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Westworld  (HBO)

Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality? HBO adapted Michael Crichton’s original film Westworld and made it into a modern, 21rst Century, sci-fi western masterpiece full of star power. Evan Rachel Wood stars as Delores, a recurring character in this fantasy western world created as virtual entertainment. With glorious aerial shots and state […]

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Ballers (HBO)

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is brilliant as Spencer Strasmore, retired NFL player turned financial advisor. Hired by Joe Krutel (Rob Corddry) at ASM, Spencer has to lure as many superstars as he can to make his boss money. After many parties full of actual baller appearances and cameos, Spencer and Joe become so successful in […]

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See No Evil (TV Show, Investigation Discovery)

Investigation Discovery created a show dedicated to law enforcement’s best friend: the perfect eyewitness. Yes, they do exist! According to the plot of the show, they argue that the best witness to a crime is the one who remembers all the details, the time date and circumstances surrounding the events. Law enforcement knows where to […]

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Empire (Season 3)

Ufff! What a way to start what promises to be the best season of Empire so far. You have to give it to the Lyons family for turning up the crazy value all to 11. Even grandma is in on this insane rollercoaster ride. The first 10 minutes of episode one will leave you speechless. […]

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Flip or Flop (HGTV)

If you want to binge on lots and lots of construction and remodeling tips check out this show. Even though the intention is to show Tarek and Christina’s incursion into the foreclosure flipping business. The first episode sets up the story of how the crash of 2008 became a booming platform for the refurbished home […]

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Sully (2016)

Captain Chesley Sullenberger and his first officer Jeff Skiles pull off a water landing on the Hudson River in the middle of NYC’s infamous winter cold. Miraculously, all 155 on board survive. What happened next was the most exhilarating and political fight between the pilot’s union, the NTSB and Airbus, fueled by US Airways need […]

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Masters of Sex: Real Science in a Sexy Package

Virginia Johnson and Bill Masters are real life sex researchers who built their careers on demystifying sex myths and misinformation. Not as sexy and good looking  as Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan, who play the power couple on the show, the sex duo was able to breakthrough in the fields of infertility, impotence and arousal […]

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War Dogs (2016)

Miles Teller and Jonah Hill play two naive 20 year olds with ambition and gall to bid for small US Military contracts in the hopes of becoming reputable arm dealers. After a quick trip to Jordan to smuggle an order of Berettas to Bagdad, the duo land one of the biggest contracts, The Afghan Deal, […]

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Queen of the South

Loosely based on the book La Reina del Sur by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, and translated into English, this Telenovela has been revamped for USA audiences in what can only be described as a female led version of Breaking Bad. The cinematography and writing styles are superb, and the mixing of Spanish and English dialogue glues you […]

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The Strain: Vampire Zombies Take Over Manhattan

Guillermo del Toro wanted to create a horror sci fi thriller that could be made for TV. This was way before he became the father or Gypsy Danger and a world renowned director of the gods and monsters kind. For this project he enlistes Chuck Hogan, and together they decided to enhance vampire lore by adding a […]