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Nothing But Vipers Beyond These Walls | Jack Ryan Season 4 Premiere (2023) on Amazon Prime

Jack Ryan Season 4 (2023)

After forcing fans to suffer an extended two-year wait between the show’s second and third seasons, Amazon Prime rushed a fourth (confirmed to be final) season of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan into production for a streaming debut just six months since the last one ended. To balance out that gift, however, this will be the… Read More Nothing But Vipers Beyond These Walls | Jack Ryan Season 4 Premiere (2023) on Amazon Prime

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It’s Not the Years, Honey | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 4K Ultra HD

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

With the combined talents of George Lucas as producer and Steven Spielberg directing, I don’t think anyone ever doubted that Raiders of the Lost Ark would be another big smash. Between Jaws and Star Wars, the two men had each only recently held the title for the highest-grossing movie of all time, back-to-back, Spielberg handing… Read More It’s Not the Years, Honey | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 4K Ultra HD

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That Was Radical! | Bumblebee (2018) 4K Ultra HD

Bumblebee (2018)

The first live-action Transformers movie directed by someone other than Michael Bay is, not coincidentally, the first live-action Transformers movie that’s any good. Because we live in an unjust world, 2018’s Bumblebee was also the lowest-grossing Transformers film up to that point by some considerable margin. As someone who grew up in the 1980s with… Read More That Was Radical! | Bumblebee (2018) 4K Ultra HD

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One Ambassador’s Plenty | The Diplomat Season 1 (2023) on Netflix

The Diplomat (2023)

The Netflix binge model, while obviously very appealing to viewers frustrated with the traditional weekly TV schedule, can sometimes do a disservice to shows that need time to build buzz and public awareness. The streamer’s terrific new political drama The Diplomat, for example, barely premiered two weeks ago yet already seems to have fallen out… Read More One Ambassador’s Plenty | The Diplomat Season 1 (2023) on Netflix

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We Shall Live and the Beast Shall Die | Dragonslayer (1981) 4K Ultra HD

Dragonslayer (1981)

The qualities that caused Dragonslayer to fail at the box office in 1981 are very likely the same reasons the film has endured for so long as a cult item with many passionate fans. Released at a time when what passed for movies in the fantasy-adventure genre were typically jokey and juvenile in nature (see… Read More We Shall Live and the Beast Shall Die | Dragonslayer (1981) 4K Ultra HD

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Maybe Someone Changed the Rules in Spyland | The Night Agent Season 1 (2023) on Netflix

The Night Agent (2023)

Officially, the new Netflix thriller series The Night Agent is based on a 2019 novel by Matthew Quirk. If the TV adaptation follows it at all closely, the story seems to have been based in turn on the author watching a lot of Fox’s 24. At the very least, the Netflix show’s producers sure did.… Read More Maybe Someone Changed the Rules in Spyland | The Night Agent Season 1 (2023) on Netflix

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Nearly Almost Famous | Daisy Jones & the Six (2023) Amazon Prime Series Premiere

Daisy Jones & the Six (2023)

Based on a 2019 novel by author Taylor Jenkins Reid, Amazon Prime Video’s musical drama series Daisy Jones & the Six takes viewers back to the 1970s, a time when a light pop-rock act in the vein of Fleetwood Mac could dominate album sales and become the biggest band in the world. Given the milieu,… Read More Nearly Almost Famous | Daisy Jones & the Six (2023) Amazon Prime Series Premiere

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Just Standard Doom, Gloom and Inner Torment | Carnival Row Season 2 Premiere (2023) on Amazon Prime

Carnival Row Season 2 (2023)

Absent nearly four years since the first season debuted, the return of Amazon Prime’s Carnival Row feels more like the fulfillment of a contractual obligation than a property the streamer is committed to supporting. The second season is already confirmed to be the last. As so many other outlets have tripped over themselves canceling in-development… Read More Just Standard Doom, Gloom and Inner Torment | Carnival Row Season 2 Premiere (2023) on Amazon Prime

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Don’t Think, Just Do | Top Gun: Maverick (2022) 4K Ultra HD

Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

Culture often seems to move in thirty-year cycles. Growing up back in the 1980s, it felt like nostalgia for the 1950s was everywhere, as my parents’ generation hit middle age and started pining for their own youths. Now here we are another three decades hence, only to find the United States in a renewed Cold… Read More Don’t Think, Just Do | Top Gun: Maverick (2022) 4K Ultra HD

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