A review of “A History of Violence,” this week’s Lovecraft Country, coming up just as soon as I have a love song for my woman… “This is some Journey To the Center of the Earth–type shit.” -Tic Lovecraft Country keeps playing with genre, reinvigorating ancient tropes by making the heroes …
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Lyra Silvertongue and her friend Roger Parslow have been through a lot: being kidnapped, narrowly escaping a magical lobotomy at their hands, meddled in ice-bear politics, staying one step ahead of the ruthless Mrs. Coulter and her Magisterium goon squads. Now they’ve reached the mountaintop sanctuary of her father, Lord …
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A review of this week’s The Good Place, “Tinker, Tailor, Demon, Spy,” coming up just as soon as you get me a glass of hot pig urine… As the John Le Carré-referencing title suggests, “Tinker, Tailor, Demon, Spy” is a Good Place-style espionage thriller. Glenn from the Bad Place pops …
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You never know what you’re going to get when an artist primarily known for their musical talents hosts Saturday Night Live. For every Bruno Mars and Ariana Grande (incredible surprises) you get a Blake Shelton or Justin Bieber (expected train wrecks). Halsey ended up somewhere squarely in the middle: You …
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