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Judy Review: This Can’t Be Love

Jason Gorber — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 12:00:51 +0000

In many ways, Judy is a run-of-the mill bio-pic that tells the tale of a beloved Hollywood star hoping for a last glimpse of glory at career’s end. Settling somewhere between Paul McGuigan’s underappreciated Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool and last year’s warm if egregiously maudlin Stan & Ollie, the film serves as a...

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‘The Big Short’ Review: Hilariously Depressing and Enlightening

Philip Brown — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 16:00:04 +0000

If one were to write a list of the filmmakers most likely to cover the great financial collapse of 2008, writer/director Adam McKay wouldn’t even be in the running. We’re talking about the man behind ‘Anchorman’ and ‘Step Brothers’. Those are excellent absurdist comedies and feature a surprising intelligence beneath their delightful stupidity, but that...

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‘American Horror Story’ 5.02 Recap: “What a Glorious Stain”

Josh Zyber — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 17:00:04 +0000

The people making ‘American Horror Story’ this season sure must be confident in it, because this week’s episode (not even the premiere, but the second of the season) ran an extra long hour-and-forty-minutes (including commercials). If it weren’t good, that might be kind of torturous. Amazingly, I think it may actually be the best episode...

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‘American Horror Story’ 4.09 Recap: “Your Every Wish Is About to Come True”

Josh Zyber — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 20:00:52 +0000

I’ve mentioned a bunch of times already during ‘American Horror Story: Freak Show’ that I haven’t bought into the decision to make spoiled rich crybaby Dandy Mott the primary villain for the season. Now that he’s fully embraced being a gleeful psycho killer, however, the character has become both more interesting and more fun. Dandy...

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‘American Horror Story’ 4.08 Recap: “Look Who Ain’t Dead… Yet”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 17:00:47 +0000

Perhaps I was just in a better mood and more receptive to the show than I’d been recently, but as soon as I saw that last week’s episode of ‘American Horror Story’ was titled ‘Blood Bath’, I had a feeling that I’d enjoy it more than most this season. I’m still not sold on making...

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‘American Horror Story’ 4.04 Recap: “Tell Me About Your Darkest Hour”

Josh Zyber — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 20:00:11 +0000

With these last two episodes, I’m afraid that ‘Freak Show’ has quickly dropped down to being my least favorite season of ‘American Horror Story’ so far. I expressed my reservations in last week’s recap about the way the season introduced a supernatural element. The second half of the ‘Edward Mordrake’ two-parter plays that out even...

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‘American Horror Story’ 4.01 Recap: “There Is No Normal for Us”

Josh Zyber — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 19:00:00 +0000

With a completely new storyline and set of characters every season, FX’s ‘American Horror Story’ is a series in a constant state of reinvention. Even if you don’t like a given season, you never know what the next one will bring. This year is called ‘Freak Show’, and that title explains the theme pretty clearly....

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