Appetizer: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is a joy to watch, bringing new life to the SP-verse and paying glorious homage to the original movie, while making something entirely its own.
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You Can Now Watch Blue Eye Samurai Episode 6 “All Evil Dreams & Angry Words” in Black & White
To deepen that love for this stunning series, Netflix has released the sixth episode, “All Evil Dreams & Angry Words”, in black and white, which you can watch in full on YouTube.
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Rap Sh!t season 2
Rap music is in a very interesting and, at times, troubling place this year. In a year where core features of the sounds of current rap are heard from other popular American music genres, it’s…
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Blue Eye Samurai
The pages of history are filled with women who posed as men to fight wars, either political or artistic. Not trans men (who also populated history), but women who donned the armor of masculinity that…
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Black Cake
Much like the dessert, Black Cake is many things, blending a murder mystery, a multi-generational drama, a historical thriller, and a tenderly resonant epic.
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Series Appetizer: Life on Our Planet
Steven Spielberg and Morgan Freeman are taking us through the ages of the natural world in Life on Our Planet. Humanity may have only been around for a tiny percentage of the planet, but if…
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Lupin Part 3 (Let’s call it The Third)
Season 2 of Lupin starts with Assane in hiding, separated from his family, and yet still unreformed. Things kick off with a heist and never stop rolling.
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Loki: Season 2 – Julian’s Review
Well, we have our first MCU show to reach a second season – Loki. Other than WandaVision, Loki was a favorite among many, but not much for me. See, for me, Loki season one started…
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LOKI Season 2 – Sherin’s Review
It’s been a while since a Marvel Studios property left me giddy about what’s next.
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Episode Appetizer: Bob’s Burgers – “Fight at the Not Okay Chore-ral” [season 14 premiere]
Ahh, Bob’s Burgers, I’ve missed you so.
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Mrs. Sindhu Investigates: Murder Most Auntie
Anyone who knows me can tell you I am a fan of quaint mysteries. That’s how I find myself in the world of ‘Mrs. Sindhu Investigates’. Welcome to Slough, a town in Berkshire, England. It’s…
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The Continental: From the World of John Wick and the Art of Vengeance
They made The Continental: From the World of John Wick for Peacock. Now, I get to play their dealer and tell you whether or not this new event series is a win.
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Episode Appetizer: Wilderness – “Happily Ever After”
Wilderness opens with Taylor Swift’s sinfully iconic “Look What You Made Me Do”, setting the tone for what this series wants to be.
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The Other Black Girl
Spinning easily from horror to comedy, to satire, to thriller with “I know that’s right” writing, if you’re not engaged by The Other Black Girl you must be on melatonin.
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The Changeling
Apollo is a rare book dealer. He meets Emma, a librarian, and pursues her relentlessly. They get married and have a son named Brian, a boy who may not be who he seems.
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Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
Adventure Time might be one of the most landmark animated series in the history of cartoons. It was a shifting moment in culture along with Regular Show that marked a whole new period in Cartoon…
