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2023 in Review: The Ten Best Television Shows of the Year

This was a big year for finality in television. A lot of amazing shows ended, and most of them stuck the landing perfectly. Similar to how packed 2023 was for […]

  • Sam Layton
  • January 8, 2024
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Review: In Its Final Season, Ted Lasso Gets a Messy but Moving Send-off for One of the Nicest Shows on TV

    Contrary to the dark and depressing content of the other shows I’m currently writing about (Barry and Succession), I do, in fact, like to have fun and feel good. There’s […]

  • Sam Layton
  • June 8, 2023
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: Barry (S4, Ep8) — Characters’ Realizations Come Too Late in Flawed, Powerful Finale

    Editor’s Note: this article contains major episode spoilers. “He who seeks revenge digs two graves, Barry.” -Gene Cousineau I wish I could tell you that the ending of Barry is […]

  • Sam Layton
  • May 31, 2023
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: Barry (S4, Ep7) — The Series’ Penultimate Half Hour Provides One More Comedic Episode

    It was only when I finished “a nice meal” that I realized how relentlessly dark the past few episodes of Barry have been. You’d think it’d be during the period […]

  • Sam Layton
  • May 30, 2023
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: Barry (S4, Ep6) — A Dark Episode Digs for the Root of Barry’s Choices

    Perhaps the biggest mystery Barry has to offer is why Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) makes the choices he does. He’s always under the spell of something, and he always seems […]

  • Sam Layton
  • May 23, 2023
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: Barry (S4, Ep5) — Barry Moves to God’s Land in a Quiet, Creepy Episode

    Since Barry began, Barry’s (Bill Hader) primary goal has been to start over. At first, this meant finding new purpose in Gene Cousineau’s (Henry Winkler) acting class, then it meant […]

  • Sam Layton
  • May 17, 2023
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: Barry (S4, Ep3) — Expectations are Flipped in a Tense, Explosive Episode

    A recurring idea throughout Barry is that life tends to imitate art, especially in the first two seasons, where the stories…

  • Sam Layton
  • April 27, 2023
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: Barry (S4, Eps 1 &2) — As the Dark Final Season Begins, No One’s Learned the Right Lessons

    This article is written by Sam Layton. When you watch a television drama that hinges on one very important main character, you expect to watch that character evolve. Even if […]

  • Sam Layton
  • April 20, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Film Nerds Revel in the Connection, Nostalgia of At the Video Store

    At the Video Store

    This one hit me right in the heart, probably because you have to be in a particular age bracket and love movies of every size and shape to remember the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • January 23, 2020
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Story Continues As the Scares Fade in It Chapter Two

    It Chapter Two

    In many ways, it’s remarkable that you can make what is effectively a single story, told in two parts, with the same creative team throughout, and still come up with […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 3, 2019
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Smart, Funny and Inventive, Ralph Breaks the Internet is an Animated Sequel Worth the Wait

    Ralph Breaks the Internet

    Something interesting happened on the way to this six-years-in-the-making sequel to the hit animated film Wreck-It Ralph. Ralph Breaks the Internet directors Rich Moore and co-writer Phil Johnston made an […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 22, 2018
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