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· by Julie Kushner · Mar 5, 2017

Once Upon a Time: It’s an Alt-World After All

Welcome back to Storybrooke, folks! It’s a magical, mystical land where characters leave, die, and return from the dead, age (or don’t) whenever they feel like, a place from which Continuity and Logic escaped together on a romantic vacation about…

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· by Susan Velazquez · Mar 2, 2017

Riverdale: Who's a rock star? I am!

Jughead tells us that fear is the most basic human emotion. You know what’s basic? These stupid narrations. Part of what keeps me from taking this show seriously is Jughead’s wannabe Truman Capote narrations. He doesn’t even have a good…

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· by Marion Stein · Feb 27, 2017

Homeland: Some deep rabbit hole

The United States of Homelandia didn’t elect Trump, but this season’s Homeland captures our paranoia. Homeland gives us an almost Trumpian fantasy of intelligence agencies running amok — or are they? At midpoint, it’s not certain who is behind what,…

· by Henrik Magnusson · Feb 27, 2017

3 kinds of episodes every '80s/'90s cartoon had

As a result of essentially being tasked with writing 22-minute toy commercials with censored laser guns, the cartoon writers of our childhoods tended to recycle a lot of plot ideas.

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· by Susan Velazquez · Feb 24, 2017

Powerless: The (hench)man of your dreams

Awhile back, I saw this post on Tumblr about how if the writer lived in the Marvel universe and anything happened with super villains and superheroes, she would just be like, “There they go with that BS again.” For the…

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· by Susan Velazquez · Feb 23, 2017

Riverdale: Four Subplots and a Funeral

I almost entitled this recap “Funeral Flowers in the Attic” because we got heavy really heavy on the Blossom family and their campy, possibly incestuous ways. They live in a Gothic mansion called “Thornhill” and the Blossom women appear to…

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· by Marion Stein · Feb 20, 2017

Homeland: Quinn goes Rambo

Previously on Homeland, Sekou’s van blew up, taking out Sekou and much of a three block radius of Manhattan. The good news is there were only two other deaths. The bad news is the fallout for Carrie, Madam President…

· by Marion Stein · Feb 20, 2017

Castle Rock: Stephen King and JJ Abrams team up for scary new Hulu series

Castle Rock, Steven King’s fictional any-small town in Maine, which has more crazy supernatural events than Jessica Fletcher’s Cabot Cove has murders, will soon be coming to your digital screen as a Hulu series. How soon? Unfortunately, that’s still top…

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· by Marion Stein · Feb 19, 2017

Homeland: Carrie Mathison, the Angel of Death

Last time on Homeland, Saul walked out of his sister’s house and down into the valley where he got picked up for his mystery date, but now things are going wrong – as they often do for Saul like…

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· by Susan Velazquez · Feb 17, 2017

Powerless: Sink or swim

At Wayne Security, the team gathers to watch a news report about Atlantis being attacked, days before the annual holiday Sinking Day. Atlantis is the home of the superhero Aquaman but in the Powerless universe, it’s also the where William…

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· by Susan Velazquez · Feb 16, 2017

Riverdale: Cool motive, still illegal

Jughead is upset that the local drive-in, where he works part-time, is closing. Jughead’s narration tries to justify that the drive in theater is needed now more than ever due to the negative atmosphere created by Jason Blossom’s death. Jughead,…

· by Susan Velazquez · Feb 16, 2017

The real 5 books Riverdale fans should read

I was talking to one of my friends about Riverdale, and he was like, “Oh yeah, the show that feels like a cross between Archie comics and Twin Peaks.” No, that’s a lie we’ve been fed by entertainment…

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· by Marion Stein · Feb 13, 2017

Homeland: The one where Saul visits his sister

Previously on Homeland, Carrie decided to bond with her house guest, Peter Quinn, by showing him the video of that time he was poisoned by saran gas, and telling him how hard she tried to save him. We open with…

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· by Marion Stein · Feb 12, 2017

Homeland: Whose life will Carrie mess up this week?

Poor Carrie – always trying to do the right thing, yet always causing so much damage. We can’t list all her victims, but with Carrie’s “help” Sekou will probably wind up in Gitmo. We’ll get to him soon. Let’s start…

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· by Susan Velazquez · Feb 11, 2017

Powerless: #Girlboss or #BFF?

One thing I do like about the world of “Powerless” is that every Charm City resident seems over super villain hijinks. The Joker rigs two evacuating ferries with explosives and Gotham loses their minds. General Zod and Superman [edited …

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· by Susan Velazquez · Feb 9, 2017

Riverdale: #JusticeForEthel

Jughead’s dumb narrations get dumber with every episode. This week, he spouts off a grocery list of opposites. Good versus evil, light versus dark, etc. Wow. So deep. Much pretentious. Anyway, Cheryl admits that she lied in her original statement.…

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· by Julie Kushner · Feb 9, 2017

Binge or No? Netflix's The Santa Clarita Diet

Zombies are the new vampires, that’s for sure. So it was only a matter of time before Hollywood decided to make them more physically attractive, grant them spacious homes in suburbia, and give them white-collar jobs. The Santa Clarita Diet…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Feb 8, 2017

TV Shows that Predicted Trump: Star Trek "Turnabout Intruder"

This is part of a series of reviews we’re calling Movies/TV Shows that Predicted Trump, where we discuss the media that foretold (in ways both large and small) the election of Donald J. Trump as President of the United …

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· by Susan Velazquez · Feb 4, 2017

Powerless: A not-so-powerful pilot

Wow, it’s only the pilot episode, and DC Comics has already fucked up my New Year’s resolution for them. This version of Powerless is way different from the trailer that premiered at the San Diego Comic Con. The previous pilot’s…

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· by Susan Velazquez · Feb 2, 2017

Riverdale: Let me hit you with that pep rally

It’s only episode 2 and I already hate Jughead’s melodramatic narrations. I get he’s going for an “In Cold Blood” feel, but Truman Capote he isn’t. Give this man his hamburgers instead! Archie texts Betty to check on her but…