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Fall TV Reviews

EIC October 11, 2016

How to Get Away with Murder If you thought the third season of How to Get Away with Murder would come with fewer twists, time jumps, and murders, then you are in for disappointment. The show found its niche and formula in season one, and the premiere used all its signature moves. We have no idea who the dead body is, how it happened, or who on the team did it. My guess is the new character they’ve added: insufferable, know-it-all Drake, who has an answer for everything. Frank is MIA, Annalise and Nate are together, and Wes has a…

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TV Reviews

EIC September 26, 2016

Atlanta (FX Tuesday) Atlanta is the latest comedic offering from Donald Glover (Community). The show follows his character Earn Marks as he tries to manage his up-and-coming rapper cousin, Alfred ‘Paper Boi’ Miles (Brian Tyree Henry). Broke with a kid…

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BrainDead puts a funny sci-fi twist on American politics

Vincent Justin Mitra September 6, 2016

Politics in the United States have been rather extreme lately, and it is because mind-controlling space ants have eaten the brains of members of Congress. At least according to BrainDead, a show which premiered in mid-June of this year. BrainDead,…

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Ten TV shows coming to you soon

EIC August 2, 2016

Many things experience a summer hiatus — such as school, The Peak, or your favourite TV shows. While I’m sure we’re all looking forward to a nice break before Fall semester kicks off, there are a lot of great shows…

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Give the penis its time in the limelight

EIC July 18, 2016

Flaccid penises are awkward. There really isn’t any other way around it. They just kind of hang there, flopping about in the breeze. But that really isn’t a good enough reason to not feature more full-frontal male nudity in film…

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Five reality shows that deserve a comeback

Vincent Justin Mitra June 20, 2016

Reality shows tend to get a bad reputation. They're called repetitive, vapid, self-indulgent, and inauthentic; shallow popularity contests for the simple-minded.  While that may be true of some or many of the reality shows that have come and gone, there…

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Spring TV was a rollercoaster of emotion

EIC June 1, 2016

Elementary Well, this season has been a whirlwind. Starting off with Holmes and Watson being fired from the NYPD and Morland Holmes appearing back in New York to deal with his son’s mess, we’ve been on a rollercoaster. Some nefarious…

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Review Roundup: end of TV season

EIC May 16, 2016

Spoilers below. How to Get Away with Murder, Season 2 This season felt like an absolute shit-show. I mean, it’s always a gong-show, but this season felt more driven by formula than creativity. Okay, Rebecca’s dead and it’s obviously not…

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Get your binge on

EIC May 9, 2016

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]f you are not feeling the start of the semester, and you’re ready to wrap yourself up in a blanket burrito and sit alone in a basement for a week just binging the best of television, this feature is for…

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The best animated shows on TV right now

EIC March 29, 2016

There was a point as a child when I just stopped watching cartoons. I'm not entirely sure what nebulous social rule told me I needed to stop doing something that I liked, but I stopped watching nonetheless. It wasn't until…

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