Month: August 2016
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BOJACK: A PICTURE OF SADNESS
For the first year and half of its existence, Bojack Horseman lingered around my Netflix like that homeless person you pass on the way home from work every day. It remained ignored because of Bojack’s generally ignorable appearance with his pot belly, drink in hand, and long face of chronic regret, (ha, horse jokes.) Watching…
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STRANGER THINGS
If you haven’t already garbled down Netflix’s new original Stranger Things, you should before school starts. Everyone in your classes will be talking about it. Created by the Duffer brothers, Stranger Things is set in 1983 in the small town of Hawkins, Indiana and follows the supernatural disappearance of a young boy. There’s also telekinesis,…
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BRAINDEAD: A TELEVISION ANOMALY
This summer Robert and Michelle King (creators of The Good Wife) helm a new CBS political thriller comedy about senatorial politics, government conspiracies, and zombie bugs: BrainDead. While unlikely, it is a tremendous accomplishment and, for its writers, cast, and for contemporary TV in general, BrainDead is truly an anomaly; one that I sincerely adore…
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THE BLUE HOUR MOVIE REVIEW
Often times I have nearly died, typically from surges of hubris overcoming me -like when I tried paleo and God promptly smacked me in the back of the head, having me in a barely functioning haze for a few days. It is during times likes these that I tweet the best; my brain forges complete…
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FINDING DORY
Everyone loves a good origin story, and after 12 years of waiting, we’ve finally got one! Finding Dory explains how Dory ended up lost in the ocean when she meets Marvin, or more accurately, the movie explains how Dory has been lost her entire life. In order for us to find her, Dory has to…
