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As there are a billion and one medical dramas on television these days, it's easy for one like Pulse to get lost in the shuffle. I have to admit that I was rolling my eyes throughout the first two episodes, but I finally accepted it for what it is: an unserious drama. The show definitely takes itself too seriously and tries too hard to convince...
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Tyler Perry's Beauty in Black landed in Netflix's Top 10 Most Popular Shows in the U.S. for seven weeks across the releases of Season 1 Parts 1 and 2. Marking Perry's first series at the streaming giant, Beauty in Black follows the stories of Kimmie (Taylor Polidore Williams) and Mallory (Crystle Stewart). While their lives couldn't seem more...
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Paramount+'s new Tom Hardy show, MobLand, offers fans of the gangster drama something of an embarrassment of riches. The series is directed by Guy Ritchie, co-written by Jez Butterworth, and features Dame Helen Mirren in her second "Irish matriach in a Paramount+ action show" role. MobLand follows Tom Hardy's Harry Da Souza, a very talented...
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Nicole Kidman's new movie now streaming on Amazon, Holland, would have been a lot better if it had actually filmed in the real Holland, Michigan. Nevertheless, as a Michigander myself, I was charmed by this mystery thriller, starring Kidman a school teacher whose quiet life in Holland—a Michigan town known for its Dutch heritage and annual Tulip ...
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I am always in when it comes to a good "based on a true story" crime thriller, and so far, Paramount+'s new series Happy Face is doing it for me. The show stars Annaleigh Ashford as Melissa Moore, the daughter of a famous serial killer who was known for leaving a happy face marking at the spots where his murders were committed. Playing the father...
Curious
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Heretic, now streaming on Max, is my favorite kind of horror movie: It's tense, thrilling, thought-provoking, and, ultimately, not that horrifying. What can I say? I'm a wimp! Written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the filmmaking duo behind 65 and the script for the first Quiet Place movie, Heretic stars Sophie Thatcher and Chloe ...
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Clint Eastwood's Juror #2 makes jury duty a true nightmare. The film tells the story of a man who is called to serve on a jury, only to realize he might actually be the one who should be on trial. Nicholas Hoult stars as Justin Kemp, a journalist and expectant father who is thrown into a huge moral dilemma after he's tasked with deciding the fate...
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