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Long live Downton Abbey
This is my story
The Desperate Housewife is down with a case of the Varsity Blues
LPs are not only an important source of pleasure but also edification
Oh no, not Pennywise, I used to like him…
Today Hollywood’s undoubted creative power is spent updating and reimagining stories that are decades old
I loved every second of it
The latest irony in the spread of ‘cancel culture’ comes courtesy of The New Yorker
Obesity isn’t woke. It’s a death sentence
The wrong kind of bipartisan consensus
Titania McGrath: Mxnifesto at the Edinburgh Fringe reviewed
David Berman used language as an instrument and as a tool, abhorring his father’s use of it as a weapon
‘He seemed more interested in discussing Animal Crackers and A Night at the Opera’
Life inside the rapper’s low-income housing units
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood reviewed
For almost a decade, American cinema has rolled over and had its fluffy belly tickled by grim-faced CCP censors
Crying crocodile tears over tear gas ruins a great gallery
Mobs attack IKEA, demanding refunds
Tyrannical progressives in municipal governments are inflicting their agenda on us through the medium of sculpture
May we all travel for our own loves, rather than for the ‘likes’ of others
A divisive movie for divisive times
The comedienne is calling for anti-war progressive Marianne Williamson to pull out of the 2020 race
A$AP Rocky needs help, so of course the celebrity-addicted president is stepping in
Where season one had the creeping menace of Alien, the mood here is closer to Scooby-Doo
Actors playing the parts of characters with whom they share no lived experience is nothing new
Perhaps the actress would be better off playing a tree than a person with convictions
Why is politically correct comedy so depressing?
Would it not have led to a more meaningful narrative if the ‘monster’ the Russians had brought into being was in fact climate change?