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The Bachelor Finale’s ‘Unedited’ Scene Was a Half-Hour Spectacle of Human Misery

Sometimes the best way to understand how something works is to think about all the ways it could’ve been different. Such is the case with the supposedly unedited scene from Monday night’s finale of The Bachelor, a half-hour long spectacle of human misery and producer-driven exploitation.When Arie Luyendyk Jr. decided … More » Source: Ent […]

Hard Sun Is a Waste of a Great Idea

The science-fiction-flavored cop thriller Hard Sun squanders one of the most audacious hooks I’ve ever seen in a TV series. In scene after scene, it demonstrates a knack for doing the least interesting thing possible with its great central idea, to the point where a hate-watch becomes inevitable. I’ve used the word … More » Source: Ent […]

The Hollywood PR Machine Has Finally Caught Up to #MeToo

Casey Affleck sat out the Oscars this year. Choosing to avoid the potential awkwardness of allowing his history of sexual-harassment allegations to “distract” from the broadcast, Affleck and his publicists made the decision that the 2017 Best Actor winner was safer staying home. (Brother Ben, and much of the usual … More » Source: Ent […]