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TV Review: First Love, A Soft-Hearted Jigsaw Puzzle On The Meaningful Encounters In Life

Life doesn’t turn out the way we planned it as youngsters and yet every instant turns out to be meaningful. As Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard once said: “Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.” This concept is beautifully portrayed in the Japanese television series First Love — available on Netflix…

TV Review – Netflix’s ‘Blockbuster’ is a Standard Sitcom Bursting with Nostalgia 

We’ve come to a point that some of today’s most avid movie and TV audiences may not remember or even know what it was like to go to a video rental store. The phrase “Be Kind Rewind” may have no significance whatsoever for those for whom DVDs are a distant memory, though they do still…

Mike, The Hulu Series Toes The Line Of The Boxing Champion

In boxing the idiomatic expression to “Toe the line” stands for “getting someone’s act in order,” which is exactly what Hulu’s miniseries Mike does with the controversial life and career of heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. This series — based on extensive research of factual accounts, interviews, footage of real-life events — creates a deep and…

TV Review – ‘House of the Dragon’ is a Familiar Return to ‘Game of Thrones’ Territory

It’s hard to deny the cultural impact of Game of Thrones. The HBO series based on the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by author George R.R. Martin premiered in 2011 and only became more popular as it went on. Its series finale aired more than three years ago, on May 19th, 2019, and…

TV Review – ‘The New York Times Presents: Superspreader’ is a Vital Look at the Power of Misinformation

The term “superspreader” has been popularized during the COVID-19 pandemic, typically in reference to large-scale events with minimal or no protocols in place to prevent the spread of infection. Big weddings without masks or social distancing or conferences with many attendees were among those reported to have resulted in a high rate of transmission. Yet…

TV Review : Netflix’s “Echoes” is a High-Concept Identical Twin Thriller

There are many comedies that center on the concept of people not being able to tell identical twins apart. While parents, siblings, and good friends are usually able to notice small differences even if the general public can’t, that tendency is ignored for cinema’s sake to create a humorous setup. When the same is true…

TV Review – ‘Five Days at Memorial’ Offers a Harrowing Look at Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath

It’s been seventeen years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans. Its unprecedented destruction led to much conversation about how the city and government could have better prepared for its landfall and aftermath. The Apple TV+ limited series Five Days at Memorial, based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Pulitzer…

TV Review – Neil Patrick Harris Stars in Netflix’s ‘Uncoupled’

A breakup at any point in a relationship is difficult, and it may be much harder for one party to recover. But when a couple has been together for more than a decade, there are some assumptions that have likely been made, and the two may be perceived as an inseparable unit. It’s possible that…

TV Review – Ethan Hawke Celebrates Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in HBO Max’s ‘The Last Movie Stars’ 

It’s hard to find a Hollywood power couple as endearing as Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. In an age where cell phone cameras can capture private moments with relative ease, the notion of celebrity has taken on a different meaning. Decades ago, Newman and Woodward were superstars, and their marriage was an unusually resilient one,…

TV Review – Prime Video’s ‘The Terminal List’ is Another Show about Vengeance and Violence

Everyone loves a good revenge thriller, the chance to see a hero take out the people who have wronged them and achieve justice. online pharmacy levofloxacin over the counter with best prices today in the USA Well, maybe, not everyone, since they often travel a dark path in order to get to redemption, and may…

TV Review – Season 2 of ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Is Absolutely Worth Another Subscription

There are few things more addictive than a good mystery. Murder podcasts in particular seem to have a tremendous appeal, and the only way to make that concept even more enthralling is to create a TV show about podcasters embroiled in their own murder mystery. online pharmacy champix over the counter with best prices today…