The standing ovation seemed to come as a shock. At last month’s Sundance Film Festival, Wade Robson and James Safechuck were teary-eyed as they faced the applause, following the premiere screening ofLeaving Neverland, an excruciatingly immersive documentary that accuses the late Michael Jackson of sexually molesting them as young boys. …
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Dismemberment, disembowelment and decapitation: Traditionally, these aren’t what you’d call teachable moments. But thanks to some swordpoint shenanigans in Shogunworld, all three figure prominently into a key scene in this week’s episode of Westworld (“Phase Space”). Even better, they go a long way toward demonstrating why this installment is such …
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Grab your six-shooters, saddle up your robotic horses and select the white or black cowboy hat of your choice: We’re going back to Westworld, and there are lots of secrets left to uncover. We’re less than a month away from the return of HBO‘s smash-hit/heir apparent to the Game of …
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As a title for this week’s episode of The Deuce, “Show and Prove” is a tough one to beat. Within its dirty world of 1971 Times Square, the phrase refers to the NYPD’s demand for sex workers to produce paperwork proving they’ve already been arrested within the past 48 hours. …
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