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Because, aviously…

What if I told you that this show was terrible? Well, that would be false. But if I told you you’d enjoy it, you shouldn’t disagree. But look away, and don’t take in the troubles that the Baudelaire’s have to face in Season 2. The banker (K. Todd Freeman) is still clueless *cough*, the narrator …

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In 2017 Netflix produced The Standups, a series of up-and-comers given their own short stand-up specials, a chance to show their wares, without getting a full hour special (like the recent ones of Ricky Gervais and Chris Rock). While some of last season’s had their moments, others were absolute duds. This year follows a similar theme, but …

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Collateral is a Netflix Limited Series, together with the BBC2, using just four episodes to tell the story. A pizza delivery went wrong, as the delivery man is shot leaving the house…was it a murder? A targeted hate crime? Or was it somehow tied to a Labour Party member? The show is quick paced and an …

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Gad Elmaleh, a Moroccan-French-Jewish comedian, has shown up on Netflix for his first English comedy special. He discusses speaking a foreign language and learning the terminology, most importantly putting the right emphasis on the right syllable (that line works better orally…it’s all written the same); as well as the differences between Americans and French/Moroccans…from how cabs work …

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Love is back for a third (and what’s supposed to be final) season. Mickey (Gillian Jacobs) and Gus (Paul Rust) have turned their relationship into one that people can seemingly strive for, but they can’t seem to escape from Randy and Bertie (Mike Mitchell and Claudia O’Doherty), and a getaway to Palm Springs may be the right …

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Ricky Gervais is back with his first special in seven years (if you don’t count the Golden Globes), and he wastes no time diving into it. Not even Bill Cosby carries enough tranquilizer to bring down this next magnificent beast. Please welcome Melissa McCarthy. Spending time covering his “feud” with Bruce Jenner, and the soft people …

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Season 1 of Jessica Jones, AKA My Favorite Marvel Season on Netflix, was an outstanding show and set the bar so high that everything afterward had a hard time living up to it. Alias Investigations, with Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), vigilante superhero, and Malcolm (Eka Darville), the cleaned up druggie, running it, are dealing with the dumbest …

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The Looming Tower is a new Hulu exclusive show, based on the book by Lawrence Wright. Looming Tower focuses on the rise of Usama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, as the CIA and FBI butt heads over their search for terror overseas and how to handle them. The show is based on the 9/11 inquiries in 2004 …

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In the past I’ve talked about other streaming services, such as Hulu TV and YouTube TV, and today my focus is turned to CBS All-Access. For just $5.99/month ($9.99 without ads) you can watch CBS on all your mobile devices, not just from an On-Demand service or a desktop website. It gives you next day access …

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