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Scream Queens 2.01 Recap: “Becoming a Doctor Was Never the Dream”

Josh Zyber — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:00:15 +0000

Fox’s imperfect but fun horror spoof ‘Scream Queens’ has returned for a second season of skewering genre conventions. Even though the setting and horror theme have changed, it turns out that the show is not exactly an anthology like creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s ‘American Horror Story’. Many of last season’s characters are back...

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‘The Meddler’ Review: Whining Made Charming

Philip Brown — Fri, 06 May 2016 13:00:29 +0000

‘The Meddler’ gives that special cheesy genre about overbearing mothers a good name. You know the type – those movies where a well-meaning but impossibly pushy mother gradually learns to give her children control of their lives, while also learning that she can have a rich and full life outside of them. Generally these are...

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‘The Boss’ Review: Half Funny

Philip Brown — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:00:50 +0000

Melissa McCarthy is one of the most successful comedic performers in Hollywood today, and good for her. Given some of the laugh factories that she’s headlined, she deserves it. However, based on the unfortunate ‘Tammy’ and her latest feature, ‘The Boss’, it’s starting to look as though McCarthy probably shouldn’t be writing her own screenplays....

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