American Gothic – Episode 6: “The Chess Players”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUZHde6TIuk CBS' American Gothic Episode 6: "The Chess Players" Directed by Ed Ornelas Written by Allen MacDonald * For a review of Episode 5, "The Artist in His Museum" - click here * For a review of Episode 7, "The Gross Clinic" - click here Who is The Silver Bells Killer? Tess (Megan Ketch) and …

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Animal Kingdom – Season 1, Episode 8: “Man In”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA2oJ6gpyyI TNT's Animal Kingdom Season 1, Episode 8: "Man In" Directed by Larry Teng Written by Megan Martin * For a review of the previous episode, "Goddamn Animals" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Judas Kiss" - click here Craig and Deran Cody (Ben Robson & Jake Weary) are doing …

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The Childhood of a Leader is One Darkly Vivid View of the Birth of Dictatorship at the Family Level

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEa9vg_OrSA The Childhood of a Leader. 2016. Directed by Brady Corbet. Screenplay by Corbet & Mona Fastvold. Starring Tom Sweet, Robert Pattinson, Liam Cunningham, Stacy Martin, Bérénice Bejo, Caroline Boulton, Sophie Lane Curtis, Rebecca Dayan, Luca Bercovici, Yolande Moreau, Scott Alexander Young, Michael Epp, Jeremy Wheeler, & Roderick Hill. FilmTeam/Bow and Arrow Entertainment/Bron Capital Partners. Not …

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Maryland: A Post-Modern Analysis of PTSD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g7oFxlBeg4 Maryland (also billed as Disorder). 2016. Directed by Alice Winocour. Screenplay by Winocour & Jean-Stéphane Bron. Starring Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger, Paul Hamy, Zaïd Errougui-Demonsant, Percy Kemp, Victor Pontecorvo, Franck Torrecillas, Chems Eddine, Philippe Haddad, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Rachid Hafassa, David Colombo, & Rabia Elatache. Dharamsala/Darius Films/Mars Films. Rated PG. 98 minutes. Drama/Thriller ★★★★1/2 There have been plenty …

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The Kettering Incident – Episode 4: “The Mill”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EVESFc5iwQ Foxtel's The Kettering Incident Episode 4: "The Mill" Directed by Tony Krawitz Written by Louise Fox * For a review of Episode 3, "The Search" - click here * For a review of Episode 5, "The Forest" - click here. With the body of Chloe Holloway found right underneath her father Max's (Damien Garvey) …

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American Gothic – Episode 5: “The Artist in His Museum”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW32UNX4weI CBS' American Gothic Episode 5: "The Artist in His Museum" Directed by Hanelle Culpepper Written by Lauren MacKenzie & Andrew Gettens * For a review of Episode 4, "Christina's World" - click here * For a review of Episode 6, "The Chess Players" - click here Last we left Garrett Hawthorne (Antony Starr) he …

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Animal Kingdom – Season 1, Episode 7: “Goddamn Animals”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or4Eb32ZFsQ TNT's Animal Kingdom Season 1, Episode 7: "Goddamn Animals" Directed by Tim Southam Written by Eliza Clark * For a review of the previous episode, "Child Care" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Man In" - click here Mama Smurf Cody (Ellen Barkin) is headed off to do her …

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Stranger Things – Season 1: “Chapter Eight – The Upside Down”

https://youtu.be/b9EkMc79ZSU Netflix's Stranger Things Season 1: "Chapter Eight - The Upside Down" Directed and Teleplay Written by The Duffer Brothers Story by Paul Ditcher * For a recap & review of the Chapter Seven, "The Bathtub" - click here * For a recap & review of (S02) Chapter One, "MADMAX" - click here Chief Jim Hopper …

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