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TV REVIEW: ‘Love Life’ on HBO Max

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When new streaming service HBO Max launches this Wednesday, May 27th, one of the new, original shows you’ll have the chance to check out is “Love Life”. Anna Kendrick, in her first episodic TV series, is one of the executive producers (along with “Bridesmaids” director Paul Feig). Kendrick also stars as Darby. Throughout the 10-episode […]
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‘Not Too Late Show With Elmo’ is a Delight

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Besides the “Friends” reunion and the new “Looney Tunes” cartoons, the thing that really got people excited when HBO Max announced their debut lineup was the news that Elmo was getting his own talk show. The concept is genius. “The Not Too Late Show with Elmo” takes elements of today’s top talkers and gives it […]
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Harrison Jr. Hits Cinematic High Notes

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Kelvin Harrison, Jr. broke through on the big screen in A24’s 2017 dramatic thriller “It Comes At Night” and the Netflix ensemble piece “Mudbound”. But 2019 was even bigger for Harrison, Jr. with leading roles in “Waves” (which re-teamed him with “Night” director Trey Edward Shults) and the FANTASTIC “Luce”. This NEON drama based on […]
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Movies Helping TV

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So far, CBS and ABC have gone into the vault and dug out some classic Paramount and Disney movies (respectively) to air. The “CBS Sunday Night Movies” series has already done well with “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (5.3 million viewers) and “Forrest Gump” (5.6 million). It will continue throughout the month of May with […]
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Series Finales are Ultimate ‘Event TV’

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This Thursday, the ABC drama series “How to Get Away with Murder” is ending after 6 seasons. While the Shonda Rhimes show only aired 15 episodes a season (kinda low for a network TV drama), 6 years is still a long time. And while the ratings haven’t been spectacular lately, the show has built-up a […]
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TV REVIEW: ‘Trial by Media’

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“Trial by Media” is a new 6-episode docu-series premiering this Monday May 11th on Netflix. Longtime collaborators (and Oscar winners) George Clooney and Grant Heslov are two of the executive producers. Each one-hour episode focuses on a different, high-profile case that the media (TV, radio, newspapers) extensively covered. I screened two of the episodes. One […]
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New Seinfeld Special: Funny But Familiar

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2017’s “Jerry Before Seinfeld” was a one-hour Netflix special that served as part stand-up/part documentary. The streaming giant is assuring viewers that Seinfeld’s new special “23 Hours to Kill” is his first one with all-new, original material since 1998’s “I’m Telling You for the Last Time”. Following an open featuring (who we believe to be) […]
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10 Most Fascinating People of 2020 So Far

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We’re a third of the way through 2020. And since so much has already happened, I thought it’d be a good time to put together a list of the 10 Most Fascinating People of the Year So Far because…. who knows what things are going to be like another 8 months from now. And They […]
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TV REVIEW: ‘The Eddy’

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Damien Chazelle perfectly captured the jazz/nightclub scene in his 2016 masterpiece “La La Land”. Now he’s at it again as executive producer of the new Netflix miniseries “The Eddy”, premiering May 8th. Chazelle also directed the first two episodes, which I’ve had the chance to screen. Andre Holland plays Elliot, the owner of The Eddy, […]
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TV REVIEW: ‘Prop Culture’ on Disney+

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The new docu-series “Prop Culture” debuts next Friday, May 1st, on Disney+. It’s an 8-episode look at iconic pieces of movie memorabilia from some of the most popular Disney films of all-time, including “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”, “The Chronicles of Narnia”, “TRON” and “Pirates of the Caribbean”. But the first episode of the eight is […]
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