THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of Fox’s The Masked Singer. On The Masked Singer Season 10’s disco-night episode, it seemed fitting to begin with the Saturday Night Fever hit “Disco Inferno” by The Trammps. During the Group A finals Wednesday night, S’More, Cow, and Gazelle took audiences …
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Hawkeye today became the latest Disney+ entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We’ll be recapping it for the next five weeks, starting with spoilers for the two-part series premiere, coming up just as soon as I have monogrammed butterscotch… “Your whole thing is that you’re low-key,” Kate Bishop tells Clint …
Read More »'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier': The Man Behind the Mask
A review of this week’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, “Power Broker,” coming up just as soon as I try to run in these heels… There’s a moment late in “Power Broker” where Sam and Bucky are once again bickering, this time about which direction Bucky was supposed to …
Read More »'The Mandalorian' Recap: The Gang's All Here
A review of this week’s The Mandalorian, “The Prisoner,” coming up just as soon as my shoes match my belt… We’re at the stage of this season where the creative team (here with Rick Famuyiwa returning to direct, and co-writing with Thor: Ragnarok‘s Christopher Yost) just seems to be inserting …
Read More »'Big Little Lies' Season 2 Finale Recap: Truth Be Told
A review of “I Want To Know,” the Big Little Lies Season Two finale, coming up just as soon as I have connections for my sugar cereals… Midway through “I Want To Know,” Ed calms Madeline‘s fears about their marriage by offering to renew their vows. But, he tells her, …
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A review of “Smell Ya Later,” this week’s Killing Eve, coming up just as soon as I look like someone stuck a mustache on some fudge… “Together again. Gee, it’s good to be together again. I just can’t imagine that you’ve ever been gone. It’s not starting over. It’s just …
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Each episode of Saturday Night Live has its own rhythm, and this John Mulaney-hosted endeavor had that of a jam band that was locked in during a live concert. Most of the sketches were long. Like, really long. So long that the normal pattern of the 90-minute episode was essentially …
Read More »'Westworld' Recap: Back to the Future
They call it Glory, or the Valley Beyond. It houses everything you need to destroy the forces behind the theme park(s). No mysterious maze here: It’s the promised land, the place where both the revolutionary robot Dolores and her human nemesis the Man in Black are headed. And it makes …
Read More »Kumail Nanjiani on 'SNL': 3 Sketches You Have to See
Delivering three consecutive episodes of Saturday Night Live is a tall order. Given how grueling each episode is to conceive and execute, it’s natural to assume the third episode might suffer from some signs of wear and tear. On the other hand, giving this new cast/crew that prolonged time together …
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