Lists In April TV Will Ruin Your Life, part 2

In April TV Will Ruin Your Life, part 2

Here’s the Second Part of Our Guide to the Veritable Smorgasbord of Television Coming to the Airwaves in April   Following on from Part 1 of our list of TV show’s in April that will take you away from your family and loved ones (see: video games, cats and porn), Part 2 delves in with …

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52 Films By Women 12. A Five Star Life, directed by
Maria Sole Tognazzi

12. A Five Star Life, directed by
Maria Sole Tognazzi

In A Five Star Life, Reviewing Hotels Has More Perks Than Reviewing Movies   Conjure in your mind a dream job. Does it include travel, flexibility and money? Think about success. Does this mean excelling in your career? Financial security? Surely then, real success extends beyond occupation to also include life goals. Perhaps a home, friends and …

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Lists In April TV Will Ruin Your Life, part 1

In April TV Will Ruin Your Life, part 1

There Will Be More Good Shows on TV in April Alone Than We Sometimes See in Entire Years. It’s Almost Scary   In a little less than two weeks, the most jampacked month of new and returning television will be kicking off, and you are not ready. Christ, I spend virtually all of my waking …

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Movies/TV Saturday Night Live
vs.
The White House

Saturday Night Live
vs.
The White House

No One in Trump’s Radius is Safe, Though the Degree of Threat They Actually Face From SNL is Debatable   The latest season of Saturday Night Live – its 42nd, for the record – has seen the show’s most consistently high ratings in two decades. If that comes as a shock, then there are too many aspects of …

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Episodes The Walking Dead, S07E14

The Walking Dead, S07E14

“The Other Side” Cannot Get Here Fast Enough, As In I Hope We All Die Before Another Episode of this Shit   Opening on a dialogue-free montage at the Hilltop sanctuary, we see Maggie, Sasha, Daryl and Jesus silently living out their lives: training the people of Hilltop in how to fight, tending to the …

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52 Films By Women 11. An Education, directed by
Lone Scherfig

11. An Education, directed by
Lone Scherfig

Life Lessons In An Education   This is, hands down, one of my favourite movies (meaning I’ve seen it more times than I can count). Set in London in 1961, schoolgirl Jenny is seduced by the perceived worldliness and glamour of an older man. Seeing him as an escape from her mundane existence, Jenny undergoes …

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Movies/TV The Matrix is Getting a Reboot Because Nothing is Sacred

The Matrix is Getting a Reboot Because Nothing is Sacred

You Can Only Milk a Cow So Long Before it Either Dies Or Bites You on the Fucking Face   The Wachowski siblings’ classic sci-fi action film The Matrix is being set up for a remake by Warner Bros. I wish there was some far-reaching, metaphysical ultimatum that I could put to you after that statement, that you …

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Episodes The Walking Dead, S07E13

The Walking Dead, S07E13

“Bury Me Here” Isn’t As Dead On Arrival As it First Appears   Over a dusty guitar overture, we’re shown a brief montage of the denizens of The Kingdom, shot from the perspective of the rear of a truck. They solemnly appear and, one by one, each enact a small part in placing and securing …

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