A review of this week’s Atlanta, “Trini 2 De Bone,” coming up just as soon as I try to climb into the coffin with you… “Trini 2 De Bone” offers another anthological break from Paper Boi’s European tour. Our locale this time is New York, where Miles (Justin Hagan) and …
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A review of this week’s Atlanta, “The Big Payback,” coming up just as soon as I accidentally steal some madeleines… After a couple of stories in a row following Earn and friends on their European escapades, Atlanta heads back home for another anthology-style episode. “The Big Payback” is very much …
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This post contains spoilers for the Euphoria special, which is now available on HBO Max and will be premiering Saturday night on HBO. When last we left Rue Bennett, the heroin-addicted heroine of the high school drama Euphoria, she was grieving the abrupt departure of her girlfriend Jules. Having invested …
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A review of the Watchmen finale, “See How They Fly,” coming up just as soon as I impersonate myself at birthday parties… Near the end of Watchmen the comic, Ozymandias expresses some concern about his actions with the giant squid. “I did the right thing, didn’t I?” he asks Dr. …
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Question: What does your daemon look like? Is it a ferret, a fox, a monkey, a regal snow leopard? In the world of His Dark Materials, the joint BBC-HBO adaptation of Phillip Pullman’s hugely acclaimed young-adult fantasy series, everybody’s got a literal spirit animal — magical creatures called “daemons” that …
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A review of “Panorama,” this week’s The Romanoffs, coming up just as soon as we toast to the phone company… Among the perks of being a big-shot showrunner is the ability to turn a production into an all-expenses-paid vacation to some beautiful destination. All you have to do is come …
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It’s been a while since The Walking Dead delivered an episode as fundamentally entertaining as this week’s installment, titled “Dead or Alive Or.” Yes, the show’s still committed to a bleak and tedious war story for probably the rest of this season; no, it doesn’t seem like these characters are …
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