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What I Watched This Week: 15 Dec 2019
NEW SHOWS Watchmen – “See How They Fly” (A-) / season finale An incredibly satisfying finale that of course can’t answer every possible question we have. Damon Lindelof stuck the landing on one of the best seasons of television ever. … Continue reading
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Tagged hbo, mindhunter, netflix, watchmen
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What I Watched This Week: 8 Dec 2019
NEW SHOWS Watchmen – “A God Walks into Abar” (B+) Corny as hell, and I fell for it hook, line and sinker. Such an embrace of naked sentimentality will probably rub some viewers the wrong way, but it absolutely worked … Continue reading
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Tagged hbo, netflix, seth meyers, silicon valley, watchmen
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Oscar Picks: 13 Dec 2019
We’ve only had the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild announce their nominees so far, and they have a tendency to highlight showier things, which may mean some performances are getting a little more shine than they’ll actually get. But … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews
Tagged 1917, beautiful day in the neighborhood, bombshell, farewell, frozen, harriet, how to train your dragon, hustlers, i lost my body, irishman, jojo rabbit, joker, judy, just mercy, knives out, little women, marriage story, missing link, netflix, once upon a time in hollywood, pain and glory, parasite, rocketman, toy story 4, two popes, us
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2010s in Review: The Best Television Episodes of the Decade
This list may contain spoilers. You’ve been warned. Breaking Bad – “Ozymandias” (Season 5, Episode 14) Director: Rian Johnson One of the most brutal, devastating hours of television ever, with one gut-punch after another. Every actor on the show is … Continue reading
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Tagged breaking bad, community, crown, curb your enthusiasm, friday night lights, good place, hbo, master of none, netflix, newsroom, office, twin peaks, veep
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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
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Tagged hbo, modern family, netflix, sebastian maniscalo, silicon valley, simpsons, watchmen
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Oscar Picks: 13 Nov 2019
The accelerated schedule for the next Academy Awards seems to have caught some studios off-guard. A late start can have more dire consequences than usual, and some awards hopefuls will miss a lot of precursors as they’re tinkering with the … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Music, Oscars, Previews
Tagged 1917, beautiful day in the neighborhood, bombshell, farewell, frozen, harriet, how to train your dragon, hustlers, irishman, jojo rabbit, joker, judy, little women, marriage story, missing link, netflix, once upon a time in hollywood, pain and glory, parasite, toy story 4, two popes, us, waves, weathering with you
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