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THE BEAR SEASON 2 REVIEW Add 1 cup of found fortune, a tablespoon of ambition with a pinch of character motivation. Stir in famous character actor cameos. Be sure to use talented thespian and not major summer blockbuster cameos (see MCU casting clickbait articles for reference). Set tensions to boiling point, really push that powder […]

THE FULL MONTY SERIES REVIEW Back in 1997 a film from across the pond debuted in the states from director Peter Cattaneo and writer Simon Beaufoy about six recently sacked steel workers who come together to perform a male stripper act. A quarter century later FX/Hulu presents The Full Monty: The TV series. Gaz (Robert […]

YELLOWJACKETS SEASON 2 REVIEW BUZZ, BUZZ everybody! After a stellar first season that came outta nowhere, Showtime’s mega smash hit Yellowjackets returns for its much anticipated second season. Following the exploits of a high school girl’s soccer team that crashed in the Canadian wilderness in 1996 to a national tournament and were stranded for nineteen […]

WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS SERIES REVIEW The Watergate scandal back in the early 70s led to the resignation of president Richard Nixon. Are you under 30? You probably recognize that president from Futurama as portrayed by Billy West. Turn off that cartoon and dive into some historical dramatic comedy. The former CIA agent and current author […]

YOU HURT MY FEELINGS MOVIE REVIEW We all fib. We all tell harmless, little white lies to spare the feelings of the people we love. Hell, we even lie to yourselves, just to get through the day. It’s the trivial things, like telling someone you like the meal they made for you or that their […]

GREAT EXPECTATIONS SERIES REVIEW The 1988 film Scrooged is about a TV executive putting on a live TV broadcast of the classic novel, A Christmas Carol. In the beginning rehearsals for this production, the aforementioned executive is confronted by a censor who tells him that the dancer costumes are indecent. In his defense, he replies, “I […]

SUCCESSION SEASON 4 REVIEW Last season on Succession, big bad CO of Waystar RoyCo Logan Roy (Brian Cox) reins supreme and has laid the smack down on his children. If you come after the king, you better be prepared to ravage the land, salt the earth, and drag the bodies of your enemies behind a […]

RABBIT HOLE SERIES REVIEW Did you know that what you put on the internet can be accessed by anyone anytime anywhere? It’s not called the room wide web. It’s the World baby! Paramount + presents Cats vs Dogs creators Glenn Ficarra and John Requa’s new show, Rabbit Hole. This corporate espionage thriller follows John Weir […]

BEEF SERIES REVIEW BEEF is what you get when you can’t just let some petty shit go. You know what I’m talking about… that one time you were dissed in front of your paramour or when your boss (the one that hates your guts), yells at you in front of your peers. Sure, maybe replacing […]

STAR TREK: PICARD SEASON 3 REVIEW After two uneven seasons, the third and final installment of Star Trek: Picard moves the story forward by going back to where it all began — Star Trek: The Next Generation — and everyone’s here! Well, everyone except Tasha and Dr. Pulaski and O’Brien and Guinan and Wesley (although […]

ANNE RICE’S MAYFAIR WITCHES SERIES REVIEW The adaptations of Anne Rice continues in the AMC presentation of Mayfair Witches, the follow up to Interview with the Vampire in Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe. Rowan (Alexandra Daddario) is a neurosurgeon on bereavement after her adoptive mother passes away. In her grieving she will return to New Orleans […]

MAYBE I DO MOVIE REVIEW There comes a time in every cisgendered, white male’s, life where he has to settle down with an equally boring cisgendered, white, woman. At least, in this universe, the woman is expecting a lifelong commitment, but that comes to halt when Allen (Luke Bracey) intercepts the bouquet at a wedding, […]

EXTRAORDINARY SERIES REVIEW Imagine a world where everyone gets a super power on their 18th birthday. Well, almost everyone. From Walt Disney Studios comes Extraordinary, the story of Jen, a snarky, 26 year old slacker, and one of the rare people who doesn’t have a superpower. That’s right, she’s like Mirabel in Encanto, if Mirabel […]

HOUSE PARTY MOVIE REVIEW In 1990, cinema was given a generation defining comedy that brought together hip hop duo Kid ‘n Play and the comedic chops of legends like Robin Harris and John Witherspoon. It was a teen romp about a fez-shaped fade-wearing kid going to a party at his friend’s house. However, after a […]

THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIAL REVIEW Just in time for the holidays, Marvel/DC golden boy James Gunn has gifted us The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special now streaming on Disney+. It’s a loving nod to the corny TV specials of old; including the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special, which will definitely NOT […]

STAR WARS: TALES OF THE JEDI SERIES REVIEW It is often said that no one hates Star Wars more than Star Wars fans. For some, the continued expansion of the franchise will simply never be good enough, because it isn’t what they’ve so deeply ingrained into their consciousness as “correct”. Anything after Return of the Jedi that isn’t the […]

BLACK ADAM MOVIE REVIEW So, from what it sounds like to me, The Rock walked right into WB offices, said, here, I’m Black Adam. Make the movie, and turned around and walked out. That’s my imagining of it anyway. I’ll tell you that DC’s latest super-hero film definitely feels like a bunch of executives scrambling […]

SHE-HULK: ATTORNEY AT LAW SERIES REVIEW After a freak accident, attorney Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) is contaminated by her cousin’s blood which contains lethal levels of gamma radiation. Ordinarily, that would mean death, but when your genetic cousin is Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), the Incredible Hulk himself, that means you get Hulk powers, too. Unfortunately […]

PEARL MOVIE REVIEW After Ti West’s 70s slasher X came out in March of this year, everyone was really surprised to hear he and his star were returning a few months later for the prequel to the film, set decades earlier, and starring Mia Goth as a young version of her elderly matriarch from X. […]

SECRET HEADQUARTERS MOVIE REVIEW If you’ve exhausted your current superhero content after consuming Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, Thor Four the Fourth Thor Love and Thor-der, available She-Hulk episodes, three seasons of The Boys, The Boys: Diabolical, Invincible, DC’s League of Super Pets, The Batman, DragonBall Super: Super Hero, Morbius, Catwoman Hunted, Green Lantern: Fear My […]

I AM GROOT SERIES REVIEW I AM GROOT: I AM GROOT! I AM GROOT? I AM GROOT… I AM GROOT… I AM GROOT. I AM GROOT. I AM GROOT… I AM GROOT, I AM GROOT. I AM GROOT… I AM GROOT! I AM GROOT, I AM GROOT, I AM GROOT, AND I AM GROOT. *TRANSLATION* […]

CARTER MOVIE REVIEW Okay, we’re going to give you the synopsis of the plot, but let’s be clear here. It doesn’t matter. Seriously, “plot” isn’t why anyone would watch this movie. In the midst of a deadly pandemic caused by a virus which makes the infected patients violent and zombie-like, originating from the Korean DMZ […]

EMILY THE CRIMINAL MOVIE REVIEW There are several ways to get out of debt in America. For instance you could get a second or third job, take out a loan or a second loan, or, ya know, start a career in credit card fraud that helps you pay off your $75,000 student loans while forcing […]

PREY MOVIE REVIEW In 1987, cinema was gifted with the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic, Predator, the story of a muscle-bound group of mercenaries who headed to South America and ended up dying one by one at the hands of an extraterrestrial hunter. It was a lightning in a bottle movie that to this day remains one […]

BODIES BODIES BODIES MOVIE REVIEW Bodies Bodies Bodies is a darkly comic thriller about a group of young rich friends who’ve gathered in a remote mansion for a weekend of debauchery and psychologically charged party games. Joining the group is Bee (Maria Bakalova) a working class immigrant and the girlfriend of Sophie (Amandla Stenberg) who’s […]