TV review: Mrs. America – an amazing drama draws dubious conclusions
Despite a narrow and unconvincing analysis of its anti-hero, Mrs America is a timely and sensationally executed drama.
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Film review: Black Lives Matter in Spike Lee’s incendiary Da 5 Bloods
Three decades into his career, Spike Lee has returned with a film that questions the legacy of Vietnam. It might be his most relevant yet.
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TV review: Steve Carell’s spoof Netflix show Space Force fails to take off
Netflix’s latest sitcom, Space Force, is an attempt at political satire that reminds us that in space, no one can hear you laugh.
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Film review: Eurovision Song Contest embarrasses Europe and your vision
Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams unite for Netflix’s Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, where everybody loses.
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Lockdown Looking Glass: Are we all living our own Groundhog Day?
In our new series, Lockdown Looking Glass, we’ll be looking back on films that hit a little differently in lockdown.
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Lockdown Looking Glass: Revisiting Cast Away while stranded in isolation
Grab your new-found quarantine object friend, be it a lampshade, or a volleyball named Wilson, as we discuss Cast Away’s renewed relevance.
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Lockdown Looking Glass: Taking a Day Off with Ferris Bueller
We’re looking at a John Hughes classic in this Lockdown Looking Glass, as we reconsider the ’80s joy of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
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Lockdown Looking Glass: The art of conversation in My Dinner With Andre
As lockdown limits face-to-face contact, we revisit the resonance of landmark movie My Dinner With Andre in an era of cyber exchanges.
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Feature: The morality of screenwriting your trauma in I May Destroy You
In I May Destroy You, Michaela Coel asks whether processing the trauma of sexual assault through screenwriting the answer to recovery.
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Adam Sandler’s ‘Uncut Gems’ finally arrives on Netflix in the US
Uncut Gems was one of the best movies of 2019, with Adam Sandler in an unfamiliar role in a drama.
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