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What WandaVision’s Finale Means for the Future of the MCU
Well, after all the weeks of speculation, WandaVision has finally reached its conclusion. What did you think? I had fun. But before we start theorizing about what WandaVision’s final episode means for...
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The Comforting Melancholy of Detectorists
Although it follows the lives of two amateur metal-detector enthusiasts, Detectorists is less about discovering treasure and more about understanding that you’ll likely never find what you’re looking...
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A Bug’s Life: Reliving the Past with District 9
District 9 is not a subtle movie. It’s a sci-fi movie about prejudice and racism that’s set in Johannesburg and includes dialogue like a human saying “I love watching you [aliens] die”; in terms of...
View ArticleNew March TV Is Full of Superheroes and Mind-Blowing Casts
Generation March 11, 2021 (HBO Max) Created and (pilot) directed by Daniel Barnz (Cake, Phoebe in Wonderland); written by Barnz and Zelda Barnz; starring Martha Plimpton, Justice Smith, Nathanya...
View ArticleCelebrate Women’s History Month with 15 Women-Directed Horror Films
Imagine a world where all filmmakers had the same backgrounds, outlooks, and experiences—how drab? Inclusion isn’t just about equality; it’s about the preservation and evolution of horror beyond...
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Ruining Bear Grylls and His Interactive Adventure
I would like to preface this article by saying that I wish Bear Grylls no ill will. Nor do I welcome harm upon the beasts of South Africa. That said, when Netflix released its recent interactive film —...
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Watch an Into the Badlands Marathon for Free with AMC on Plex
Every once in a while, a friend or colleague will recommend a show and you’ll realize that it’s on a network that either isn’t part of your cable lineup, or — if you’re a cord cutter — on a network you...
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Supervillian: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine and the Impact of Social Media
“The world is a game” -Tekashi 6ix9ine SPOILERS for anyone who hasn’t seen all three episodes of Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine. (But even so, if you read through this whole article,...
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Is Marvel Playing It Too Safe with Falcon and the Winter Soldier?
If WandaVision represented Marvel at its boldest stylistically, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is the cinematic universe at its safest. And it really says something about the state of these shows...
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Night Catches Us and Reminds Us How You Can’t Go Home Again
As I watched Night Catches Us, which you can find in Plex’s rich Women Direct hub, one phrase kept coming to mind: You can’t go home again. I admit, right up front, that it is a little odd that a film,...
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Ruining Bear Grylls and His Interactive Adventure
I would like to preface this article by saying that I wish Bear Grylls no ill will. Nor do I welcome harm upon the beasts of South Africa. That said, when Netflix released its recent interactive film —...
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Watch an Into the Badlands Marathon for Free with AMC on Plex
Every once in a while, a friend or colleague will recommend a show and you’ll realize that it’s on a network that either isn’t part of your cable lineup, or — if you’re a cord cutter — on a network you...
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Supervillian: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine and the Impact of Social Media
“The world is a game” -Tekashi 6ix9ine SPOILERS for anyone who hasn’t seen all three episodes of Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine. (But even so, if you read through this whole article,...
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Is Marvel Playing It Too Safe with Falcon and the Winter Soldier?
If WandaVision represented Marvel at its boldest stylistically, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is the cinematic universe at its safest. And it really says something about the state of these shows...
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Night Catches Us and Reminds Us How You Can’t Go Home Again
As I watched Night Catches Us, which you can find in Plex’s rich Women Direct hub, one phrase kept coming to mind: You can’t go home again. I admit, right up front, that it is a little odd that a film,...
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Law & Order: Organized Crime. In Dick Wolf We Trust
(Spoilers for Law & Order: SVU, Season 22, Episode 9, “The Prodigal Son Returns” as well as the pilot episode for Law & Order: Organized Crime, “What Happens in Puglia.”) My wife and I are big...
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The Nevers Is Steampunk X(wo)-men and It’s Fun
The Nevers is good and you should watch it. The premise has always been fairly bite-sized: “an epic science fiction drama about a gang of Victorian women who find themselves with unusual abilities,...
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Staged on Hulu is a Beautiful Unicorn of a Show
If there’s one lasting phenomenon that unifies the people of the developed world coming out of this pandemic it’s zoom fatigue. The nearly omnipresent set of Brady Bunch boxes in which so much of our...
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Mare of Easttown: A Solemn Look at American Life
sonder n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own — populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness — an epic...
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Black Captain America and the Winter Soldier in The Falcon and the Winter...
Here we are. The big finale of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Time to wrap up all the loose ends. Who will be the last Captain America standing? Who is the evil criminal mastermind controlling...
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