Romance

First episode impressions: ‘Life Sentence’ (TV review)

“Life Sentence” (9 p.m. Eastern Wednesdays, CW) is notable for being a rare CW show not based on comic books or the supernatural, and unfortunately

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‘Everything Sucks!’ mostly gets 1996 right, definitely gets the pain of first love right (TV review)

“Everything Sucks!” (Netflix), the first season of which includes 10 half-hour episodes, starts off like a second-rate “Freaks and Geeks” but eventually strikes painfully accurate

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‘Phantom Thread’ review

“Phantom Thread” – Auteur Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest effort is every bit as pretty as it is pretty empty. Daniel Day Lewis does his level best

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‘Call Me by Your Name’ review

“Call Me by Your Name” – I know I’m in the minority here, but I was thoroughly, stridently unimpressed with this film. Yes, it is

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‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Season 3 reviews

John’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Season 3 flashback review, johnvhansen.com, Nov. 28, 2011 NDSU Spectrum: TV review ‘Buffy’: The best show on television By JOHN

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‘The Shape of Water’ reviews

John’s “The Shape of Water” review, Feb. 2, 2018 Michael’s “The Shape of Water” review, Top 20 films of 2017, Jan. 21, 2018

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‘The Big Sick’ reviews

John’s “The Big Sick” review, johnvhansen.com, Sept. 25, 2017 Michael’s “The Big Sick” review, Top 20 films of 2017, Jan. 21, 2018

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‘La La Land’ review

Michael’s “La La Land” review, Top 10 films of 2016, Medium, Feb. 27, 2017

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‘Sing Street’ review

Michael’s “Sing Street” review, Top 10 films of 2016, Medium, Feb. 27, 2017

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‘quarterlife’ review

NBC publicity photo “quarterlife” (2007-08, quarterlife.com, NBC) – Yet another Marshall Herskovitz/Edward Zwick TV series has been canceled by a network, but this time, it’s

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