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Sorry, America, Either You’re Too Stupid to Get It or DIGGER is Just Better Than You Are
DIGGER is already being labeled one of Tom Cruise’s biggest failures, but the movie itself is far more complicated than its box office. KazooWatch takes a spoiler-light look at why this bizarre, political and wildly original swing earns the KAZOO.
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Why South Park Became “South America” — The E-Bike Episode, Explained
South Park became South America, the kids got e-bikes, the adults lost their minds and everybody decided things might get better in November. There is a much darker joke underneath all of it.
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Dexter: Resurrection Returns — What the Antihero Gives Us That Reality Can’t
Dexter Morgan works because writers can guarantee that the monster on his table deserves to be there. Real life doesn’t give us that luxury. So why do we keep trying to turn real killers into antiheroes anyway?
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At 60, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Is Testing Its Biggest Fans
Strange New Worlds is testing the patience of even its biggest defenders, but weird, progressive and occasionally terrible episodes are part of Star Trek history. At 60, the franchise deserves better than culture-war trolls, and its writers need to stop making the rest of us look stupid.
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Practical Magic 2 Is What Happens When Audiences Refuse to Let a Movie Die
Critics weren’t particularly enchanted by Practical Magic when it arrived in 1998. Audiences had other ideas. Nearly three decades later, they’re still watching, and Hollywood finally counted the votes.
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Lanterns, Stuart Fails to Save the Universe and the War Between Two Kinds of Nerds
I thought I was reviewing Stuart Fails to Save the Universe. Instead, I wound up reconsidering comic book fans, Star Trek purists, The Big Bang Theory and my own place in nerd culture.
