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The Handmaid’s Diaries: Episode 1.04 – Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum

  Today we’re discussing The Handmaid’s Tale episode 1.04: Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum – including ideas of hope, a confusing tale of rebellion, and silence being key…

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The Handmaid’s Diaries: Episodes 1-3

  Welcome to the Handmaid’s Diaries – an informal live-time series as Mary and Blake watch The Handmaid’s Tale.  Today we’re discussing episodes 1.01 “Offred”, 1.02 “Birth Day”, and 1.03 “Late”.

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Matthew’s Proposal To Lady Mary: The Most Romantic Scene In Television

  The Christmas time proposal between Matthew and Lady Mary Crawley is absolutely the most romantic scene in television.  Buy why? Let’s take a look…

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I Love You 3000: The Most Important Line In The MCU

  With the re-release of Avengers: Endgame upon us, let’s take a look at why the film is so effective and how one line of dialogue can completely change the entire MCU in one fell swoop…

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Halt And Catch Fire: The Best Show You Haven’t Watched

  Halt and Catch Fire is a show that no one knows. It seems to have come and gone as easily as the wisp of wind that caught the White Walker’s hair as Arya runs by in The Battle Of Winterfell.  But it’s also a show that is far greater than it seems. In fact,…

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Fixing Game Of Thrones: The Bells – With One Simple Switch

  Let’s talk about “The Bells” – what went wrong, what was excellent, and what we may be able to fix with one simple switch to a scene that means absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of the show…

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The New Oscars: You Either Die A Hero Or Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villain

  Amidst declining ratings, waning interest, and enough self seriousness to fill the grand canyon, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences were forced to self evaluate and make some well needed (if not controversial) decisions about the most popular event in the film industry – The Academy Awards. 

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