House of Cards has never been a great show. It doesn’t have nearly as much to say about politics or the nature of power as it thinks it does. At its best, it’s a classier version of Scandal; filled with backstabbing, long buried secrets coming to light, conspiracies, corruption, and murder. At it’s worst, it’s portentous,...
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Parks and Recreation ends its seven season run on Tuesday night, which means that we are losing one of the greatest, funniest, and warmest sitcoms to ever grace our television screens. I remember first seeing previews for the show all those years ago and thinking, “well that’s not gonna be very good. It’s just an Office rip...
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The trailers and promos for Everly make it look like a standard action revenge thriller, not far removed from the surprise hit of last fall, John Wick. The comparison is easy to make. Both films feature a star who hasn’t had much luck in recent years attempting to get back into the public’s good...
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Sometimes it’s best to just sit back and enjoy a movie. Not in a “check your brain at the door” way though. I’m not fond of that phrase. If I have to leave my brain behind that means I’m willing to become a vapid idiot for two hours and I don’t ever feel like...
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Sunday brings the highly-anticipated (I suppose) premiere of AMC’s Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul. When this idea was first brought up by Vince Gilligan a few years ago, I almost wet myself I was so excited. Bob Odenkirk’s Saul Goodman was one of the many highlights of Breaking Bad. He injected some much...
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There has always been an abundance of crime dramas on TV, both here and across the pond. Most are episodic procedurals that focus on lazy cases of the week and have zero regard for character development or genuine suspense. That’s right, I’m talking about you CSI: Computer Crime Stuff or whatever the hell you’re...
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A biopic is a tricky thing to make, especially when portraying a cultural icon or American hero. Directors have to walk a tightrope, making sure they are respectful towards their subject while also not shying away from their darker characteristics. This is easier to do when your main character has been dead for twenty...
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The new time travel thriller, Predestination is both an encouraging a depressing start for cinema in 2015. It’s encouraging because it’s a damn fine movie, one with loads of ideas and a great deal of humanity. The fact that it’s a good movie released in January is close to a miracle. The cinematic wasteland of...
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This week, Marvel premiered something very special. No, not the Ant-Man trailer. That was fun and all but the studio really struck gold with the two hour premiere of Agent Carter. I have to admit, I didn’t have high hopes for it. Marvel’s other TV show, Agents of SHIELD didn’t exactly set the world on fire. I know, I...
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Marvel finally released the full teaser trailer for Ant-Man during the premiere of the surprisingly excellent Agent Carter. To say that Ant-Man has had trouble making the leap from the page to the screen is a gross understatement. Marvel announced it at Comic-Con ages ago, before the first Iron Man had even come out. They signed Edgar Wright to...
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