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Film & Television

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

‘Thunder Force’ thunder-flops

Photo from the movie, "Thunder Force"
Marc Platt Productions/Courtesy

“Thunder Force” is Falcone’s signature raw chicken filmmaking to its core. The real superpowers belong to those who can enjoy it.
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Culture Shot

Thursday, February 25, 2021
Illustration of actors Lily Collins, Olivia Colman, Lin Manuel Miranda, Steven Yeun, Daniel Kaluuya, and Jodie Comer

Who will, should win at the 78th Golden Globe Awards

Here are our predictions for which nominees will go home (or, in this case, stay home) with a golden statue.
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Arts Awards, Film & Television

Thursday, December 3, 2020
Photo of Queen's Gambit

The Daily Californian’s Arts Awards: Television of 2020

With Taylor-Joy’s gazing eyes and sharp wits pounding through the screen, the audience is transported to the front row of her countless intense chess matches. If you ever thought chess was boring, “The Queen’s Gambit” will surely convince you otherwise.
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Film & Television

Monday, September 21, 2020
72ND EMMY® AWARDS

‘Schitt’s Creek’ shuts out competition, Zendaya scores historic acting win at 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards

Though every comedy series other than “Schitt’s Creek” went home empty-handed, the night was an overall improvement over recent ceremonies that tended to award endurance over quality.
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Film & Television

Sunday, September 22, 2019

‘Fleabag,’ ‘Game of Thrones’ win big at 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards

The surprising success of “Fleabag,” along with a historic win for Billy Porter, made this year’s Emmys ceremony a pleasantly entertaining affair.
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Film & Television

Sunday, September 16, 2018

The Daily Californian Arts guide to what will, should and could win the 70th annual Emmy Awards

We are presently in a golden age of television. It would be nearly impossible for one person to sort through all of the television at our fingertips and decide what is or isn’t the best. This is where the Emmy Awards come in.
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Film & Television

Thursday, June 7, 2018

‘Arrested Development’ season 5 takes strides toward old brilliance

Yet by returning to the old format and strategically writing out some of the fourth season’s most lackluster storylines, the fifth season finds its legs.
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Culture Shot

Sunday, June 3, 2018

Some development shouldn’t be arrested: The problem with the men of ‘Arrested Development’

What fans didn’t bank on was that the same ridiculousness that the “Arrested Development” cast so perfectly affected would seep into the actors’ real lives.
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Film & Television

Sunday, February 25, 2018

‘Game Night’ is airy farce that earns belly laughs despite thin characters

It’s an admirable flagship in the tradition of big laugh-inducing American farces, the kind that eschews specificity in favor of jokes that skew broad.
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Film & Television

Friday, December 9, 2016

‘Office Christmas Party’ is just another lazy holiday raunch-fest

Hollywood really has given up on chipper, feel-good holiday movies and moved toward crude superstar comedies. “Bad Santa 2” is already serving as raunchy theater marquee clutter and “Why Him?” is surely on its way there. Directors Will Speck and Josh Gordon’s new film, “Office Christmas Party,” will do no
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