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Review: “Transparent: Musicale Finale” is a Transcendent Closer

Even if you haven’t been keeping up with the Pfeffermens, the finale of Amazon’s flagship series is a spectacle worth watching. Viewers of Amazon’s Transparent have been following Maura Pfeffermen and her family over the last four seasons. The series following an older person’s transition and the impact on her family has garnered almost universal ... Review: “Transparent: Musicale Finale” is a Transcendent Closer

Prospect Review: A Thrilling, Micro-budget Sci-Fi Western

Writer/director team Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell craft a grimy, visceral space Western about a family of prospectors risking their lives on an alien moon. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood Space-based science fiction is usually a big-budget affair – hundred-million-dollar space battles, exotic alien creatures and slick, futuristic spaceships. However, every so often ... Prospect Review: A Thrilling, Micro-budget Sci-Fi Western

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