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American Horror Story 9.01 Recap: “Nothing Bad Is Gonna Happen Here”

Josh Zyber — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 12:00:11 +0000

The ninth season of American Horror Story, dubbed AHS 1984, has a fun premise and a totally rad opening credits sequence. Will that be enough to sustain another year of a series long past its prime? I’m not sure how confident I am about that. As the title should suggest, this season will be a...

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Legion Series Finale Recap: “I Think We Saved the World”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 12:00:45 +0000

FX’s Legion wrapped up its third and final season this week, and series creator Noah Hawley was allowed to end the story on his own terms. As you’d expect, it gets pretty weird. I’ll do my best to make some sense of it. Aside from a check-in at the season premiere, I haven’t attempted to...

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Legion 3.01 Recap: “All Past Is Future”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 12:00:46 +0000

After its deeply confusing and, let’s be honest, frequently incoherent second season, FX’s bizarre superhero drama Legion saw its viewers throw their hands in the air and its ratings nosedive. However, the show still has a small cult audience, and the network was generous enough to grant it a third season to finish the story...

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Fosse/Verdon Pilot Recap: “I’m the Guy, I’m Sure of It”

Josh Zyber — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 12:00:26 +0000

The FX network’s new bio drama Fosse/Verdon examines legendary choreographer and filmmaker Bob Fosse, dissecting his life, his loves, his career and all that jazz. At least, I assume it will eventually get to All That Jazz, Fosse’s own semi-autobiographical musical extravaganza. The TV version’s premiere episode focuses mainly on his earlier work. Recent Oscar...

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What We Do in the Shadows Pilot Recap: “Down with the Old Ways, Up with the New World”

Josh Zyber — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:00:46 +0000

Based on the 2014 movie of the same name, the FX network’s What We Do in the Shadows transfers Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s cult comedy to a new continent and a new medium, but remains just as dark, quirky, and hilarious. The TV spinoff supposedly takes place in the same world as the movie,...

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American Horror Story 8.01 Recap: “The Stew Is Stu!”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 12:00:21 +0000

All the promotion for the eighth season of American Horror Story, dubbed Apocalypse, has promised the show’s most ambitious and craziest storyline yet. Sadly, the only thing notable about the premiere episode is how extraordinarily boring it is. The network ads have also hyped this season as being a big crossover event with the characters...

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‘American Horror Story’ 7.01 Recap: “Fear Is Currency”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 19:00:44 +0000

Now in its seventh season, FX’s ‘American Horror Story’ has to work pretty hard to find new ways to shock and disturb its audience. This year’s theme, called ‘Cult’, opens with a pretty ballsy and audacious conceit, and then quickly throws it away to recycle stuff we’ve seen before. Basically, Donald Trump (the real Trump,...

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‘Fear the Walking Dead’ 3.01 & 3.02 Recap: “You’re Pointless”

Josh Zyber — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 12:00:55 +0000

Why did I let myself get roped into watching ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ again? I was pretty much done with the show after the last season, but I forgot to delete it from my DVR’s series recording list. When the new premiere showed up, I guess I figured that I ought to at least check...

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A Divine Feud: Susan and Jessica Brought ‘Bette and Joan’ to Life

David Krauss — Mon, 01 May 2017 19:00:21 +0000

Bette Davis and Joan Crawford faced massive resistance from movie moguls when they shopped around ‘What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?‘ in 1961. “I wouldn’t give you a dime for those two old broads,” Jack Warner reportedly quipped. Well, more than a half century later in the surprisingly good ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’, Jessica Lange...

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‘Fargo’ 3.01 Recap: “I Ain’t Gonna Lie, It Didn’t Go Smooth”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:00:16 +0000

Noah Hawley has been a pretty busy guy this year. In addition to creating and launching the supremely weird superhero drama ‘Legion‘ a few months ago, Hawley’s fascinating and often hilarious spinoff of the Coen brothers’ ‘Fargo’ returns for its third season on FX. Is the show off to a good start so far? You...

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‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Pilot Recap: “There’s Only Room for One Goddess at a Time”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 13:00:28 +0000

I guess ‘American Feud Story’ wouldn’t have sounded right as a title. Producer Ryan Murphy’s latest anthology drama combines a little bit of horror with a little true crime to detail some of history’s most scandalous rivalries. The first season of ‘Feud’ centers on the notorious grudge match between Hollywood icons Joan Crawford and Bette...

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‘Legion’ Pilot Recap: “What If Your Problems Aren’t in Your Head?”

Josh Zyber — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 20:00:55 +0000

The FX network has kept a lot of the details about its new series ‘Legion’ secretive or vague. Even after a 90-minute premiere, I can’t say that I’m entirely certain what happened in it. Somehow, that may actually be a good thing. Aside from an X seen in the middle of the O in its...

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