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Only Murders in the Building: Selena Gomez Is Kind of Killing This

This article contains spoilers for Only Murders in the Building episodes 1 through 3. Oftentimes in entertainment the oddest teams make the most compelling stories. When Hulu released the first three episodes of their new original series Only Murders in the Building last week, most people tuned in because they were intrigued by the prospect of seeing Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Selena Gomez combine their talents to take on the well-worn comedy/mystery genre. It wasn’t a surprise to see the first two men working together, as both Short and Martin are legends of the category, but throwing Gomez into…
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Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie & Tupac

Last Man Standing takes at look at Death Row Records and how L.A.'s street gang culture had come to dominate its business workings, as well as an association with corrupt L.A. Police Officers who were also gang affiliated. It would be this world of gang rivalry and dirty cops that would later claim the lives of the world's two greatest rappers: Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Aug 20, 2021
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Marcella Season 3 Ending Explained: Murders, Money and the Mystery Caller

Warning: contains major spoilers for Marcella season 3 episodes 1-8, available to stream now on ITV Hub. From London working mum to Belfast gangster’s moll to international multi-millionaire in just three seasons. That’s some trajectory. Other TV detectives must look at Marcella Backland and ask, where’s my new alias and private plane?  It’s not coming, Sarge, because unlike Marcella, your show insists on complying with the merest demands of naturalism and coherence. You plod on drearily in an approximation of the real world while Marcella does screaming naked cartwheels through story, Etch-a-Sketch erasing bits of plot, and leaping gazelle-like from one improbable thing to the…
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Riverdale Season 5 Episode 2 Review – Chapter 78: The Preppy Murders

This RIVERDALE review contains spoilers. Riverdale Season 5 Episode 2 “So now we have a preppy murderer on the loose…” The most valid criticism about Riverdale over the course of its now five seasons is how the series constantly drags out its ongoing mysteries, only to frantically race to wrap them up. Due to the pandemic, what was initially intended as last season’s big resolution episode just played out before our eyes and it was….kind of meh? Let’s examine the wrapping up of these various plots from most to least successful, shall we? As I speculated in last week’s wrap-up,…
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The Pembrokeshire Murders and the Comfort of Formulaic True Crime Drama

True crime dramas have become a staple of British television and streaming services. Their popularity seems endless and ever growing. Episodes are devoured at incredible rates as the true stories behind the dramatizations are the start of many an internet k-hole.  The British true crime drama has fallen into a somewhat formulaic way of being made. The narratives are almost classical; a clear, yet flawed hero, triumphing over an unquestionably evil villain. The focus is either on the lead police officer investigating the case, or the perpetrator of the crimes. Both or one of them is usually white, they are…
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The Jane Doe Murders Review: Compassionate True Crime Doc Provides Closure

This The Jane Doe Murders review contains spoilers. The Jane Doe Murders is another in a long line of true crime breakdown procedurals. However, it showcases something rare but obvious in the majority of these video journalism projects. At the heart of the case which is probed on Oxygen’s two-hour forensic investigation special is a personal story. The victim is neither famous nor infamous. She wasn’t at the center of a nationwide manhunt. Parents weren’t told to check on their kids at 10 o’clock because of her. Her case went unsolved without so much as a name to identify her.…
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