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Why Good Shows like WestWorld and Mr. Robot Go through Sophomore Slumps
Good shows like Westworld go wrong all the time. Often, they go wrong pretty early, just after a great first season. It happened with True Detective, then with Mr. Robot, and this year, it happened with Westworld. What’s common between these…
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Maniac Deals with Grief, Hallucinations and Depressed Computers
Netflix’s Maniac, based on a Norwegian series of the same name and directed by Cary Fukunaga (True Detective Season One), stars Emma Stone and Jonah Hill. It’s ten episodes of trippy, soulful exploration of minds, simulations and multiple worlds, weaved…
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Iron Fist Gets Better in Second Season, But is Still Not as Great as it Could Be
Danny Rand is the Iron Fist. If you don’t know it yet, he would have gladly told you so in his previous appearances in Iron Fist Season One and The Defenders. But now Danny Rand is a changed man: more…
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Bojack Horseman Gets Woke, Delivers Eulogies and Does Very Shitty Things in a Strong Fifth Season
Bojack Horseman doesn’t get a pass. He isn’t a good guy, he isn’t a bad guy. He is just a guy, who occasionally does very shitty things. This time, he went far enough, and pushed enough people away, to realize…
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Diane Goes to Vietnam, in Search of Her Roots, Solitude and Closure
The Dog days are over in Bojack Horseman. They truly are. A few minutes into the fifth season's second episode, Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter started talking about their divorce papers. My heart broke when I realized my favorite couple on…
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Netflix’s Ghoul: Guilt, Tyranny and the Monsters among Men
Quietly released on 24th August, Ghoul is a sharply directed, enigmatically paced political allegory, with a dash of supernatural spices thrown in for good measure. The little ads and marketing you may have seen for the miniseries suggests the reverse…
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Westworld Review: Not the Next Game of Thrones, and It Doesn’t Need to Be.
Not only is Westworld HBO’s latest hit, it may well be on track to become its biggest hit. That might seem like a tall order, but the show has already pulled off the most successful first season in the network’s…
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