Obvious Child

  • Title: Obvious Child
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“I think a lot of people learned a lot about the Holocaust tonight.”

Obvious ChildWritten and directed by Gillian Robespierre, Obvious Child is the harsh look at modern life and romantic relationships that the more ballyhooed Enough Said never had the balls to be (choosing instead to fall back on basic romcom clichés). Jenny Slate stars as a struggling stand-up comedian whose recent break-up leads to a drunken hook-up with a man (Paul Briganti) she barely knows. Despite having the best night she can remember (even if she can only remember tiny pieces of it) the shamed Donna attempts to move on which becomes more difficult when she discovers she’s pregnant weeks later.

What could easily have been made in an unwatchable Hollywood tripe, Robespierre steers clear of the pitfalls of the genre focusing almost entirely on Donna and her friends and family, keeping the romantic possibilities on the back burner. The movie is about Donna’s reaction to a pivotal moment in her life not an excuse for pratfalls and over-the-top romantic gestures.

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Batman ’66 #17

Batman '66 #17Lost in his delusional state as King Tut once again, the history professor turned super-villain unleashes an ancient plague upon Gotham turning the local populace into mindless zombies for their new pharaoh to control. Thankfully for the city’s inhabitants, Batman is up on his Egyptology and exploits an obvious flaw in the villain’s latest mad scheme.

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The Librarians – And Santa’s Midnight Run

  • Title: The Librarians – And Santa’s Midnight Run
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“Santa knows my name!”

The Librarians - And Santa's Midnight Run

So Santa Claus is real. And he’s Bruce Campbell. The latest episode of the The Librarians returns both Lesley-Ann Brandt and Matt Frewer as members of the Serpent Brotherhood still looking for magic to transform the world to their liking. The Librarians-in-Training are called in to stop the villains’ latest plan to kidnap Santa on Christmas Eve and steal a year of accumulated good will before it can be released.

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