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Perry Mason Chapter Four Recap: You gotta have faith, faith, faith

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The first half of the first season comes with a reckoning for E.B. and Perry building a wild theory for the death of George Gannon.

Megan Sunday Posted on July 12, 2020July 12, 2020

Perry Mason Chapter Three Recap: Go ask Sister Alice

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Perry Mason crams a whole lot of story into Chapter Three, almost to its detriment.

Megan Sunday Posted on July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

Perry Mason “Chapter Two” Recap: We’ve got Dodson here!

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HBO’s gritty new gumshoe is already being eclipsed by his more interesting supporting players in episode two.

Megan Sunday Posted on June 29, 2020June 29, 2020

“Perry Mason” Recap: “Chapter One” is gorgeous but tries too hard

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Matthew Rhys steps into the gumshoes of the famed private investigator for a shaky but sumptuous first episode.

Megan Sunday Posted on June 22, 2020June 22, 2020

Bombshell Review: Fox News Satire Has Enough of a Bang

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Jay Roach’s retelling of the Fox News harassment scandal has sufficient momentum and typically strong performances to largely overcome its undercooked politics.

Matt Cipolla Posted on December 9, 2019July 2, 2020

Late Night Review: A Sparkling Comedy With a Lot On Its Mind

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Mindy Kaling’s screenwriting debut offers a shaggy but sincere look at the male-dominated world of talk shows. NOW […]

Caroline Siede Posted on June 4, 2019August 11, 2020

The Tomorrow Man Review: A Blandly Quirky Festival-Caliber Romance

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Noble Jones vies for the title of treacly Sundance-y auteur with his gimmicky romantic drama about a lovelorn doomsday prepper.

Matt Cipolla Posted on May 26, 2019July 2, 2020

Pet Sematary Review: Raising the Dead Leads to Cat-astrophe

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Initially faithful to the source material, Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer’s take on the Stephen King classic goes in a new and creepier direction.

Gena Radcliffe Posted on April 4, 2019August 6, 2020

Of Two Minds: Dissociating Ourselves from “Raising Cain”

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With Glass coming out, we plumb through our collective psyches to discuss Brian De Palma’s split-personality thriller Raising Cain.

Gena Radcliffe Posted on January 15, 2019August 3, 2020
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