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May 9, 2018

How ‘Infinity War’ Takes A Deep Dive Into The Psychology of Star-Lord: An Essay

WARNING! THE FOLLOWING PIECE CONTAINS MAJOR, MAJOR SPOILERS FOR AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR! Showtime, A-holes!  Now that Avengers: Infinity War has been out in theaters for a few weeks and the...

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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...

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November 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...

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October 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...

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October 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...

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October 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...

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October 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...

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October 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...

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September 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...

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September 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...

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