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‘The Kids in the Hall’ Review: Comedy’s Punks Still Reign Supreme

May 22, 2022 10:50 am

Amazon made a wise choice to give so much love to “The Kids in the Hall.” The revitalization of the five-piece comedy troupe — with a new two-part SXSW documentary, “The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks,” and th...

‘The Kids In The Hall: Comedy Punks’ Review: Essential Viewing For Die-Hards Or Newcomers

Nick Allen

May 20, 2022 1:51 pm

News, Reviews

You don’t have to be a fan of the legendary Canadian comedy group The Kids in the Hall to appreciate a thorough and loving new documentary about them, Reg Harkema’s “The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks.” Knowin...

‘Fairfax’ Trailer: Season 2 Embraces Middle School Crushes And Ride-Or-Die Friendships

Molly Cottee Tantum

May 18, 2022 2:28 pm

News

How well do you remember middle school? Lucky enough for you, “Fairfax” allows you to relive all the fun and chaos of being a teenager. Season one of the adult animated comedy introduced us to the modern middl...

‘Night Sky’ Trailer: Sissy Spacek & J.K. Simmons Star In Another Amazon Prime Sci-Fi Series

Ned Booth

April 22, 2022 12:00 pm

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It looks like "Outer Range" isn't the only supernatural show coming to Amazon Prime this Fall. That series, about a Wyoming community that stumbles upon strangeness out in the woods, already has hype...

‘The Boys’ Season 3 Trailer: Sex, Violence & Butch Gets Super Powers

Noah Thompson

March 12, 2022 12:52 pm

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With “Spider-Man: No Way Home” breaking pandemic box office records and “The Batman” continuing the genre's popularity, one superhero property is returning to remind everyone of the darker, morbid, and arguabl...

The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power

‘Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power’ Trailer: Amazon’s Billion-Dollar Tolkien Adaptation Hits Prime This September

Ned Booth

February 13, 2022 8:30 pm

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Two decades ago, Peter Jackson's "The Lord Of The Rings" trilogy ushered in a new age of big-budget filmmaking. On a $286 million budget, Jackon's films brought in nearly $3 billion in the worldwide box o...

‘Encounter’ Trailer: Riz Ahmed Stars As A Soldier On The Run On December 3

Ned Booth

November 17, 2021 12:01 pm

News, Trailers

Riz Ahmed's star began its ascent with breakout roles in 2014's "Nightcrawler" and the 2016 HBO miniseries "The Night Of." Now, fresh off his second Golden Globe nomination and first Oscar nom for last year's ...

‘The Wheel Of Time’ TV Review: A Ponderous Slog Of A Show That Desperately Wants To Be The Next ‘Game Of Thrones’

Brian Tallerico

November 16, 2021 12:20 pm

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Amazon Prime’s “The Wheel of Time” is a ponderous slog, a show that wants so badly to be the next “Game of Thrones” or even “The Witcher” that it telegraphs its pretentious self-seriousness with every line of ...

‘The Pursuit of Love’: Lily James Exudes Infectious Energy, But The Feminist Agenda Is Stuck In the Past [Review]

Marya E. Gates

July 26, 2021 3:40 pm

News, Reviews, Television

Based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Nancy Mitford, Emily Mortimer’s “The Pursuit of Love” is a breezy, swirling look at the romantic lives of two upper-crust British cousins in between WWI and WWII. Th...

‘Solos’: A Corny, Pandemic-Influenced Melodrama That Feels Like Tone-Deaf Celebrities Singing “Imagine” [Review]

Brian Tallerico

May 21, 2021 9:26 am

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Producer/creator David Weil (the writer behind the controversial “Hunters”) returns to Amazon Prime with this week’s “Solos,” a pandemic production filmed in late 2020 that wastes so much talent that it can be...

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