Category: Television
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Karl Urban, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Chase Crawford, Claudia Doumit, Eric Kripke Interview: The Boys
The Boys are back for season 3 and more extreme than ever (which is hard to do considering the society they’re mirroring is even more unhinged than one would think possible). We chatted quickly with Karl Urban, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Chase Crawford, Claudia Doumit, and head writer Eric Kripke. Listen on Apple Podcasts This…
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Review: Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, Peacemaker, and Cheer Season 2
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania is relentlessly zany and we’re not sure who it’s for. Peacemaker is committed to chaotic absurdity and Cheer Season 2 on Netflix takes place in a much darker world than season 1, but does it retain it’s joy? Listen on Apple Podcasts. More about Hotel Transylvania: Transformania: Drac and the Pack are…
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Review: Cherry and Genera+ion
After watching Cherry perhaps Tom Holland and the Russo Brothers should keep their collaborations to comics only. Also the Youths take center stage in Genera+ion on HBO Max. More about Cherry: “Cherry” follows the wild journey of a disenfranchised young man from Ohio who meets the love of his life, only to risk losing her…
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Summerland, The Umbrella Academy 2
“Summerland” is inconsistent but the love story is refreshing, and “The Umbrella Academy” is back! More about “Summerland” – Alice is a reclusive writer, resigned to a solitary life on the seaside cliffs of Southern England while World War II rages across the channel. When she opens her front door one day to find she’s…
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Review: The High Note, The Vast of Night, and The Great
Streaming reviews this week with “The High Note” “The Vast of Night” and “The Great.” While “The High Note” is a little more middling than a high, it is still a safe feel good movie (that I wish focused more on the career dilemmas it tackled than romance). Tracee Ellis Ross, Dakota Johnson, Ice…
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Review: The Lovebirds, Military Wives, and Have a Good Trip
Streaming mania continues with “The Lovebirds” “Military Wives” and “Have a Good Trip – Adventures in Psychedelics.” “The Lovebirds” starring Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae finds a home on Netflix, and this may have been the best thing to happen to this somewhat uneven but still enjoyable comedy. ”Military Wives” is a story we’ve seen…
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Review: Capone, Upload, and Solar Opposites
Up for review this week are: an incoherent “Capone” biopic, a timely digital concept with “Upload”, and hilariously vulgar aliens in “Solar Opposites.” “Capone” squanders the talents of Tom Hardy with a biopic as incoherent as the subject at the end of his life. Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon, Noel Fisher, Kyle McLachlan, and Jack Lowden…
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Review: True History of the Kelly Gang, Bad Education, and Never Have I Ever
More streaming from home options with “True History of the Kelly Gang” “Bad Education” & “Never Have I Ever!” While “True History of the Kelly Gang” tries to shine a light on Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, it may require a bit too much historical knowledge to resonate with everyone. George MacKay, Charlie Hunnam, Thomasin McKenzie,…
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Review: True History of the Kelly Gang, Bad Education, and Never Have I Ever
More streaming from home options with “True History of the Kelly Gang” “Bad Education” & “Never Have I Ever!” While “True History of the Kelly Gang” tries to shine a light on Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, it may require a bit too much historical knowledge to resonate with everyone. George MacKay, Charlie Hunnam, Thomasin McKenzie,…
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Review: My Spy, Extraction, and The Midnight Gospel
Another week of quarantine so another week of streaming options, lots of unlikely team ups in “My Spy” and “Extraction” and some mindless fun with “The Midnight Gospel” and “Too Hot to Handle” on Netflix. You don’t have to be a government operative to see that not having to pay movie theater prices for “My…