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REVIEW: The Idol – Season 1 (2023)
Recently The Idol hit HBO and the newly rebranded Max streaming service. Created by Euphoria mastermind Sam Levinson and starring Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye and Lily-Rose Depp, this series follows popstar Jocelyn (Depp) as she spirals out of control in the wake of her mother’s d...
Read MoreStranger Things’ Final Season Delayed by the Writers’ Strike
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | May 8, 2023 | 1
Stranger Things, which was recently reinvigorated by the immensely successful and well-received season 4, is the latest production to be affected by the writers’ strike. According to the Duffer Brothers’ Stranger Writers Twitter account: “Writing does not stop when filming begins. While we’r...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Mandalorian – Season 3, Episode 4, “The Foundling”
***SPOILERS*** In “The Foundling,” Din encourages Grogu to train with the other foundlings. The child Grogu challenges (and defeats) is taken by a giant bird. Din, Bo-Katan, Paz Viszla, and others follow the creature to save the boy. Many people theorized that this episode would have Gro...
Read MoreREVIEW: Knock at the Cabin (2023)
M. Night Shyamalan is a director I appreciate more than enjoy. I love some of his movies, like Unbreakable and Split, but we all know he has stinkers like The Last Airbender. My feelings on his oeuvre aren’t unique; his filmography has managed to polarize people for decades now. I like that...
Read MoreREVIEW: Wendell & Wild (2022)
One of my favorite soap boxes is Netflix’s perpetual inability or unwillingness to market its new content. The only Netflix projects I see ads for are big hits or franchise material like Bridgerton, The Witcher, and Stranger Things. More than once, I’ve only found out about a film or ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Andor – Season 1, Episode 10, “One Way Out”
**SPOILERS** In “One Way Out,” news spreads across the prison that nobody’s getting out. The ISB find a ship planted by Antor Creeger to lure them in. Marva won’t take her medicine because it makes her nauseous. Mon Mothma meets with Davo Sculdurn, the unscrupulous banker Taye found. She’s...
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