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by Alexis Gentry · Published October 27, 2020 · Last modified September 4, 2023
FX’s What We Do in the Shadows is one of the rare TV shows adapted from a movie that actually lives up to the original. Here’s how this series defied the TV spinoff odds and became one of the best new comedies on TV.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published October 12, 2020 · Last modified October 27, 2020
True Blood was one of HBO’s biggest hits, but just six years after the final episode aired, it seems like nobody talks about it anymore. Why did the show go from sexy, campy classic to fizzled-out and forgotten?
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by Alexis Gentry · Published September 29, 2020 · Last modified December 3, 2020
Female-led comedies have moved away from aspirational shows like Friends or Sex and the City toward awkward, relatable shows like Hulu’s Shrill and Pen15.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published September 20, 2020 · Last modified September 4, 2023
HBO now has two killer robot shows in its lineup, but with very different budgets and ways of presenting their themes. So, does the Ridley-Scott-produced HBO Max original rival HBO flagship Westworld?
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by Alexis Gentry · Published September 15, 2020 · Last modified October 27, 2020
The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda are back for season 2 on Disney+ streaming October 30.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published September 15, 2020 · Last modified September 29, 2020
Netflix has some of the best true crime on TV, but why are we so hooked on their shows? It all starts in 1988 with a documentary that changed true crime.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published September 4, 2020 · Last modified September 4, 2023
Most people have Netflix and Amazon Prime, so you’ve probably seen The Umbrella Academy and The Boys, but there’s another superb superhero series you probably haven’t watched.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published August 22, 2020 · Last modified June 26, 2023
The new documentary ‘Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story’ attempts to explore the legacy surrounding the beloved Nickelodeon show and the allegations about its controversial creator.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published April 11, 2020 · Last modified June 26, 2023
Here are a few things I’ve been watching, reading, listening to and playing while I ration my toilet paper and wash my hands for the tenth time today.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published August 15, 2019 · Last modified November 29, 2019
We love Lindsay Ellis and her phenomenal video essays. Her insights are thoughtful, well-researched, incredibly entertaining, and pretty damn funny, so naturally, we couldn’t wait to see what she had to say about the...
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by Alexis Gentry · Published May 16, 2019 · Last modified November 29, 2019
SPOILER ALERT! The final season of HBO’s epic series Game of Thrones is proving to be the show’s most controversial—but it’s not because of brutal content; it’s because many fans are disappointed in the rushed storylines and unresolved character arcs. With that in mind, here are a few things that could improve the penultimate episode, “The Bells”.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published March 20, 2019 · Last modified August 21, 2019
Stranger Things dropped a new trailer this morning for the third season, which hits Netflix July 4. The plucky gang are now teenagers and soon they’ll have to face off against something even worse...
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by Alexis Gentry · Published March 5, 2019 · Last modified October 17, 2019
HBO just released the official trailer for the final season of Game of Thrones and it does what all good trailers should do: gets you hyped without giving away too much. There are dragons,...
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by Alexis Gentry · Published February 18, 2019
‘The Umbrella Academy’ is a character-driven family drama about superheroes in a sea of action-driven epics, and that makes it a tremendously satisfying watch that hooks you from the start and keeps you engaged through the end credits of the final episode.
