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Visit a Different Kind of Hawaii With The White Lotus Comedy/Drama on HBO

Jamil David — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0000

The White Lotus is HBO’s new comedy/drama miniseries created by Mike White, most known for writing School of Rock and the underrated HBO drama Enlightened. The White Lotus begins with its presumed end, a body being loaded on a plane, a tragic end to a ...

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If You Haven’t Watched Hacks Then You’re Missing Something Spectacular

Jamil David — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 09:30:00 +0000

Hacks is HBO Max’s breakout comedy that follows Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), an aging comedy legend with a Vegas residency and all the money in the world that is by circumstance forced to work with a young comedy writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder), who has b...

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Now Stream This: New and Returning Shows You Want to Give a Try

Jamil David — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 09:00:00 +0000

The summer is here, and there are many television shows on the horizon. Summers can be a drag without a major series that captures everyone’s attention. This summer has a couple of series that have the chance to be the weekly point of fascination and s...

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Apple TV+’s Mythic Quest Goes Where No Video Game Developer Stories Have Gone Before

Jamil David — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Mythic Quest is Apple TV+’s game development workplace comedy starring It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Rob McElhenney. Apple TV+ is one of many streaming services trying to carve out its content library, but it doesn’t have the name recognition of ...

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Here’s Your Chance to Catch Up on The Knick, Warrior and Banshee Now on HBO Max

Jamil David — Tue, 11 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Sometimes series will fall through the cracks. With the sheer amount of series and content being churned out by networks and streaming services these days, there are always gems that were hiding in plain sight, or in the case of these three shows, hidi...

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Mare of Easttown Starring Kate Winslet is a Murder Mystery That Rises Above the Formulaic

Jamil David — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Mare of Easttown is a new HBO drama/murder mystery starring Oscar winner Kate Winslet as Mare Sheehan, a police detective in a small Pennsylvania town. Rather than just another entry into the generic murder mystery — a rouge detective trying...

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Invincible: Animated Series Challenging Our Idea of Superheroes

Jamil David — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Invincible is Amazon’s new animated superhero show based on The Walking Dead co-creator Robert Kirkman’s comic book of the same name. Sidestepping the traditional approach, Invincible attempts to portray what superheroes would be like in real life and ...

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Watch the Hoop Dreams in Last Chance U: Basketball on Netflix

Jamil David — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

The sports documentary series and Neflix staple, Last Chance U has followed the world of junior college football for five sessions, carving out a big audience around the teams, players, and coaches the series covers. Shifting gears, it now focuses on b...

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The Falcon and The Winter Soldier: A Buddy Series With a Conscience

Jamil David — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is in a new era on and off the screen. The success of Wandavison has proved that the Marvel formula can be translatable to television and push the boundaries of its storytelling (at least until the climax in Wandavision’s ...

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Beartown: A World Centered on Youth Hockey and the Town That Depends on It

Jamil David — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

In Beartown, Hockey is everything. The small Swedish town’s hopes and destiny are tied to its hockey club’s success and failures. In comes Peter Andersson (Ulf Stenberg), a recent NHL retiree and Beartown native, who is tasked with turning the team aro...

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The Head: Trapped on the South Pole and A Killer is Loose

Jamil David — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 10:30:00 +0000

The Head starts with a farewell party. The crew and researchers of Polaris VI, a research outpost in the middle of the South Pole, are celebrating before they leave the remote facility prior to the six months of darkness that arrives as the winter begi...

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Dive Into Briarpatch Now Streaming on Peacock

Jamil David — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Briarpatch is a homecoming of sorts. Returning to your home town with anxious energy and uncertainty is a common experience. Seeing the sights of your childhood, all the moments and memories that have shaped you into who you are after a long period awa...

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Lupin: The Story of a Gentleman Thief in France on Netflix

Jamil David — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 10:30:00 +0000

Editor's note: Spoiler alert on first episode. In the first episode of Netflix’s French mystery thriller Lupin, Assane Diop (Omar Sy) has put together the heist of a lifetime. Assuming a fake identity as a rich businessman he “buys” the necklace he is ...

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WandaVision Wrestles With Our Expectations for Superhero Tales

Jamil David — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 10:00:00 +0000

In WandaVision, Wanda Maximoff, a tremendously powerful hero and Avenger, and Vision, an artificial man and Wanda’s lover that we last saw get killed at the end of Avengers: Infinity War, find themselves in a 1960s sitcom. They go through the paces and...

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Two More Netflix Success Stories: Bridgerton and Cobra Kai

Jamil David — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:00:00 +0000

The ability for Netflix to randomly churn out a hit original series still surprises. Netflix can also grab shows that had huge followings that were canceled or on failing platforms and put them in front of millions of viewers ready to binge. The top tw...

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The Expanse on Amazon Prime Keeps Expanding its Universe

Jamil David — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 10:30:00 +0000

There is one series in the vast ocean of television content that is pulling off the grand storytelling ambitions of Game of Thrones. That series is The Expanse. All the world-building, multiple factions, political intrigue, and character development th...

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Best TV Shows of 2020

Jamil David — Thu, 24 Dec 2020 10:30:00 +0000

This was a year packed with great TV and it all couldn't have come out during a better time than one in which almost everyone was stuck at home. From big franchise offerings to comedies and deeply personal dramas, this year provided so much memorable T...

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The Challenge on MTV Continues to Get Bigger, Bolder and Tougher

Jamil David — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +0000

America’s 5th major sport — so dubbed by MTV — is back. MTV’s The Challenge, one of the longest-running reality shows on television, premiered its new season this week. This season, entitled “Double Agents” follows the show's most-watched recent s...

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Running the Banking Trainee Gauntlet in Industry From HBO

Jamil David — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 10:30:00 +0000

Industry follows a group of top graduates who are trying to establish themselves at Pierpoint, a banking firm in London. They all have their foot on the first rung of the corporate ladder ready to impress their superiors and hopefully leave a mark impa...

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Lighting the Fire of Revolution With The Good Lord Bird

Jamil David — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 10:00:00 +0000

The Good Lord Bird begins with the end of its story, with abolitionist John Brown awaiting his execution. After a failed raid at an Army weapons depot, he has been sentenced to hanging. He looks out into the crowd that has gathered below the gallows wi...

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