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  • 10 Songs that Made Memorable Moments on TV

    The National song “Terrible Love” came on recently during the final scene of The End; Showtime’s Australian dark comedy about life, death, and dignity. The song’s melancholy vibe and chorus (“It takes an ocean not to break”) added dimension to the family playing together in the ocean. Another reminder of how music can transform our…

  • Flack: Celebrities Behaving Badly and the PR “Fixers” Who Enable Them

    Famous people getting into trouble and the “fixers” who get them out of it. Fixers from the political world of Veep (Mike McClintock, played by Matt Walsh) to the Hollywood of Entourage (Shawna Roberts, played by Debi Mazar) to the criminal violence of Ray Donovan (played by Liev Shreiber), fixers find themselves in comical dilemmas…

  • Kevin Can F**k Himself: AMC’s Double Life Dark Comedy

    The early trailers for Kevin Can F**k Himself were…interesting. A turn-off, yet enticing at the same time. Is it a show within a show, a mash-up, or a dark sitcom? The picture is a little more clear now that AMC has aired the first three episodes (the first four if you have AMC+), but much…

  • The Serpent: Murder and Mystery on the Hippie Trail

    The Serpent is the true story of Charles Sobhraj; a French serial killer who drugged, robbed, and killed numerous young travelers in South Asia in the 1970s. The victims were primarily Westerners with no more than a backpack on them (and lots of traveler’s checks) traveling through Bangkok on their way to Katmandu or other…

  • Rolling Stone’s 100 Best Sitcoms of All Time

    For pop culture fans best-of lists are our bread and butter. We love them. We love it when when one of our favorites is highlighted as a “best” and find it hard to believe when our favs are left off the list or placed too low. Best-of lists are also good to discover something you’ve…

  • Lupin Review: Netflix Delivers a Stylish French Caper

    Lupin is the most watched Netflix show in many countries of the world, including the U.S. Many people in the States are unfamiliar with the tales of Lupin; I know I was. In France, however, the fictional character Arsene Lupin is a Sherlock Holmes-like popular figure created in 1905 by Maurice Leblanc with 17 novels…

  • Mare of Easttown: First Impression

    This is a first take post on the premier episode of HBO’s new Sunday night drama, Mare of Easttown. Kate Winslet (Titanic, Sense and Sensibility) plays a small-town detective. It’s clear from the first episode that her “complicated” personal life will pose additional challenges, particularly under the small-town lens where everybody knows everybody. The limited…

  • Firefly Lane – Netflix Adapts the Kristin Hannah Book…or Does it?

    I was going to wait on this until season 2 of Firefly Lane airs, but that’s going to be some time (and Netflix has not officially renewed it yet, so who knows). Since this review focuses on the Netflix series and the differences between it and the book it is based on by Kristin Hannah,…

  • Temple Review: You’ll Never Guess What Goes On Underground in the London Tube

    A doctor runs a medical clinic in the bowels of the London subway system (at Temple station) to find a cure for his terminally ill wife, Beth. To keep the operation afloat he takes on criminals or others who need medical attention and don’t want to go through the established medical system. Temple is based…

  • Another L.A. Cop Show?! Bosch Review

    Bosch is indeed another L.A. cop show, but don’t let that stop you. With six seasons on Amazon Prime on the books and a seventh and final season due in 2021 now’s the time to check this series out if you haven’t already. Titus Welliver (Lost, Deadwood, Sons of Anarchy) plays Harry Hieronymous Bosch. I…