TV Review: ‘Secret Invasion’ Season 1, Episode 1
Right off the bat, Secret Invasion kind of starts in an awkward position. In order to create a twist in
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TV Review: ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Season 3, Episode 2
If it’s not already clear, The Righteous Gemstones is a very weird show. It’s first and foremost a comedy, but
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‘Mr. Inbetween’ — Engaging The Audience Through Subtle Moments
“Show, don’t tell” is an important mantra when it comes to storytelling. As the adage goes, characters need to express
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‘Black Mirror: Joan Is Awful’ Review
After so many seasons and episodes, it would stand to reason that Black Mirror would be running out of meta
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TV Review: ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Season 3, Episode 1
It’s strange that The Righteous Gemstones picks up right as Succession comes to an end, especially given the story’s developments.
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Commentary: The Inevitable Disappointment Of ‘Succession’
Succession has had a very interesting road as a drama. It’s main and most controversial character started the series very
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How ‘Barry’ And ‘Mr. Inbetween’ Wrote Sympathetic Hitmen
A hitman is a difficult character to create a protagonist around. Their profession is based in sin. And it’s not
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‘Ted Lasso’ And Healthy Employer Relationships
Storytelling is all about tension and conflicts. And in society, one of the greatest sources of real life tension often
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‘Superman & Lois’ Season 3, Episode 11 Review
This week’s Superman & Lois took a decidedly unexpected turn. This season has been building towards Bruno Manheim (Chad L
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TV Review: ‘Gotham Knights’ Season 1, Episode 11
Gotham Knights continues to tease its audience by giving it just a taste of what it can do with the
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‘Poker Face’ — A New Kind Of Sherlock Holmes
With Knives Out, Glass Onion, and now Poker Face, Rian Johnson has positioned himself as a lover of the murder
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Commentary: ‘Succession’ Was A Non-Political Show About Politics
Succession wasn’t necessarily a political show. Mainly, it was about business. Since that business was a multimedia international conglomerate
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The Fictionalized Non-Fiction Of ‘Bupkis’
For a long time comedians have been given their own shows where they essentially play themselves. Jerry Seinfeld famously did
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TV Review: ‘Superman & Lois’ Season 3, Episode 10
One of the great things about Superman & Lois is that it starts with many different character arcs and plot
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TV Review: ‘Gotham Knights’ Season 1, Episode 10
It’s hard to judge anything that’s going on in Gotham Knights because the show just moves so slowly that the
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Commentary: How Barry Lost Its Comedy
Now that Barry has concluded, it’s worth going back and looking at the show’s evolution from beginning to end. At
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TV Review: ‘Superman & Lois’ Season 3, Episode 9
After the previous episode’s action packed confrontation, Superman & Lois did a bit of reshuffling to restart the tension. It’s
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‘The Flash’ Series Finale Review
The Flash‘s finale was a long time coming both for the show and the Arrowverse as a whole. Rather than
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TV Review: ‘Gotham Knights’ Season 1, Episode 9
The problem with Gotham Knights is that it comes off as a CW show first and a superhero show second.
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‘Ted Lasso’ The Tragedy Of Nate The Great
When it first premiered, Ted Lasso took the world by storm. It was a touching sports series about positive relationships
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Commentary: Putting ‘Indiana Jones’ In A Historical Context
With the upcoming release of a new Indiana Jones movie, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the question of
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TV Review: ‘The Flash’ Season 9, Episode 12
As The Flash continues it’s final multi-episode story arc, the weaknesses of the show are starting to become more and
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Danny McBride And The Versatility Of Typecasting
Generally speaking, typecasting is viewed as a bad thing. It means an actor is boxed in a corner and only
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Commentary: The Difference Between Good And Entertaining
There’s definitely a difference between a show or movie being good and it being entertaining. Good can more or less
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‘Titans’ Wraps It All Up In Series Finale
After a tremendous amount of buildup, Titans has finally reached its last climax. This episode delivered on many fronts. It
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Commentary: The Power And Problem Of Standup
As a concept, art is extremely interesting because it encompasses so many different things. On the one hand, it’s very
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‘The Flash’ Stalls Again In Season 9, Episode 11
After an episode that breathed a little bit of life into this final season of The Flash, the second part
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‘Superman & Lois’ Season 3, Episode 8 Review
Something is missing from this season of Superman & Lois. That’s not to say that the season is suffering because
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TV Review: ‘Gotham Knights’ Season 1, Episode 9
Gotham Knights is a decent way into its first season, and it’s finally delivered its best episode yet. It accomplished
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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ And Reinventing Classic Characters
Reinventing classic characters — animated ones especially — is extremely important towards the longevity of a franchise. Whether instinctually or
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Commentary: When Is A Sequel Not A Sequel?
The concept of sequels is a debate between storytelling and money making. If movie producers see an avenue for utilizing
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