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Reviews Archive

Archives for March 2015

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Furious 7 has no business being as good as it isFurious 7 has no business being as good as it is
Culture

Furious 7 is a glorious boondoggle of a film. But it also has a lot of heart.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Culture
Why you need to see Going Clear, the new documentary on ScientologyWhy you need to see Going Clear, the new documentary on Scientology
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It makes its TV debut on HBO Sunday, March 29.

By Emily St. James
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Home, the latest animated kid flick, is actually about colonialism. No, really.Home, the latest animated kid flick, is actually about colonialism. No, really.
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Here are some surprisingly complex topics you can talk about with your kids after seeing it.

By Emily St. James
Culture
The new movie Kumiko the Treasure Hunter proves Rinko Kikuchi should be a superstarThe new movie Kumiko the Treasure Hunter proves Rinko Kikuchi should be a superstar
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Based on an urban legend, it tells the story of a Japanese woman who hunts for the treasure from the film Fargo.

By Emily St. James
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Community has longer running times on Yahoo. That leads to a funnier show.Community has longer running times on Yahoo. That leads to a funnier show.
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The chief benefit of online streaming to sitcoms just might be more room to breathe.

By Emily St. James
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Bloodline shows what’s wrong with most of Netflix’s original seriesBloodline shows what’s wrong with most of Netflix’s original series
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It offers the suggestion of a story more than an actual story and takes forever to get going.

By Emily St. James
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Insurgent is better than Divergent. But it’s still not very good.Insurgent is better than Divergent. But it’s still not very good.
Culture

The vast majority of this movie is about the characters wishing to be elsewhere. And the movie’s audience will, after 119 long minutes, almost certainly relate.

By Alex Abad-Santos
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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. used to be terrible. Now it’s terrific.Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. used to be terrible. Now it’s terrific.
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And all it had to do to get there was pretend all of the bad stuff was part of the plan.

By Emily St. James
Culture
The Veronica Mars people made a zombie detective show. It’s really fun.The Veronica Mars people made a zombie detective show. It’s really fun.
Culture

Let’s take a look at iZombie’s family tree.

By Emily St. James
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Everything you need to know about Community’s season premiere, in 5 jokesEverything you need to know about Community’s season premiere, in 5 jokes
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This show is now a mutant version of itself. But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing.

By Emily St. James
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5 utterly insane things that happen in the terrible new Adam Sandler movie The Cobbler5 utterly insane things that happen in the terrible new Adam Sandler movie The Cobbler
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One of them involves pickles.

By Emily St. James
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The baffling anti-feminist politics of Disney’s new CinderellaThe baffling anti-feminist politics of Disney’s new Cinderella
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How is this heroine so much less proactive than the one from the 1950 animated version?

By Emily St. James
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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt isn’t the new 30 Rock. It’s the new Bewitched.Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt isn’t the new 30 Rock. It’s the new Bewitched.
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Netflix’s terrific new comedy borrows liberally from the sitcoms of the past. Here are five of them.

By Emily St. James
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New drama American Crime is a preachy, kind of excellent, look at race and class in the USNew drama American Crime is a preachy, kind of excellent, look at race and class in the US
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ABC is taking a big chance on this one.

By Emily St. James
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Descender is the best new comic book of 2015Descender is the best new comic book of 2015
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If Descender is any indication of what’s next for creator Jeff Lemire, then we’re all in for a treat.

By Alex Abad-Santos