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TV Review: Stranger Things 2.08 “The Mind Flayer”

Posted 9 years ago

EPISODE: 2.08 "The Mind Flayer" SYNOPSIS: An unlikely hero steps forward when a deadly development puts the Hawkins Lab on lockdown, trapping Will and several others inside. REVIEW: After the momentum killer that was "The Lost Sister", Stranger Things picks right up where it left off with...

Paul Thomas Anderson on working with Daniel Day-Lewis for Phantom Thread

Posted 9 years ago

A Paul Thomas Anderson film is always something to look forward to, but when you throw Daniel Day-Lewis into the mix for what may very well be his final acting role, then you've certainly got my attention. PHANTOM THREAD stars...

The Room biopic The Disaster Artist releases new trailer!

Posted 9 years ago

Like most bad-movie lovers, I am very well-versed in THE ROOM. There are many things that make THE ROOM special. There’s the fact that the film makes no sense (why does Lisa keep calling Johnny a great guy in private...

Downsizing starring Matt Damon releases full-sized trailer

Posted 9 years ago

DOWNSIZING has a fascinating premise: would you turn tiny if it meant you could also be rich? From director Alexander Payne, this looks to be a fun skewering of wannabe “save the world” types who only actually do anything when...

TV Review: Stranger Things 2.07 “The Lost Sister”

Posted 9 years ago

EPISODE: 2.07 "The Lost Sister" SYNOPSIS: Psychic visions draw Eleven to a band of violent outcasts and an angry girl with a shadowy past. REVIEW: When the Duffer Brothers first developed Stranger Things, it was being envisioned as an anthology series. Obviously, the...

Fox may restart the clock on 24 with a female-led legal thriller series

Posted 9 years ago

Over the course of eight-seasons, audiences were thrilled by the high-stakes adventures of counter-terrorist agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) which played out in real-time and dealt with terrorist attacks, assassination attempts, government conspiracies, and more. The eighth season brought the...

Twin Peaks book written by co-creator Mark Frost explains season 3’s ending!

Posted 9 years ago

So I definitely had mixed feelings about TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN. There were a lot of things I loved, such as revisiting old characters, the atmosphere, haunting and beautiful images (that nuclear explosion in episode 8 was mesmerizing), and some...

A video on Stranger Things and its clever use of intertextuality

Posted 9 years ago

STRANGER THINGS is great. I don’t think that’s a controversial statement, but at the same time, there are a lot of valid critiques against it (like most things). However, one of the most touted critiques is that “it’s not original”....

First image from Spielberg’s The Post shows Hanks & Streep in the newsroom

Posted 9 years ago

Steven Spielberg has been a fixture at the Oscars ever since JAWS earned a surprise nomination for Best Picture over 40 years ago, and his movies have been making waves there ever since. He will most likely have a strong...

TV Review: Stranger Things 2.06 “The Spy”

Posted 9 years ago

EPISODE: 2.06 "The Spy" SYNOPSIS: Will's connection to a shadowy evil grows stronger, but no one's quite sure how to stop it. Elsewhere, Dustin and Steve forge an unlikely bond. REVIEW: In the second of the two episodes helmed by Oscar winning filmmaker...

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