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"Poker Face" recap - Ep. 3 "The Stall"

So far, "Poker Face" has done a pretty good job of connecting Charlie Cale to various elaborate murders and coverups without making her seem cursed by the Grim Reaper. In fact, th…

"Cobra Kai" Season 5 Review

The thing about "Cobra Kai" that makes it such a huge success also makes it a baffling oddity to those unsold on its premise. To make affluent, suburban California karate into som…

"A League of Their Own" Full Season Review

In watching the teaser for "A League of Their Own," it's clear Amazon had no idea how to promote this series other than to show off the glitzy production values and lean hard …

The Bear - Full Season Review

I really like how traditional cooking shows have been supplanted by shows and movies about people who cook. It's nice to have a human context to the life and experience necessary to mak…

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Full Season Review

As much as I enjoyed the return of Star Trek to television in the form of "Star Trek: Discovery," there was something about it that smacked of a change in tone. On the plus side, …

WandaVision Review: Episode 3 "Now in Color"

Wanda Maximoff, as she is written and portrayed in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is a hero defined almost entirely by pain and regret. Her origins as a lab experiment and enhanced minion f…

WandaVision Review: Episodes 1 and 2

Disney initially made a hefty bet when they spent $4 billion to acquire Marvel. Imagine if the giant meta-franchise had gone financially stale before they had reached 2012's Avengers . …

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