Eric was excellent in some ways. Benedict Cumberbatch gave an outstanding performance as a mentally ill alcoholic father. In other ways, the mini series was a disappointment. Unbelievable plot points and too many subplots detracted from the central story.
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Love Lies Bleeding tells a love story as an action thriller and uses a metaphoric exploration of women power in a dynamic story about people on the edges. Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian star.
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My Life is Murder is back with season 4! Eight episodes of Alexa Crowe (Lucy Lawless) solving murders the police haven’t had any luck solving. There are plenty of bright costumes and scenic shots of Auckland, NZ to please your
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In Work It, Quinn (Sabrina Carpenter) has spent her entire school career making her credentials look good enough to be admitted to Duke University. She’s got a 4.0, does volunteer work, plays cello, belongs to some extracurricular groups. She should
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Irish Wish begins with Maddie (Lindsay Lohan) longing for the author of a book she just edited. Okay, a book she mostly wrote but it’s the author’s name of the cover, not hers. Even so, she’s sure she’s in love
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The words sex positive are used a lot in Crush, and it’s a fitting description of the entire film. The sex is at a minimum, but the acceptance is maximum. This is a happy and very queer coming of age
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Totally Completely Fine brings Australian dark comedy to a series about a family struggling with grief. It’s an excellent series with outstanding writing and beautiful performances from a big ensemble cast.
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School Spirits, season 1, is a mysterious ghost story starring Peyton List as a girl searching for answers about her murder and why she’s living with a bunch of ghosts at her high school.
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Extrapolations is a series of interrelated stories meant to illustrate where we are headed if something isn’t done about all the carbon pouring into the atmosphere. It’s a huge, ambitious attempt to warn us, show us, teach us, that we
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Based on a True Story is a dark comedy series that spoofs true crime podcasts with a ludicrous plot about a couple who team up with a serial killer to do a podcast. It does a decent job satirizing America’s
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