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Thursday, May 16

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JOHN DIES AT THE END Reviews and free on Crackle, Plex, Pluto TV, Prime, Redbox, Roku and Tubi

moviesandmania.com

‘Meet the Bible Belter’ John Dies at the End is a 2012 dark comedy-horror film written and directed by Don Coscarelli (Phantasm; Bubba Ho-Tep), based upon the David Wong novel of …

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Bridgerton series three review: Steamy period drama FINALLY returns for highly-anticipated new series - but critics claim

www.dailymail.co.uk

Fans hoping to see more of the bare bottoms and raunchy sex scenes that made the first series such a hit are set to be disappointed, TV critics have warned in their reviews.

Fawlty Towers The Play Review: Shamelessly recycled it may be, but this is a fine reproduction of a vintage antique... it's as if time stood still, writes PATRICK MARMION

www.dailymail.co.uk

As shamelessly recycled 50-year-old comic material goes, John Cleese and Connie Booth's stage replica of their classic TV comedy, Fawlty Towers, is still very good fun.

TV review: 'Bridgerton' Season 3 does right by Penelope

www.upi.com

Part 1 of "Bridgerton" Season 3, premiering Thursday on Netflix, makes Penelope Featheringon (Nicola Coughlan) the central character and develops her character and story nicely.

'Bridgerton' Season 3 review: Penelope and Colin level up in the Ton's longest game

mashable.com

Netflix and Shondaland's Regency romance series "Bridgerton" returns for Season 3: Part 1, with Penelope and Colin in the lead. TV review.

Bridgerton season 3 review: The will-they-won't-they will leave you screaming at your TV

www.mirror.co.uk

Netflix's Bridgerton is back on our screens today with Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton taking on the leading roles in the show's latest love story. The Mirror's Sara Wallis shares her thoughts on the first episodes

Polin’s Love Story in ‘Bridgerton’ Season 3 Part 1 Delivers Glow-Ups, Deception and Some Super Sultry Moments: TV Review

variety.com

Netflix’s acclaimed 19th century-set “Bridgerton” has returned for the first half of its third season, and it’s more lush and enticing than audiences might remember. Season 3 opens as a new crop of debutantes enter the marriage market. As…

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‘Wild Diamond’ Review: Agathe Reidinger’s Drama About a 19-Year-Old Girl in Thrall to the False Gods of Social Media and Reality TV Announces the Arrival of a Major Filmmaker

variety.com

Religion, Karl Marx said, is the opiate of the masses. Today, he would likely say that the opiate of the masses is fame — the desire for it, the things you have to do to get it, the fragmentary nature of it (the old “15 minutes” is now, in…

Wednesday, May 15

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Fawlty Towers review – comedy history repeats itself as stage farce

www.theguardian.com

Apollo theatre, London John Cleese’s transposition of his TV sitcom to the theatre has pitch perfect performances, but it never quite becomes a play

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Album Review: Various Artists, ‘I Saw the TV Glow (Original Soundtrack)’

ourculturemag.com

There are a million ways to take in I Saw the TV Glow, director Jane Schoenbrun’s terrific second feature about two teenagers who obsess and bond over a monster-of-the-week TV show in the 1990s. Shoenbrun has said they wanted “the whole…

LG G4 OLED TV review: OLED goes off the charts in 2024

www.digitaltrends.com

We have an early front-runner for the best TV of the year. In fact, the LG G4 is one of the best we've ever tested.

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‘Wild Diamond’ Review: Cannes Character Study Is Empathetic and Unforgiving

www.thewrap.com

Cannes 2024: First-time director Agathe Riedinger presents social media and reality TV stardom as a pie-in-the-sky way to escape a life of poverty

‘Wild Diamond’ Review: A Stylish but Familiar French Debut Observes Perils of Influencer Culture

In Agathe Riedinger's competition entry, a young woman obsessed with beauty and hungry for fame endeavors to become a reality TV star.

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Outer Range Season 2 TV Review

www.joblo.com

Josh Brolin returns in this unique science fiction neo-western that may be the weirdest show you are not watching.

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TV Q&A: Why do Channel 4 anchors stand to read the news?

triblive.com

Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review.

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Prime Video announces return of blockbuster TV series – despite string of brutal reviews

www.thesun.co.uk

PRIME Video has renewed US spy dramedy Mr. and Mrs. Smith for a second season.

Prime Video announces return of blockbuster TV series – despite string of brutal reviews

PRIME Video has renewed US spy dramedy Mr. and Mrs. Smith for a second season.

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WATCH | Ignition TV reviews the 2024 Toyota Urban Cruiser

www.timeslive.co.za

Join Ignition TV presenter Juliet McGuire as she tests the Toyota Urban Cruiser.

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TV Review: 3 BODY PROBLEM: Season 1, Episodes 1-8 [Netflix]

film-book.com

Netflix‘s 3 Body Problem: Season 1: Episodes 1-8 TV Show Review. Courtesy of Netflix, 3 Body Problem: Season 1: Episodes 1-8 delivers a science fiction adaptation of a novel by Liu Cixin. While I have not read the Remembrance of Earth’s…

Tuesday, May 14

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PIRANHA Reviews of ’70s cult classic – free on Cineverse, Crackle, Plex, Pluto TV, Tubi, Vudu and more!

moviesandmania.com

Piranha is a 1978 American horror film directed by Joe Dante (The Howling, Gremlins, Trapped Ashes; Burying the Ex) and stars Bradford Dillman (Bug), Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), Keenan Wynn, Barbara…