Review: Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney score an A with ‘Bad Education’
Bad Education is a well-crafted look at how privilege and vanity corrupted two life, long educators, into embezzling 11.2 million dollars over a 10-year span at... Read More
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TV Recap: Top Chef All-Stars LA Episode 6 “Get Your Phil”
Welcome to another “Top Chef: All-Stars L.A.” recap by your favorite boys Daniel and Sam. We’ve really been enjoying the latest weeks of quarantine: baking... Read More
TV Review: ‘Devs’ takes the full season to find gorgeous and fascinating conclusions
Devs took its time reaching a definite conclusion. A series that always moved at its own pace, Alex Garland’s first dive into creating a television... Read More
TV Recap: ‘Dispatches from Elsewhere’ Season 1 Episode 9 — “The Creator”
With only two episodes remaining, Jason Segel’s Dispatches from Elsewhere sat at an impasse. With the game (seemingly) in the past and its characters drifting... Read More
TV Recap: “One Day at a Time” S4 E5 – “Perfect”
The latest episode of One Day at a Time, “Perfect,” begins with some classic Alvarez family antics. Attempting to call out Elena on her fight... Read More
TV Review: ‘After Life’ Season 2 finds Ricky Gervais at his best and most vulnerable
Ricky Gervais’s Netflix series, After Life, is very much the product of an artist at his most personal. Gervais’s monster success early in his career... Read More
TV Rucap: RuPaul’s Drag Race: S12 E8 – “And I Droop”
As Heidi is wiping the lipstick from mirror after sending Brita back home to NYC, Jan is feeling some kind of way after not only... Read More
TV Recap: ‘Devs’ — Season Finale: Episode 8
Though much of the first season of Devs has crawled forward, its finale quickened the pace before bringing life to a screeching halt. As both... Read More
TV Recap: Top Chef All-Stars LA Episode 5 “Bring Your Loved One to Work”
Welcome to another recap of “Top Chef: All-Stars L.A.,” or as we’ve begun to refer to it “Nini turning looks week after week.” I’m Sam... Read More
TV Recap: ‘Dispatches from Elsewhere’ Season 1 Episode 8 — “Lee”
As the game “officially” ended in last week’s episode, the eighth installment of Jason Segel’s Dispatches from Elsewhere forced itself to move in a different... Read More
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