
A Claudia (Delainey Hayles)-centric episode reveals the fraying edges of the Paris coven as Louis (Jacob Anderson) and Armand (Assad Zaman) grow closer.
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A Claudia (Delainey Hayles)-centric episode reveals the fraying edges of the Paris coven as Louis (Jacob Anderson) and Armand (Assad Zaman) grow closer.
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Stop me if this sounds familiar: a silent, hulking killer stalks a group of horny College students through the woods and murders them in gory fashion.
Now shift the focalization to the POV of the killer. That’s In A Violent Nature.
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After weeks of looking at everyone except their incredibly suspicious therapist, our five Pretty Little Liars finally zero in on the extremely shady Dr. Sullivan (Annabeth Gish).
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After several weeks of restricting Lestat (Sam Reid) to Louis (Jacob Anderson)’s guilty conscience, writer Heather Bellson finally bring back the Lioncourt in a juicy flashback.
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Babes, a friendship/pregnancy comedy written by Ilana Glazer and Josh Rabinowitz, bears all of the hallmarks of the duo’s previous collaboration: the snappy, zany comedy, Broad City.
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One of the strengths of Max’s Pretty Little Liars is how diverse its cast is. This week, that expansive cast of characters is also its downfall as the show is stretched thin with each of our liars’ individual subplots.
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Prequels run the risk of being redundant right out of the gate. The end is already known to audiences, so how fresh can the storytelling actually be?
In the case of George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the surprising answer is: pretty damn fresh.
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Now that Louis (Jacob Anderson) and Claudia (Delainey Hayles) are in Paris, it’s time for the Americans to get involved with the Théâtre des Vampires.
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Madame Web is the kind of film that invites all sorts of questions: What went wrong? What was the original plan? Did the people involved know what they signed on for? And is there a better version hidden somewhere beneath the surface?
Let’s scour the Blu release to find out…
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After a solid reintroduction to Millwood last week, the third episode of “Summer School” sets aside the Bloody Rose Waters danger until the last few minutes to focus on…misogyny.
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