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What I Watched This Week: 30 Aug 2020
REWATCHThe Simpsons – Season 5 (A- average)Fewer absolute classics this season, but still in the middle of the show’s prime. “Cape Feare” remains the show’s best Sideshow Bob episode.
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What I Watched This Week: 16 Aug 2020
BINGEING Jonny Quest – Season 1 (B)Only occasionally as fun as I remembered it, and a lot more racist than I remembered it. But when it’s at it’s best, it’s exhilarating, and I was a kid again. The Singing Detective … Continue reading
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What I Watched This Week: 26 Jul 2020
NEW SHOWS Perry Mason – “Chapter Six” (A-) The show’s best episode yet, with dramatic reveals and a new ally. Matthew Rhys and Juliet Rylance continue to be terrific. Muppets Now – “Due Date” (B-) / series premiere Certainly cute, … Continue reading
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What I Watched This Week: 29 Jun 2020
NEW SHOWS Perry Mason – “Chapter Two” (B+) The show snaps into focus in its second episode, which brings in Tatiana Maslany’s mysterious preacher, Chris Chalk’s dutiful beat cop, as well as some gruesome World War I flashbacks. The show … Continue reading
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The Weekender: ‘Thanks’ but no thanks
IN THEATERS: Prisoners (R) Starring Hugh Jackman, Terrence Howard, Jake Gyllenhaal Written by Aaron Guzikowski Directed by Denis Villeneuve This is the first movie of the fall that even looks worth a damn. If it’s on the right side of … Continue reading
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Tagged battle of the year, disney, gwyneth paltrow, hugh jackman, josh holloway, little mermaid, prisoners, salinger, thanks for sharing, trials of muhammad ali
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The Weekender: ‘Sea’ of Love
IN THEATERS: Elysium* (R) Starring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley Written and directed by Neill Blomkamp Though not quite as sharp in its satire as it could have been, and certainly not as daringly original as District 9, this … Continue reading
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Tagged amanda seyfried, blue jasmine, cate blanchett, disney, elysium, jennifer aniston, logan lerman, lovelace, matt damon, millers, percy jackson, planes, post tenebras lux, we're the millers
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