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Now Streaming: The Tick Season 2

Josh Zyber — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 12:00:27 +0000

You can’t keep a good bug down. Amazon’s goofy superhero comedy The Tick has returned for a second season that, in some respects, improves over the first. Evil villain The Terror may be gone, but that doesn’t mean The City (that’s the name of the place, “The City”) is safe. Arthur (Griffin Newman) and The...

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Now Streaming: The Tick Season 1

Josh Zyber — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 16:00:11 +0000

The Big Blue Bug of Justice has had a fitful life on TV screens. After three seasons in animated form in the 1990s and a paltry nine-episode live-action run in 2001, ‘The Tick’ returns in a new reboot on Amazon streaming with a new star and some new supporting characters, but plenty of the same...

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‘Powerless’ Pilot Recap: “I Wish We Worked for Batman”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 13:00:33 +0000

Setting a workplace comedy inside the DC superhero universe, featuring regular human characters whose job is to deal with the fallout of supervillain battles, is kind of an ingenious idea. I just wish that NBC’s ‘Powerless’ were a lot less… I don’t know… sitcom-y. Credit where it’s due, Marvel Comics actually had the idea first,...

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‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ Review: Adding Grit to the New Hope

Philip Brown — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 03:30:34 +0000

Living up to its promise, Disney has delivered another ‘Star Wars’ adventure to the world just in time for Christmas. This trip to that galaxy far, far away doesn’t continue the new saga that J.J. Abrams started with ‘The Force Awakens’, instead flashing back to just before this beloved movie franchise kicked off in 1977...

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‘Trumbo’ Review: Entertaining Bio-Swill

Philip Brown — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 15:00:41 +0000

‘Trumbo’ attempts to dive into the complicated life of an important figure in Hollywood history, while also serving up easy-to-swallow drama for the award-bait crowd and qualifying as a comedy too. That’s quite a bit for a movie that ultimately lands as light entertainment to pull off. Indeed, ‘Trumbo’ frequently sags under the weight of...

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TIFF Journal: ‘Trumbo’

Philip Brown — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 19:00:00 +0000

Hey! Here’s a 2015 bio-pic about Hollywood overcoming adversity, so I guess we’re officially in awards season! Fortunately, this is actually a decent one thanks to a deft sense of humor from all involved. You just have to accept all the melodrama and cheese as inherent traits of the genre. Bryan Cranston stars as Dalton...

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‘Welcome to Me’ Review: Brilliantly Bitter and Bleak Comedy

Philip Brown — Thu, 21 May 2015 16:00:14 +0000

Kristin Wiig continues to avoid conventional comedy stardom following the massive success of ‘Bridesmaids’ with yet another oddball indie project, and this one is easily her best yet. Produced by Adam McKay and Will Ferrell’s dependably demented Gary Sanchez Productions, ‘Welcome to Me’ is the type of twisted comedy that could only exist thanks to...

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Now Playing: Life, The Universe, Baseball

Bryan Kluger — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:00:52 +0000

’42’, which is the answer to the ultimate question in the universe, is also that historic and legendary uniform number held by Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play Major League Baseball. Brian Helgeland’s bio-pic film tells a polished and engaging version of the story of the baseball hero who changed the nation. With a...

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‘Tucker and Dale’ Contest Results!

Josh Zyber — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:00:33 +0000

Maybe the timing was right. Maybe we did a really good job promoting this one. Maybe this was a great prize that a lot of people wanted. Maybe the photo I chose for our caption contest simply inspired your creativity. Or perhaps all of the above. Whatever the case, we had a big turnout for...

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Reminder: ‘Tucker and Dale’ Contest Deadline Friday

Josh Zyber — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:00:00 +0000

Don’t miss your chance to win ‘Tucker and Dale vs. Evil‘ on Blu-ray. The deadline for our contest is the end of day Friday. See the original post for details. Reply in the comments to that post, not this one. Good luck!

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Another Contest! Win ‘Tucker and Dale vs. Evil’ on Blu-ray!

Josh Zyber — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:00:06 +0000

Yes, the Blu-ray giveaways just keep on coming. We sure love giving away free movies to our readers! This week, we have a copy of the cult horror comedy ‘Tucker and Dale vs. Evil’ that could very easily be yours for the taking. All you have to do is enter our contest. Read on to...

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Sitcom Scorecard, Part 2: ‘Suburgatory’ and ‘Gentleman’

Aaron Peck — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:00:26 +0000

Well, the world just doesn’t make sense. Since the last Sitcom Scorecard post, NBC has ordered up a whole slate of ‘Whitney’ and CBS has extended the run of ‘2 Broke Girls’. In other words, Whitney Cummings has taken the TV world by storm this year. Whoever is watching these shows, please stop. Please. ‘Suburgatory’...

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