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American Fiction

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American Fiction

American Fiction would be a fun paring with The TV Set or Yesterday as a double feature. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a lonely professor and struggling novelist whose work is often dismissed for not being black enough. After a dust up with a student forces an involuntary leave from the school, and while trying to avoid family drama he’s not ready for, an angry and bitter Monk writes a novel under a pseudonym mercilessly parodying the worst black stereotypes only to find publishers and even movie producers lining up for My Pafology.

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The Brothers Sun – Pilot

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The Brothers Sun - Pilot

What if The Parent Trap involved a Taiwan crime family? The first episode of The Brothers Sun introduces us to Charles Sun (Justin Chien), the crown prince of the criminal empire ruled over by his father (Johnny Kou). After his father is wounded in an attack on the family, Charles travels to Los Angeles to check in on his mother (Michelle Yeoh) and his younger brother Bruce (Sam Song Li) who has grown up in the United States completely oblivious to the family business. Bruce spends his time skating by on minimal work, attending community college, and secretly funding money into his love of improv.

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Poor Things

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Poor Things

Welcome back to the weird world of writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos whose latest bizarre tale offers us Emma Stone as the reincarnated corpse of a woman with the brain of a baby brought back to life by mad scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Rechristened Bella, the restless young woman eventually desires to leave the confines of Victorian London heading out in the world with smitten scoundrel Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo) despite the affections of Baxter’s assistant (Ramy Youssef) for her.

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Bob’s Burgers – The Nightmare 2 Days Before Christmas

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Bob's Burgers - The Nightmare 2 Days Before Christmas

After losing power in both their home and restaurant, Mr. Fischoeder (Kevin Kline) reluctantly puts them up in his family’s unused hunting lodge. With Louise (Kristen Schaal) concerned how Santa will find her and Linda (John Roberts) resistant to any change from their normal holiday schedule, there are plenty of challenges for the Belcher’s especially after loosing their family Christmas tree on the icy mountain roads which Linda refuses to leave alone in the wilderness.

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Bob’s Burgers – Fraud of the Dead: Zombie-docu-pocalypse

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Bob's Burgers - Fraud of the Dead: Zombie-docu-pocalypse

“Fraud of the Dead: Zombie-docu-pocalypse” gives us a mocumentary within a found footage horror movie made by the Belcher kids, their parents, and several of their friends. What starts out as Gene (Eugene Mirman) and Tina (Dan Mintz) creating a documentary about how good an archer Louise (Kristen Schaal) has become soon becomes hijacked when zombies attack the restaurant. It’s a completely unexpected episode that shows off the love and support of family and community behind the zombie craziness, and everything works here (even the unnecessary character assassination of mustard).

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