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Posts published by “Charles Bramesco”

Goodbye Riverdale, the teen drama that went all the way over the top

The wild high school soap took in everything from drug addiction to time travel, a pulpy and self-aware ode to David Lynch’s America Six and a half years ago, the CW filled a hole in its midyear programming schedule with a series that sounded like a pa...

‘Nobody really knew what happened’: tracing the life of Syd Barrett

A new documentary looks back on the highs and lows of the mysterious Pink Floyd co-founder, troubled but too often misunderstoodIn rock star portraiture, it behooves a writer to avoid straightforward presentation of cliche. The story of a troubled virt...

Sound of Freedom: the QAnon-adjacent thriller seducing America

Jim Caviezel stars as a hero trying to stop child traffickers in a paranoid new movie turning into a surprise box-office hitType the words “sound of freedom” into Twitter (decent people who wish to live good, happy lives should under no circumstances a...

Oscar-winner next door: the everlasting appeal of Jennifer Lawrence

After a brief period out of the spotlight, the actor is back with raunchy comedy No Hard Feelings and a performance to remind us that she’s still at the top of her gameBecause the advertisements for the new comedy No Hard Feelings have billed the film ...

Succession withdrawal? Here are the shows to help scratch that itch

With many of us mourning the Roy clan, a bounty of alternatives exists to help provide the backstabbing and ladder-climbing we so missThis past Sunday, TV watchers not drawn in by The Idol’s soft-core glowering may have experienced a pang of absence, s...

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts review – limp, lifeless robot sequel

An attempt to revive the Hasbro franchise is a careless fumble put together without a hint of effort or interestDuring his tenure as chairman of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, industrialist Lee Iacocca declared the small hunk of land of...

From Bond to Heroes: what was affected by the 2007 writers’ strike?

As WGA members put their pens down again, a look back on the last industry-shifting strike Earlier this week, the Writers Guild of America officially launched an industry-wide strike in light of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers’ ...

Bupkis review – Pete Davidson plays Pete Davidson in messy series

The ex-SNL comedian recruits Edie Falco and Joe Pesci for a scrappy new comedy show that mixes raw honesty with rambling inconsistencyA goodly slice of the public has come to view Pete Davidson as one of those famous-for-being-famous types, better know...