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It’s an Adventure, Charlie Brown (1983, Sam Jaimes, Phil Roman, and Bill...
Despite being an anthology of eight different stories, It’s an Adventure, Charlie Brown does not have many adventures. Well, not in the adventurous sense. They’re still good, they’re just not…...
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What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? (1983, Bill Melendez)
What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? is exceedingly intense. It doesn’t start intense, though it does start a little different. There’s this gradual shot–with Judy Munsen’s lovely score...
View ArticleEvil (2019) s01e06 – Let x = 9
So in addition to Christine Lahti becoming bride to the unclean one through some really good third grade poetry imagery because “Evil” is really condescending to its target audience, the Christians who...
View ArticleAll Rise (2019) s01e06 – Fool for Liv
Something about this episode feels like it ran into the show’s budget. Though there’s some location shooting. Kind of a lot of it, but there’s no action at the locations. There’s standing or sitting....
View ArticleAll Rise (2019) s01e03 – Sweet Bird of Truth
I’m very curious how this episode went through standards and practices. Was there a version of it where Black bailiff J. Alex Brinson doesn’t give a heartwarming speech about how the sheriff’s...
View ArticleEvil (2019) s01e05 – October 31
There’s something up with the racial optics on “Evil.” The all-Black Catholic parishioners is a thing. The show kind of dares you to notice it, but it’s a thing. Black Catholics are not a familiar TV...
View ArticleEvil (2019) s01e04 – Rose390
The show goes a little overboard with the scary tech angle. Even more than last time. This time it’s pedophiles hacking AR games and grooming kids when they’re playing on their headsets. The kids in...
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A Tattered Web (1971, Paul Wendkos)
For its sub-genre of TV movie, A Tattered Web is pretty great. It’s a dirty cop story, only the dirty cop—Lloyd Bridges—is only a dirty cop because he’s trying to protect himself from a murder change...
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The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973, David Lowell Rich)
I should’ve realized there was no hope for The Horror at 37,000 Feet when Paul Winfield shows up the first time and he’s got an English accent but it’s probably supposed to be somewhere from previously...
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Night Call (1964, Jacques Tourneur)
Night Call’s pre-Rod Serling tag has lead Gladys Cooper having trouble sleeping through a thunderstorm. She then gets two phone calls at 2 a.m., with just static on the line. The next day, after the...
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Snoopy’s Getting Married, Charlie Brown (1985, Bill Melendez)
Right after Snoopy decides to get married–appropriate since the special’s titled Snoopy’s Getting Married, Charlie Brown–Charlie Brown (Brett Johnson) worries about how Snoopy will handle the...
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It’s Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown (1984, Bill Melendez and Sam Jaimes)
It’s Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown has to be seen to be believed… but also doesn’t need to be seen at all. The special is a Peanuts-riff on… Flashdance. Like, Snoopy saw Flashdance and has become inspired...
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A Tattered Web (1971, Paul Wendkos)
For its sub-genre of TV movie, A Tattered Web is pretty great. It’s a dirty cop story, only the dirty cop—Lloyd Bridges—is only a dirty cop because he’s trying to protect himself from a murder change...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973, David Lowell Rich)
I should’ve realized there was no hope for The Horror at 37,000 Feet when Paul Winfield shows up the first time and he’s got an English accent but it’s probably supposed to be somewhere from previously...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Night Call (1964, Jacques Tourneur)
Night Call’s pre-Rod Serling tag has lead Gladys Cooper having trouble sleeping through a thunderstorm. She then gets two phone calls at 2 a.m., with just static on the line. The next day, after the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown (1985, Bill Melendez)
Right after Snoopy decides to get married–appropriate since the special’s titled Snoopy’s Getting Married, Charlie Brown–Charlie Brown (Brett Johnson) worries about how Snoopy will handle the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
It’s Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown (1984, Bill Melendez and Sam Jaimes)
It’s Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown has to be seen to be believed… but also doesn’t need to be seen at all. The special is a Peanuts-riff on… Flashdance. Like, Snoopy saw Flashdance and has become inspired...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? (1983, Bill Melendez)
What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? is exceedingly intense. It doesn’t start intense, though it does start a little different. There’s this gradual shot–with Judy Munsen’s lovely score...
View ArticleClik here to view.
It’s an Adventure, Charlie Brown (1983, Sam Jaimes, Phil Roman, and Bill...
Despite being an anthology of eight different stories, It’s an Adventure, Charlie Brown does not have many adventures. Well, not in the adventurous sense. They’re still good, they’re just not…...
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Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown? (1983, Phil Roman)
Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown? opens with this gag of Linus and Snoopy fighting over Linus’s blanket. It doesn’t relate to the special’s story and has a completely different tone–and an almost cruel...
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