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On New Year’s Day, Netflix released the heist drama Kaleidoscope, a series with some solid names in the cast (Giancarlo Esposito, Rufus Sewell, and Jai Courtney the most famous of the lot) but a show that was designed to catch the zeitgeist thanks to a twist: You could watch the eight-episode season in any order […]
It’s that time of year again. The days are short, the temps are falling (at least here in Chicagoland), and it’s nearly the end of 2022. Which means that it’s time for my annual Top Ten TV Shows list! It was a heck of a year for television. Network comedies roared back into prominence with […]
Wednesday is a coming-of-age supernatural, and comedy-horror series which is all the rage on social media. It is a live-action series created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, with Tim Burton as an executive producer, along with Steve Stark, Andrew Mittman, Kayla Alpert, and others. The series debuted on November 23. Wednesday, unlike many of […]
Matilda the Musical has been a regular fixture on the West End since it premiered in 2011. It has now been adapted into a feature film thanks to Working Title Pictures and TriStar Pictures. Matilda Wormwood (Alisha Weir) is a brilliant, intelligent child who has been ignored by her parents (Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough). Matilda […]
If you were a fan of the original Knives Out film – you know, the surprise smash-hit whodunit from Rian Johnson that dominated at the box office, scored several Oscar nominations, and gave the world a new appreciation for Daniel Craig’s comedic timing – you’ve likely been waiting with bated breath for its sequel, Glass Onion: […]
The past decade has seen a rise in digital media. There has been a rise in streaming services and digital stores, as well as a decline in physical media sales and cinema attendance. This has led to some critics declaring that digital media is the future and that cinemas and physical media have had their […]
Season five of The Crown, the penultimate season of Netflix’s look into the life and times of Queen Elizabeth II (and her family and close associates) was released last week on the streaming service. And while the wait for this season was longer than in the past – thanks to filming delays due to the […]
His House is a British horror film that has been met with critical acclaim, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and earned two BIFA awards. Bol (Sope Dirisu) and Rial (Wunmi Mosaku) are refugees from South Sudan who get asylum in the UK. They are given a house on the outskirts of London, but they struggle […]
Ok, point made, She-Hulk. You already know all the theories people were going to have about your sudden turn into the superhero world after a season nicely ensconced in the legal comedy with a side of superhero hijinks realm. I will fully admit that I laughed out loud when Jen broke the fourth wall to suggest […]
Well, I think we can all agree that there was absolutely no reason either of those episodes of Stranger Things: Season Four, Volume Two needed to be that long. I counted at least three places in episode nine where the episode could have ended and been split into two or even three episodes. And sure, […]