Feb 23
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It’s no surprise that Arrowverse head honcho Greg Berlanti would want to build a show around Tyler Hoechlin’s Clark…
Caroline Siede
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Contributor, The A.V. Club. Caroline Siede is a pop culture critic in Chicago, where the cold never bothers her anyway. Her interests include superhero movies, feminist theory, and Jane Austen novels.
Feb 16
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There are two versions of This Is Us: The big melodramatic tear-jerking show that’s earned the reputation as…
Feb 16
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Note: The writer of this review watched Blithe Spirit on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision…
Feb 12
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There are two standout sequences in the 2002 romantic comedy Brown Sugar. The first is a sleekly edited opening…
Feb 11
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To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before may have started with a cheesy fake-dating premise, but what’s always made the…
Feb 9
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This Is Us loves a fake out car crash. It ended its first season with one for Jack, and pulled the same trick with…
Feb 2
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Note: The writer of this review watched Two Of Us on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to…
Feb 1
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Sandwiched between the second-wave feminism of Boomers and the third-wave feminism of Gen X sits a microgeneration…
Jan 29
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Broadcast News delivers its thesis in a tossed-off joke. Fiery news producer Jane Craig (Holly Hunter) storms into…
Jan 15
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I remember the precise moment I fully fell in love with Long Shot. Secretary of State Charlotte Field (Charlize…
Jan 12
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“Birth Mother” ends with one of the most beautifully original sequences in This Is Us history. Having finally…
Jan 5
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Back in the This Is Us season premiere, Randall longed for a year without surprises. And while the show, of course,…
Jan 1
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“Two hearts. One happy, one sad.” I know just how you feel Doctor. For the first Doctor Who episode of 2021,…
Dec 18
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I grew up on a steady stream of ’80s and ’90s comedies about how hilarious it would be if men had to parent their…
Dec 17
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Dec 17
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For one blissful month, it seemed like the defining moment of movie culture this year might be the most joyful one,…
Dec 14
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In a year that saw many of us relegated to our homes for much of its duration, TV was an ever more powerful medium…
Dec 10
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If musical theater is an acquired taste, then children’s musical theater is really limited to a particular palate.…
Dec 9
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Any movie can achieve a moment of greatness. We’re talking about those few minutes that stick with you for a…
Dec 4
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“What would you do if you were stuck in one place, and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did…