Dec 2
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Isla Fisher is a comedic firecracker who’s never quite gotten her due in Hollywood. Despite scene-stealing roles in…
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Contributor, The A.V. Club. Caroline Siede is a pop culture critic in Chicago, where the cold never bothers her anyway. Her interests include superhero movies, feminist theory, and Jane Austen novels.
Nov 24
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Two-thirds of the way through The Crown’s fourth season finale, Charles unknowingly echoes his father. Back in “Favou…
Nov 23
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Early into “Avalanche,” Anne make an astute observation about Charles and Diana’s marriage: He acts older than his…
Nov 22
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If you ever wanted to know what it would be like if Aaron Sorkin wrote The Crown, then boy do I have an episode for…
Nov 21
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There’s something about Princess Margaret that inspires Peter Morgan to think outside the box. He uses her episodes…
Nov 20
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The Crown has a natural tendency towards dourness. There are times when the show seems to suggest that the Windsors…
Nov 20
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Ten years ago, Walt Disney Animation was in crisis. The studio had lost its identity in the years since its 1990s…
Nov 19
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Some of the most compelling episodes of The Crown simply dramatize a historical event that feel almost too…
Nov 19
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Mix The Family Stone with While You Were Sleeping, add a touch of My Best Friend’s Wedding, and give the whole thing…
Nov 18
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After the first season of The Crown casually elided a major character’s Nazi connections, season two had to spend an …
Nov 17
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It’s easy to admire the big, showy episodes of This Is Us. But what I really appreciate are episodes like…
Nov 17
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The world of Buckingham Palace is so unmoored from time that it’s easy to forget The Crown has covered over 30 years…
Nov 16
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The royals are a bunch of weirdos. That’s ostensibly the thesis of The Crown, but over the past three seasons we’ve…
Nov 15
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The first season of The Crown debuted with a clear sense of purpose: To introduce us to the world of the Windsors…
Nov 10
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This Is Us’ fifth season premiere had the massive hurdle of reintroducing the show in its new pandemic reality. This…
Nov 6
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Queen Latifah has arguably never been more regal than she was at the 2003 Academy Awards. Her new comedy, Bringing…
Oct 28
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From the opening shot of Emma Roberts’ Sloane stubbing out a cigarette on a plastic Santa and sighing, “Fucking…
Oct 27
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When This Is Us’ fourth season finale aired at the end of March, we were just entering what many assumed would be a…
Oct 23
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The ’90s were a big time for witches. The Craft and Charmed found loyal teen audiences as Sabrina The Teenage Witch, …
Oct 23
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Note: The writer of this review watched After We Collided from home. Before making the decision to see it—or any…