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RICK AND MORTY ***1/2 (out of ****) The easy headline when writing about Rick and Morty is “Finally Someone Mentions How Weird It Was That Marty McFly’s Best Friend Was A Mad Scientist,†or “What if Doc Brown Was Drunk?†And, just based on that premise, I’m already interested. Marty and Doc are such…
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PopFilter Vs. Our Childhood In which we reminisce about childhood entertainment, then go back and watch it and re-assess. RYAN HALEY VS FAMILY TIES I was faced once again with the mighty task of deciding which television blind spot I should begin to fill. Start The Shield? Finish The West Wing? Finally admit to myself that it’s…
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GETTING ON/JA’IME: PRIVATE SCHOOL GIRL ***/**1/2 (out of ****) There are a lot of reasons why it seems like television is beating film just from a conversational, what-people-are-talking-about standpoint, if not a financial one. One reason is Netflix. Although they are very reticent in giving us information about their ratings, particularly regarding their original…
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The Very Best MOVIES of the 1990’s 1990 Edition We here at the PopFilter headquarters think both music and Jason are lame and stinky. (Just kidding – it’s just me that thinks that. But I’m right). So, to celebrate movies’ eternal domination over music, let’s steal Jason’s idea, but make it better, because he is…
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ALPHA HOUSE *** (out of ****) One of the biggest problems with Hulu’s original line-up, most of which was reviewed on the PopFilter Podcast, is that it doesn’t feel professional. No one minds if a show is super low-budget, or if it stumbles out of the gate a little bit, but their shows don’t even…
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Flickchart’s Greatest Battles In which we pit two movies together using flickchart.com, debating their merits or lack thereof. COMMANDO VS MONSTER’S BALL The year was 2001. Someone was probably president, some hit song was probably number one on the radio, and we as a nation were still giving Monster’s Ball a standing ovation weeks after…
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REIGN *1/2 STARS (out of ****) I don’t know if it’s a good idea to aim to be a “guilty pleasure.†It can happen by chance, or maybe you’re the type of creator who is prone to think up ideas that are common in other “guilty pleasures.†Either way, if you use it as a…
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INSTANT MOM **1/2 (out of ****) Maybe I’m getting tired. Maybe you can only come up with so many synonyms for “television garbage†before you want to just give up altogether. Instant Mom, Nick at Nite’s newest attempt to produce new versions of the old stuff they show, wasn’t the worst thing I watched this…
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Flickchart’s Greatest Battles In which we pit two movies together using flickchart.com, debating their merits or lack thereof. ROUND ONE COMMANDO VS MONSTER’S BALL The year was 2001. Someone was probably president, some hit song was probably number one on the radio, and we as a nation were still giving Monster’s Ball a standing…
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THE TOMORROW PEOPLE ** (out of ****) If the Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot took a couple more baby steps towards figuring out how to bring superheroes to the small screen, The Tomorrow People took a giant leap back. Television’s special effects will always get better (or cheaper), but they will never be as…
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