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Jean Smart in Hacks

Hacks, season 2, more delightful than ever

Hacks. What can you say about a show as wonderful as Hacks? It’s funny, it’s charming, it’s truthful, it’s touching, it’s dark comedic perfection. Jean Smart is the ultimate perfection as the struggling comedian Deborah Vance.

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Awkwafina is Nora from Queens grows on you

Awkwafina is Nora from Queens is a comedy series about Awkwafina’s own life from the time before she became well-known. It’s available on its home channel of Comedy Central and also on HBO Max, which is where I binge watched all 14 episodes of season 1.

Ming-Na Wen in Marvel Rising

The Animated Feature Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors

Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors will be a full length animated feature. It includes some of the younger superheroes in the Marvel universe and is remarkable for its matter of fact approach to inclusion. The younger generation are going to save us all.

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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D is so much fun

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. puts me in a zone where the passing of an hour of TV seems to take about 5 minutes. I’m shocked when it’s over – already? I know it’s a comic book come to life, so I guess I’m a 10 year-old at heart. I love the way it looks, I love the special effects, and I …

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Instant Judgments on Sleepy Hollow and Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D

Here are my instant opinions about two new TV shows that deal with fantastical unreality. Sleepy Hollow may be a bit overbearingly self-important. — OldAintDead (@OldAintDead) September 24, 2013 I watched two episodes before I formed that judgment on Sleepy Hollow. It’s too heavy handed for my taste. I feel like they are beating me over the head with the …

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