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2010s in Review: The Best Comedy Specials
Stand-up grew into a major cultural force this decade, thanks to Netflix and its willingness to spend money on many comedians, including some that hadn’t gotten a shot at the big leagues yet. It was boon for the comedians as … Continue reading
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Tagged billy crystal, chris gethard, chris rock, dave chappelle, flight of the conchords, hannah gadsby, hbo, john mulaney, neal brennan, netflix, oh hello, patton oswalt
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Streaming Picks: December 2019
FILMS Top Picks Malcolm X – Netflix 12/1 The Last Black Man in San Francisco – Prime 12/5 Marriage Story – Netflix 12/6 Wild Rose – Hulu 12/16 Malcolm X is an increasingly rare great movie added to Netflix. Spike … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews, Television
Tagged 6 underground, aeronauts, after the raid, alexa and katie, amazon, apache, app, astronomy club, better things, black jesus, bumblebee, burden of truth, carole and tuesday, chosen one, christmas prince, christmas with my father, clifford, cold case hammarskjold, como caido del cielo, confession killer, crash landing on you, day shall come, degenerates, depraved, disastrous life of saiki k, don't fuck with cats, especial de natal porta dos fundos, expanse, family reunion christmas, fast and furious, fast color, fruit basket, fuller house, gift, gintama, glow up, greenleaf, home for christmas, hot gimmick, hulu, inside edge, into the dark, jake whitehall, john mulaney, kevin hart, kid, kill team, killers anonymous, killing eve, la bazar de la charite, last black man in san francisco, last og, light of my life, lol, loro, los briceno, lost in space, magic for humans, magicians, malcolm x, marriage story, marvelous mrs maisel, michelle wolf, mighty magiswords, mix, neighbor, netflix, night hunter, nightflyers, ok ko let's be heroes, orville, outlander, preacher, prime, private practice, push, reprisal, rescue bots academy, ronny chieng, runaways, running with the devil, secret life of pets 2, sherman's showcase, sky is pink, sound of silence, soundtrack, spirit, spy racers, sweetheart, team kaylie, teasing master takagi-san, terrace house, this one's for the ladies, three days of christmas, tiffany haddish, transformers, triad princess, twice upon a time, two popes, ultraviolet, unikitty, v wars, virgin river, wedding year, what men want, wild rose, witcher, wonder park, yanxi palace, you, younger
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What I Watched This Week: 24 Nov 2019
NEW SHOWS The Simpsons – “Thanksgiving of Horror” (B+) More bonkers and scary than the last several years of Halloween specials, this holiday special was a pleasant surprise. Watchmen – “This Extraordinary Being” (A) Radically reinvents the superhero origin in just … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Television
Tagged hbo, modern family, netflix, sebastian maniscalo, silicon valley, simpsons, watchmen
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What I Watched This Week: 17 Nov 2019
NEW SHOWS Watchmen – “Little Fear of Lightning” (A) Tim Blake Nelson gets his chance to shine as this episode’s centerpiece, using exploration of his fears (some founded, some not) to explore the country’s fears after 11/2, showing no one’s … Continue reading
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Tagged better call saul, good place, hbo, it's always sunny in philadelphia, silicon valley, watchmen
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What I Watched This Week: 10 Nov 2019
NEW SHOWS Watchmen – “If You Don’t Like My Story, Write Your Own” (B+) As the season shifts into full procedural mode, it goes from astonishing to merely exceptional. Still, the show has plenty of awe-inspiring WTF moments, including whatever … Continue reading
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Tagged good place, hbo, it's always sunny in philadelphia, silicon valley, watchmen
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What I Watched This Week: 3 Nov 2019
NEW SHOWS Watchmen – “She Was Killed by Space Junk” (A) Jean fucking Smart. That’s it. That’s the entire review. Silicon Valley – “Blood Money” (A-) Gilfoyle finally meets his match in the form of the HR rep who cracks … Continue reading
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Tagged good place, hbo, it's always sunny in philadelphia, silicon valley, watchmen
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What I Watched This Week: 27 Oct 2019
NEW SHOWS Watchmen – “Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship” (A-) The show answers a lot of the questions raised in the first episode, but then raises a whole lot more. “What the fuck,” indeed, Angela. Silicon Valley – “Artificial Lack … Continue reading
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Tagged good place, hbo, it's always sunny in philadelphia, silicon valley, watchmen
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Streaming Picks: November 2019, Part 2
With two new streaming services launching this month, I figured I’d break this preview out into two parts. The first covered the usual services (Netflix, Hulu, Prime) and this post will cover Disney+ and AppleTV+. December will be back to … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews, Television
Tagged 101 dalmatian street, adventures of the gummi bears, amphibia, avengers, avengers assemble, big city greens, big hero 6, bizaardvark, bluey, bonkers, boy meets world, brain games, captain marvel, chip n dale, clone wars, crash and bernstein, darkwing duck, dickinson, dolphin reef, ducktales, dumbo, elena of avalor, elephant queen, emperor's new school, encore, even stevens, evermoor chronicles, family sundays, fantasia, fantasia 2000, fantastic four, for all mankind, forky asks a question, gargoyles, ghostwriter, girl meets world, good luck charlie, goof troop, gravity falls, guardians of the galaxy, hala, handy manny, hannah montana, helpsters, hercules, hero project, high school musical, hulk and the agents of smash, imagineering story, incredible hulk, inhumans, iron man, jake and the never land pirates, jeff goldblum, jessie, jonas, kim possible, lab rats, lady and the tramp, legend of the three caballeros, lego star wars, lilo and stitch, lion guard, little einsteins, little mermaid, lizzie mcguire, malcolm in the middle, mandalorian, marvel, mickey and the roadster racers, mickey mouse, mickey mouse clubhouse, mighty ducks, milo murphy's law, morning show, muppet babies, muppets, my friends tigger and pooh, new adventures of winnie the pooh, noelle, oprah, oprah's book club, phineas and ferb, pixar, pixar in real life, pj masks, puppy dog pals, quack pack, raven's home, recess, replacements, see, servant, silver surfer, simpsons, smart guy, snoopy in space, so weird, sparkshorts, spider-man, spider-man and his amazing friends, spider-man unlimited, spider-woman, spiderman, star wars, star wars rebels, star wars resistance, suite life of zack and cody, suite life on deck, sydney to the max, talespin, tangled, tarzan and jane, that's so raven, timon and pumbaa, tron uprising, ultimate spider-man, vampirina, winnie the pooh, wizards of waverly place, wolverine and the x-men, world according to jeff goldblum, x-men, x-men evolution, xmen
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What I Watched This Week: 20 Oct 2019
NEW SHOWS The Simpsons – “Treehouse of Horror XXX” (B) I actually enjoyed each of the segments, even as I acknowledge this will never be as good as the old days. Put another way: I only rolled my eyes once … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Television
Tagged better call saul, breaking bad, el camino, good place, hbo, it's always sunny in philadelphia, netflix, schitt's creek, simpsons, watchmen
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