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‘Fallout’ Season 2 Review: Chaotic, Messy Fun

We seem to have entered a season in which video adaptations can no longer be written off as trash before we even watch them. One of the most lauded adaptations has been Amazon’s Fallout, coming back for season 2. Even though I have still not played the game (despite having “New …

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‘Death by Lightning’ Miniseries Review: History is Stranger Than Fiction

“Assassination can be no more guarded against than death by lightning; it is best not to worry about either.” With these words early in his presidency, James Garfield may have sealed his fate. Shot by Charles J. Guiteau and dying six months after taking office in 1881, the United States …

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‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Episode 2 Recap and Review

Content Note: The following contains spoilers for episode 2 of It: Welcome to Derry. The show also deals with child death/harm and mental institutions, so proceed with caution if those are sensitive subjects. The end of episode 1 of It: Welcome to Derry was a significant shocker, with several kids who seemed like …

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‘Marvel Zombies’ Review: A Rushed, Hollow Echo of a Great Idea

The new Disney+ series Marvel Zombies builds on a single episode from season one of What If…?, What If…Zombies?, which first imagined a world where Earth’s Mightiest Heroes had become its greatest threat. Directed by Bryan Andrews and written by Zeb Wells, the four-episode miniseries introduces a new group of …

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‘House of Guinness’ Season 1 Review: A Rip-roaring, Questionably Historical Family Drama

Every episode of House of Guinness, Steven Knight’s newest television creation for Netflix, begins with a disclaimer and promise: “This fiction is inspired by true stories”. While based on many real people and events of 1860s Dublin (and further afield), House of Guinness is first and foremost concerned with being …

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‘Record of Ragnarok’ Season Two Review and Recap

There’s no doubt that manga is becoming one of the most popular art forms in the world. Initially, manga became famous in certain parts of Asia due to its storytelling and brilliant illustrations. Soon, it started to gain popularity in Western countries. The rise of Manga made filmmakers realize that …

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‘Black Rabbit’ Series Review: Jude Law and Jason Bateman As Brothers

We don’t choose our family.  Love them, hate them, they are our families, and we are stuck with them.  Some of us are blessed with living, supportive ones; others not so much, and the rest fall somewhere in between.  Black Rabbit is a story of brothers who fall somewhere in …

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‘Wayward’ Review: Mae Martin Netflix Thriller Fails To Pay Off The Creepy Premise

Comedian Mae Martin’s (Feel Good) first venture into drama is a confused exploration of a dysfunctional town with a mysterious school. What has the potential to be a Lynchian mystery falls flat as it struggles to combine two perspectives. Told through two separate viewpoints, Wayward follows cop Alex Dempsey (Martin) …

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‘Record of Ragnarok’ Season One Review and Recap – A Bold Take on Gods vs Mortals

Throughout the history of mankind, there have been several instances where humans have found themselves facing a lot of peculiar situations. As per mythology, crime and corruption reached levels that even the gods had to come down to the planet to restore balance, and that’s what is about to happen …

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Before The Naked Gun, ‘Police Squad!’ Was on the Case (Review)

The filmmaking trio of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker (better known as Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker or ZAZ) made their mark on cinema early in their careers.  They began with The Kentucky Fried Movie, an anthology film of sketch comedy that did quite well critically and commercially, and …

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Dafne Keen & Saara Chaudry Join the Cast of Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 3

I’ve been a fan of the Percy Jackson series for as long as I can remember. Back when The Lightning Thief hit my school library shelves, I devoured it and every subsequent book, all the way to The Last Olympian in 2009. Greek mythology, science fiction, and fantasy were my …

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‘King of the Hill’ Review: It’s Nice to be Nice

The first episode of Mike Judge’s King of the Hill aired just a week after my first husband and I got married. We were big Judge fans from years of Beavis and Butthead, and we thought that this new show looked interesting. I always loved it and appreciated the way that the Hill family cared about one another. A few years ago, I rewatched the first season and was …

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‘Smoke’ Review: A Messy Mini-Series with Great Performances

Author and writer Dennis Lehane has carved a niche in the crime and thriller genres. His credits include novels such as Live by Night and Gone Baby Gone, as well as screenplays like 2014’s underrated film The Drop. Lehane has even dipped his toe into television work with series such …

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‘Murderbot’ Season 1, Episode 10 Review & Recap: The Perimeter

Upon the news that Murderbot has been renewed for a second series, we can all breathe more easily. This first series is the demonstration of how the Pinocchio became a real boy, or in this case, a genderless sentient construct that, without its armor, looks like an augmented human. But …

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