April 8, 2018
Here’s why Spielberg was the only person who could have made ‘Ready Player One’
When I was a freshman in college back in 2012, Robert Zemeckis came to Philadelphia while promoting his upcoming movie at the time, Flight. That being said, everyone in the audience...
Read MoreNovember 26, 2017
Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie Review
Now that the tears of nostalgia have finally subsided into a steady drip, I can finally offer up my thoughts on Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie and boy, are those thoughts...
Read MoreOctober 31, 2017
The Deuce “My Name is Ruby” Review (SEASON 1 FINALE): Hitchcock & Truffle
The season finale of The Deuce’s first season was action packed, but in true Deuce fashion, it wasn’t “action packed” in the traditional sense. True, a character was killed, but...
Read MoreOctober 23, 2017
The Deuce “Au Reservoir” Review: No Rabbi
The winds of change can be felt in the penultimate episode of The Deuce’s first season, from the world of law enforcement to that of prostitution. Since the dirty cops...
Read MoreOctober 16, 2017
The Deuce “Why Me?” Review: Oh, the Whorin’ Outside is Frightful
It’s a dangerous time for the pimps and their charges in 1970s New York on this week’s episode of The Deuce. The show has fast forwarded to the winter time...
Read MoreOctober 9, 2017
The Deuce “What Kind of Bad?” Review: A Low Draft Number
During the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, the United States military instituted a draft lottery in which eligible men were assigned numbers between 1 and 366 based on your...
Read MoreOctober 2, 2017
The Deuce “I See Money” Review: The BJ of Death
We’re halfway through Season 1 of HBO’s The Deuce and I’m honestly surprised that it’s taken this long for Maggie Gyllenhaal to kill someone with one of her world-famous blow...
Read MoreSeptember 26, 2017
The Deuce “The Principle Is All” Review: A Tale of Two Kishkas
It’s a pretty crazy thing to witness the scene of a television show being filmed in real time and then see the polished version of said scene play out in...
Read MoreSeptember 20, 2017
The Deuce “Show and Prove” Review: Chim Chiminy
The iniquity of 1970s New York hangs over the characters of The Deuce’s second episode, “Show and Prove”, like ash on chimney sweeps in Mary Poppins-era London. That comparison isn’t...
Read MoreSeptember 13, 2017
The Deuce “Pilot” Review: Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy
HBO’s The Deuce makes me nostalgic for a time period I never lived through. Granted, that time may have been rife with illegal drug use, unprotected sex and political turmoil,...
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