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"Black Museum" opens with Nish driving along an empty road in a seemingly anachronistic car, listening Dionne Warwick's rendition of "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me." This should be an immediate clue of what the episode is up to; however, as Nish pulls into an electric charging station, it seems at first that her goal …
Our coverage of Showtime’s The Affair begins with the Season 4 premiere! Tune in weekly for episode recaps and analysis. I freely admit that the return of The Affair to Showtime for a fourth season left me with a bit of trepidation. Season 3 was much maligned for its unevenness, both thematically and structurally, and it ended …
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I can’t be the only one who secretly hoped Diane was just the name Cooper gave to his tape recorder, can I? Perhaps it’s a silly thing to hope for, but I liked the quirkiness of the idea. This isn’t to say I was at all displeased with Laura Dern’s performance as Diane, or with …
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Here at 25YLSite, we handle a lot of heavy lifting. Analysis, interpretation, deep discussion, introspective interviews… you name it, we've got it. "Favorites" takes a lighter approach to the material we normally cover. Each week, we will take you through a list of favorites - whether it's moments, scenes, episodes, characters, lines of dialogue, whatever! …
Very much estranged from its source biography, CBS All-Access’ Strange Angel, directed by David Lowery feels like Disney’s The Rocketeer or Martin Scorcese’s The Aviator meets Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut. Influenced by rocketry, pulp fictions, and the occult alike, this series is the story of one of America’s greatest success enigmas: Jack Parsons. This …
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[COOPER] Do you have the seed? Do you have the seed? I need you to make another one. [GERARD] I understand. With this little exchange, we were given a glimpse into the process for manufacturing a tulpa, this time for making Dougie Jones v2.0. You need a DNA sample (a little hair ripped from the …
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Sure, there's nothing quite like experiencing a great movie on the big screen, but why would you leave the comfort of your own home when Netflix is putting out films as special as Cargo? The co-directorial feature film debut by Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke - the latter of whom also wrote the emotionally devastating …
Podcasts made up a huge part of many fans’ experiences of Twin Peaks: The Return last summer. In our latest feature, Pod People, we talk to the people behind the microphones of our favourite podcasts to find out what they’ve been up to and where they’re going next. As part of the Pod People series, …
At the age of three, a family member went out and rented a copy of the original Child’s Play. I got scared and crawled behind the couch within the first few minutes, and another family member pressured them into turning it off. Either way, the damage was done: I was frightened of Chucky for years. …
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So.. I’m feeling nostalgic (again – jeez, I’m only mid-40’s). It’s a weekend and I’m not in the mood for my current shows – the likes of Jessica Jones, Travelers, or Altered Carbon – besides that, I am trying not to give in to the trend of binge watching, letting myself marinate in a one-a-week …
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