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• 'Murder in a Small Town' Is a Low-Stakes Murder Mystery Wrapped in a Warm Sweater and a Hug
• Netflix's Thrilling 'Culinary Class Wars' Pits Elite Chefs Against Underdogs
• I Don't Care That You Never Liked That Abusive Celebrity
• 'Pachinko' Is the Year's Best TV Series, and It Is Fighting for Its Life
• The Menendez Brothers Docs Feel Like an Apology for Ryan Murphy's 'Monster'
• 'Abbott Elementary' Shows No Signs of Slowing Down
• Ariana Grande Hosts a Remarkably Good, and Occasionally Darkly Comic 'SNL'
• Characters That Thematically Represent Each 2024 NFL Team
• 'Doctor Odyssey' Succeeds Where 'Grotesquerie' Fails: The Ryan Murphy Paradox
• Review: 'Anatomy of Lies' Reveals the Depths of Elisabeth Finch, a Very Nasty Scammer
• Let's Talk About This Season of Apple TV+'s 'Bad Monkey,' and Will There Be a Season 2?
• Steve Martin Uses Instagram As It Was Originally Intended
• 'The Platform 2' Does Not Deserve To Have Its Ending Explained
• The New Age of Reality TV: When the Off-Camera Drama Becomes the Plot
• Review: It's a Shame 'Joker: Folie a Deux' is So Dull
• I Think Way Too Often About Dive!, Steven Spielberg's Failed Submarine Restaurant
• 'Industry' Season 3 Finale Explained
• Why Streaming Services Struggle So Much in the Horror Genre
• Cristin Milioti Steals the Show in the Mediocre, Shallow 'The Penguin'
• The 'Wolfs' of Dull Street
• Review: 'Megalopolis' is Puny in Scope and Dishearteningly Derivative
• With 'The Substance,' Demi Moore is Getting Her Long Awaited Hollywood Reassessment
• Just How Jewish Is Netflix's Kristen Bell and Adam Brody Romcom, 'Nobody Wants This'?
• Is 'Agatha All Along' the Gayest Thing Disney Has Ever Made?
• Evil Makes It Personal in 'From'
• 'American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez' Is Literally Too Gay To Function
• In Her Last Stand-Up Special, Ellen DeGeneres Does Not Apologize
• In the 'From' Season 3 Premiere, the Frombies Bring Their A Game
• All the Easter Eggs and Fan Theories from the 'Agatha All Along' Series Premiere
• Why Kamala Harris Is Actually the Best Choice To Deal with Inflation
• Does 'American Sports Story' Overemphasize Aaron Hernandez's Sexuality?
• Kaitlin Olson Goes Full 'Good Will Hunting' in ABC's Delightfully Formulaic 'High Potential'
• The Tragedy of 'The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' Villain, Whitney Leavitt
• Netflix's 'Uglies' Is a Disastrous Algorithmic Nightmare
• Hulu's 'How To Die Alone' Is a Portrait of a Working Woman Working On Herself
• Spoilers: How Does 'Emily in Paris' Season 4 End And Will There Be a Season 5?
• Seven Quick Television Recommendations for the Weekend
• FX's Brilliant 'English Teacher' Is So Anti-Woke It Circles Back to Woke
• Renaissance Women: The 2024 VMAs
• Is 'Industry' Adding Murder to its Rap Sheet?
• Jeremy Saulnier's Netflix Film 'Rebel Ridge' Is One of the Finest Action Thrillers in Years
• 'Tusk' and Kevin Smith's Brief, Bloody Rebellion
• Glenn Close Goes Full White Trash in Netflix's Baffling Horror Movie 'Deliverance'
• Here's What Happened in That Disappointing 'Sunny' Finale
• 'Industry' Finds Substance in the Spiral of 'White Mischief'
• Move Over Brat Summer, It's Time for Demure Autumn
• 'Only Murders in the Building' Season 4 Performs Sitcom Alchemy
• Netflix's 'Incoming' Is a Disgraceful Insult to Generation Alpha
• The Mounting Evidence That Robert Pattinson's Batman Is Done
• 'Kaos' and the Netflixification of Greek Myths
• Will There Be a 'Serpent Queen' Season 3?
• The August Audiobook of the Month: Kristopher Jansma's 'Our Narrow Hiding Places'
• Chappell Roan, Fandom Entitlement and the Right to Say No
• 'Chimp Crazy' Is Delivering on 'Crazy'
• 'Evil' Is Over
• Do Not Rawdog Channing Tatum's 'Blink Twice'
• Meet the 'Tiger King' Successor, 'Chimp Crazy'
• The Long, Slow and Very Public End of the Bennifer Marriage Was a Bummer to Watch
• Katie Price Explained: The Rise and Fall of a Very British Celebrity
• Netflix's 'The Union' Is the Mark Wahlberg Of Mark Wahlberg Movies
• 'Emily in Paris' Season 4: Emily Is the Definitive Mary-Sue
• Spoilers: 'The Umbrella Academy' Pulled Off A Great Ending, Even If Nobody Likes It
• Review: 'Alien: Romulus' Falls Into A Black Hole Of Fan Service
• Cancelling 'Evil' May Go Down as One of the Most Bonehead Decisions In TV History
• 'Industry' Is Not 'Succession,' and It Should Have To Be
• It's Much Worse for Warner Bros. Discovery Than Most People Realize
• The Baffling, Nonsensical Ending of 'Cuckoo' Explained
• Review: Tonal Mess 'It Ends With Us' Is Bad in All the Same Ways the Book Is Bad
• An Open Letter to Cate Blanchett Regarding Her Movie, 'Borderlands'
• Apple TV's 'Sunny': Be Prepared to Feel For This Animatronic Robot
• Review: 'Cuckoo' Is a Unique Head-Scratcher
• The Sinister but Familiar Layer Missing from the Ballerina Farm and Tradwives Debate
• 'A Good Girl's Guide to Murder' Offers Plot Twists but Little Logic
• Ahead of Its Third Season, Is HBO's Horny Financial Drama 'Industry' Worth Investing In?
• Damon and Affleck Sleepwalk Through the Familiar But Fun 'The Instigators'
• Chemistry Makes The 'House of the Dragon' Finale Work
• Hot Strike Summer 2024: Here's Why SAG-AFTRA is Striking Video Game Companies
• The Dystopian Horror of MrBeast and the Lie of Celebrity Philanthropy
• The Internet Isn't Real, But Its Power to Define Political Candidates Sure Is
• I Declare it 'Trap' Summer
• A Tale of Two Libertarians: Joe Rogan and Vince Vaughn
• 'Dirty Pop' Makes an Awkward-and Controversial-Attempt at a Reckoning
• Why Rachel Maddow's Presidential Election Conspiracy Theory Is Wrong
• 'The Decameron' Is the Sum of Strange Choices
• Pajiba's Audiobook of the Month, July 2024: Taffy Brodesser-Akner's 'Long Island Compromise'
• 'The Serpent Queen' Is Back and She Brought Minnie Driver
• 'Presumed Innocent's Biggest Mystery Was its Victim
• The Problem with 'Cobrai Kai' In Its Final Season Is Cobra Kai
• The Maximalist Cringe and Cautionary Tale of JoJo Siwa
• Natalie Portman's Apple TV+ Series Is a Lot but It's So Good
• [Spoilers] Why the 'Presumed Innocent' Ending Is So Much Better and Worse than the Book
• Stream It Or Nah: Peacock's 'Those About to Die' Starring Anthony Hopkins
• Strictly Come Dancing Scandal Explained
• Ben Shapiro, DailyWire+, and the Face-Eating Leopards
• A Reappraisal of Dr. Melissa Reeves, the Forgotten Hero of 'Twister'
• The Panicky Flop Sweat of Katy Perry and Why Her Comeback Was Dead on Arrival
• 'The Acolyte' Finale: Crouching Jedi, Hidden Guy in a Cave
• 'Sorry/Not Sorry' Review: Louis C.K. Is a Bad Person
• The Riveting Squares of Oz Perkins' 'Longlegs'
• 'Fly Me to the Moon' Is Snorrible
• 'Was That The Red Hulk?!' And Other Questions About The 'Captain America: Brave New World' Trailer
• Nicolas Cage Is Horrifying in all the Wrong Ways in Oz Perkins' Bewildering 'Longlegs'
• 'The Man With 1000 Children' Is a Glimpse into the Depths of Fragile Masculinity
• 'House of the Dragon's' Rhaenyra Is Actually Terrible At This
• The Blessedly Bonkers 'My Lady Jane' May Be the Sleeper Hit of the Summer
• 'Perfect Wife' Review: I'm Getting Real Tired of 'Don't Believe This Woman' True Crime
• 'The Bear' Season 3 Gave Us A Great Donna and Too Much Fak
• Mia Goth is the Scream Queen of 2020s Horror
• This Season of 'The Bear' Leaves Us Starving
• Sorry, Hollywood (and 'Gladiator II' vs. 'Wicked'), But There Will Never Be Another Barbenheimer
• Who Killed Carolyn Polhemus in Apple TV+'s 'Presumed Innocent'?
• 'The Acolyte' Episode 6: Motherforking Sith Balls
• The Battle of the Burning Mill: How Ego and Insecurity Fuel the Flames of War in 'House of the Dragon
• Andy Cohen's 'Watch What Happens Live' Celebrates 15 Years of Partying in the Gutter
• Why We're So Excited For the Rise of Ayo Edebiri
• 'Fancy Dance' Is One of the Most Important Films You Can Watch This Year
• What Do I Have to Do to Convince You to Watch 'Interview with the Vampire'?
• Austin Butler Is Ready for the A-List
• Why So Many People Find It Tough To Sympathize With Kylie Jenner
• 'The Acolyte' Episode 5: Revenge of the Grillz
• 'House of the Dragon' Episode Two: Viserys Is Starting to Look Real Good Right About Now
• 'Top Chef: Wisconsin' Screwed Over Its Winner in the Editing Bay
• The 20 Most Pajiba Movies of the Pajiba Era
• Stephen King Thinks That 'The Coffee Table' is the Darkest Movie He's Ever Seen
• 'Hot Rodent Boys', Why We Love Them and Why Hollywood's Male Beauty Standards Suck
• Review: 'Inside Out 2' Is a Heartfelt Emotional Journey with only a Minor Case of Sequelitis
• 'Under Paris,' the Second Most Popular Netflix Movie of 2024, Is Gnarly as Hell
• 'The Acolyte' Episode 4: To Kill a Wookiee, Nerd
• The 'House of the Dragon' Season 2 Recap, and Daemon's Wrongheaded Vengeance Plot
• Eric Kripke Gives the Finger to MAGA in 'The Boys' Season 4
• Are We In the Era of Peak Limited?
• True Crime in Real Time: The Fallout of 'Dancing For the Devil'
• One Thing the TV Version of 'Interview With the Vampire' Does Better Than the Books: Daniel Molloy
• Ariana Madix Has Entered the Villa
• Are We Dumb Or Is the Internet Dead?
• The Best Audiobooks of 2024
• 'The Acolyte' Episode 3: Lesbian Space Witches and Nuance, Anyone?
• 'Fantasmas' Dreams In Sketch Comedy
• Will Smith's Comeback Explained: 'Bad Boys: Ride or Die' Proves He's Returned to the A-List Post-Slap
• 'Bad Boys: Ride or Die' and a Loving Tribute to the Old School MacGuffin
• 'Doctor Who' Recap: Who Is Rogue?
• Netflix's Unexpected Final Season Of 'Sweet Tooth' Explained
• 'VPR' Is Dead, Long Live 'The Valley,' the New Mecca of Messy Reality Drama
• Richard Linklater's 'Hit Man' Is the Best Possible Use of Glen Powell's No-Face
• My Afternoon In Scientology
• In 'I Used to Be Funny,' Canada's Favorite Funny People Turn Trauma into Mystery
• Who Is the Sith Master in 'The Acolyte' Premiere? Some Theories
• What Even Is the Point of 'Mayor of Kingstown'?
• 'The Jinx: Part 2' Ended Up Unweaving Its Own Story
• Jennifer Lopez Is (Not) in Her Flop Era
• The Profoundly Moronic Ending to Netflix's 'Eric' Explained
• 'Under the Bridge' Did Something Radical
• 'Atlas' Review: Why Is Netflix's North Star a C-?
• The Ruthless Cruelty of the 'Vanderpump Rules' Reunion
• It Should Not Cost This Much To Go To a Concert
• RDJ Really Hammed it Up On 'The Sympathizer'
• Netflix's 'Tires' and the Gutless Comedy of Shane Gillis
• A Review of the Bleak and Disturbing 'The Garfield Movie' [with Spoilers]
• YouTuber Jenny Nicholson's Four Hour Video on the Failure of the Star Wars Hotel Is Amazing
• 'Doctor Who' Recap: '73 Yards' Explained
• Can 'Furiosa' Live Up to the Perfection of 'Mad Max: Fury Road'?
• 'Abbott Elementary' Season 3 Finale: It Finally Happened
• 'Outer Range' Season Two Sacrifices Vibes for Plot [Spoilers]
• There is Nothing Inevitable About an Accused Abuser's Comeback
• The Moment When Apple TV+'s 'Dark Matter' Lost the Plot
• 'We're Here' Needs To Be Here More Than Ever
• Reality TV 'Should Be Fun': How the Female Friendships of 'Summer House' Improve the Genre
• 'Survivor' Crowns a Season 46 Winner and Previews Jon Lovett In Season 47
• You Shouldn't Have to See a Victim's Abuse to Believe Them
• Google's Extinction-Level Event for Digital Media and What It Means for Pajiba
• The 'Bridgerton' Side Plots Threaten to Outshine the Central Love Story
• Liberal Outrage Is Big Business ... for Republicans
• Review: Amy Winehouse Biopic 'Back to Black' is Utterly Uninterested in Its Own Subject
• The 'SNL' Season Finale Has Jake G., Joke Swap, and an Instant Classic Scooby Reboot
• Review: 'I Saw the TV Glow' Is A Great And Terrible Fantasia
• 'Survivor' 46, the Curse of the Hidden Idol, and What It Means for the Future
• Does Netflix's 'Bodkin' Get Any Better? Not Really. Here's How It Ends
• Hopefully 'The Strangers' Trilogy is Better Than a Sum of Its Parts
• 'The Idea of You' Movie Changes the Book's Ending - For the Worse
• Eurovision 2024: Queasy Frivolity During Wartime
• Why Is The 'Fantastic Four' Cast So White?
• 'The Circle' Tried to Grow Up. It Didn't Work
• The Strange Excellence of 'The Jinx: Part 2'
• [Spoilers] The Laughable Ending of Netflix's 'A Man In Full' Explained
• Why Are So Many Men Online Weird About How Women Choose to Exercise?
• Hulu's 'The Contestant' Shows How Reality TV Scraped the Bottom of the Barrel Decades Ago
• 'The Fall Guy' Is This Year's 'Dungeons and Dragons'
• What Is the Twist in Apple TV+'s 'Sugar,' And Does It Work? [Spoilers]
• Jerry Seinfeld's 'Unfrosted' Is Underbaked and Unfunny
• 'Sugar' Is a Stylish, But What Is This Story Even About?
• Don't Blame the College Students
• The 'Will Trent' Series Is Better Than The Books
• The Thrilling Method Dressing of Zendaya
• 'The Anxious Generation' Details How Social Media Screwed Up an Entire Generation of Kids
• In Defense of 'Red Eye': Why Cillian Murphy Is Wrong About the Wes Craven Thriller
• 'Dead Boy Detectives' Is a Surreal, If Overstuffed, Supernatural Procedural in the 'Sandman' Universe
• The Troubling Normalization of Emotionally Abusive Relationships on 'The Amazing Race'
• There Isn't Much to 'What Jennifer Did,' But Netflix Has a Bigger Problem
• Jerrod Carmichael's Ugly Narcissism Is on Full Display in His HBO Reality Show
• The Powerful 'Baby Reindeer' Is the 'Nanette' of Netflix 'Comedies'
• 'Ctrl+Alt+Desire': The Story of a Cult of One, Grant Amato
• Give 'Shogun's Anna Sawai All the Emmys
• 'Abigail' Is a Violent, Dancing Delight
• 'Survivor' 46 Power Rankings: 'This Does Not Rock, Jeff'
• Why the Apolitical Nature of 'Civil War' Makes It No Less Terrifying
• Review: 'Under the Bridge' Is a Must-Watch True Crime Series That Gives the Victim a Voice
• 'Fallout' Wants to Start a Flame in Your Heart
• 'Ripley' Is What 'Saltburn' Wished To Be
• Review: 'Scoop' Dives Into the Infamous Prince Andrew Interview
• The Thrill of the Grift: 'Ripley' Makes the Devil Relatable [Spoilers]
• This is an Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe Appreciation Post
• Review: Alex Garland's 'Civil War' Is A Scary Minefield of Apolitical Provocations
• Amory Sivertson's 'Beyond All Repair' May Be the Best True-Crime Podcast Since 'Serial' Season 1
• 'Brandy Hellville': Welcome to a Nightmare of Deadly Consumerism
• The Creature-Filled 'Parasyte: The Grey' is the Ideal Antidote to Prestige TV Fatigue
• How Did Joseph Quinn Become the Newest Internet Boyfriend?
• Coleman Domingo Shines as a Part of a Prison Theater Troupe in the Powerful 'Sing Sing'
• The Series Finale of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Reminds us How it and 'Seinfeld' Are Inextricably Linked
• Let's Talk About the Love Triangle in 'Shogun'
• Julianne Moore Is a Cunning, Queer-Affirming Momager in Starz's Sacrilegious 'Mary & George'
• Ewan McGregor Smolders Despite His Ridiculous Mustache in Showtime's Delightful 'A Gentleman in Moscow'
• Why is There So Much Rage Bait Food Content Online?
• There is No Way 'Sugar' Will Survive a Week-to-Week Rollout
• Review: 'The People's Joker' Is One of the Best and Most Subversive Comic Book Movies
• What Are Your Favorite Trans Media?
• Dev Patel Claws His Way to the Top of the Action Mountain in 'Monkey Man'
• Why Are They Still Making Holocaust Dramas in 2024?
• The Greatest Line Deliveries From 'It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia'
• Vera Drew Pairs Autobiography with Parody in the Controversial 'The People's Joker'
• Hot Take: Kristen Stewart Is An Amazing Comedic Actress
• Rick and Michonne Finally Dispose of the CRM in 'The Ones Who Live' Finale [Spoilers]
• Ramy Youssef Mines NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts as Host of 'SNL,' Plus 'Ozempic for Ramadan'
• How 'The Regime' and 'Palm Royale' Complicate Their Genres
• How 'X-Men '97' Sidestepped Cyclops' Biggest Sin And Redeemed A Tragic Foe
• Is 'Palm Royale' the New 'Desperate Housewives'? Not Even Close
• Why Are People Being So Weird About Sydney Sweeney's Body?
• You Haven't Lost Your Mind: The Ending of 'Constellation' Is Incoherent
• Netflix's '3 Body Problem' and the 'Vicarious Rush' that Watching It Delivers
• Review: 'Immaculate' Is All About Unleashing Holy Hell on the Soul
• 'Ricky Stanicky' Showcases the Best of John Cena and the Worst of Peter Farrelly
• Let's Be Nice And Take A Look Back At The Original 'Road House'
• Review: 'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire' Is a Cold Day In Hail
• Conor McGregor Nearly Ruins Jake Gyllenhaal's Otherwise Riotously Fun 'Road House' Remake
• How 'Dune 2' and 'Shōgun' Handle the White Savior
• Prime Video's Commercial Breaks Suck
• The Problem with Peacock's 'Apples Never Fall' Is Its Infuriating Ending [Spoilers]
• David Dastmalchian's 'Late Night with the Devil' Takes the Late-Night Wars into the Horror Genre
• Review: 'Damsel' Needs Saving from the Soulless Netflix Formula
• 'The Girls on the Bus' Is 'The West Wing' Crossed with a Live, Laugh, Love Poster
• Manifest Destiny Made Flesh: 'Ravenous' Turns 25
• Here Are Some Action Movies That Gave Us Something To Talk About
• 'Quiet on Set' Tracks Dan Schneider's Unsettling Two-Decade Reign Over Nickelodeon
• Why It's Easier Than Ever to Get a Billboard Number One Hit
• 'Girls5Eva' Season 3 Is a Straight Shot of Pure Joy
• Should Cancel-Happy Streamers Take a Cue from Starz and AMC?
• The 'Feud: Capote vs the Swans' Finale Is All Vibes, No Substance
• Rose Hanbury Is Thrown Into the Spotlight As the Kate Middleton Conspiracies Get More Feverish
• 'The Program' Is a Powerful True Crime Reckoning for the 'Troubled Teen' Industry
• 'The Gentlemen' Review: Ritchie's Latest Episodic Caper is a Blast for Fans of his Formula
• The Dangerous Lie Of 'TradWives'
• The 2024 Oscars Were Great Right Up Until the End
• Josh Brolin Hosts 'SNL' but Ariana Grande and Scarlett Johansson Steal the Show
• Review: Kristen Stewart's 'Love Lies Bleeding' Is Gonna Kick Your Ass And Make You Beg For More
• 'Death and Other Details' Finale: Who Is Victor Sams?
• 'The Octopus Murders' Review: The Absorbing, Unhinged Investigation into the Death of Danny Casolaro
• 'The Regime' and the Aesthetics of Power in Decline
• 'The Regime' Wants You to Buy What It's Selling
• The Alternative 2024 Oscar Nominations
• 'Love Is Blind' Finale: Chelsea Blackwell Still Can't Believe Jimmy Presnell Broke Up With Her
• What the Hell Is Going On in Apple TV+'s 'Constellation'?
• 'Shōgun' is TV's Next Big Epic
• It's Not the Filmmakers' Fault that Bill Belichick Sucks in 'The Dynasty: New England Patriots'
• A Book Reader Explains the Plot Points in 'Dune 2' That Made No Sense To You
• Adam Sandler Is a Sad, Sad Boy in Space In Netflix's 'Spaceman'
• 'Dune: Part Two' Is Why We Make Science Fiction Movies
• The 'Where is Kate Middleton' Conspiracies Have Gotten Very Uncomfortable
• 'Elsbeth' Is Already the Best Show on Network Television Outside of 'Abbott Elementary'
• A Surefire Way the MCU Can Climb Out Of Its Funk
• 'Miller's Girl' Review: More Lust In Cinema, Yes, But Not Like This
• Why is Pop Culture Still So Terrified of Women's Body Hair?
• 'Avatar: the Last Airbender' Is Not Active Torture
• Review: 'Drive-Away Dolls' Is Lesbian 'Raising Arizona' Lite
• 'Society of the Snow' Is a Stirring Blockbuster Told with Heart and Respect
• 'True Detective': Nic Pizzolatto and His Faithful Have Lost Touch with Reality
• How Can a Series With as Much Going for It as 'The New Look' Be This Dull?
• Why is Every Celebrity Doing Ads for Mobile Games Now?
• Weird, Random, and Obscure Films To Watch With Friends
• 'True Detective: Night Country' Nailed the Finale -- Ending Explained
• 'Madame Web' Is a Burning Dumpster Dropped into a Volcano Filled with Moldy Fish
• Review: How the Hell Did 'One Love' Make Bob Marley So Boring?
• Everything You Need To Know About 'True Romance' For Valentine's Day
• Review: 'Lisa Frankenstein' Is Just a Cinderella Story That Shops at Hot Topic
• Breaking Up Is Hard to Do on 'Vanderpump Rules'
• 'True Detective: Night Country': Is Kate McKittrick the Key to Unlocking the Mystery?
• Naomi Watts Deserves Better
• What We Can Learn From Taylor Swift and Boygenius at the Grammys
• Back That Azz Up: Changes Mark the New Season of 'Abbott Elementary'
• Alanna Ubach Is Absolutely Everything on 'Ted'
• 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' Is Not Special
• Justin Timberlake's Comeback Is Failing and He Only Has Himself to Blame
• What Haunts the Detectives of 'Night Country'?
• Watch 'Ted,' Even If It's Against Your Better Instincts
• Why Nobody Cared About the Fake Author Mystery of 'Argylle'
• Review: Put 'Argylle' Out With The Kitty Litter
• Is 'The Haunting Of Hill House' Mike Flanagan's 'Appetite For Destruction'?
• Death Threats Are Not the Norm: Fans Don't Have To Behave Like This
• Sofía Vergara Is Ferocious in the Otherwise Familiar 'Griselda'
• The Real Life Horrors of 'The Woman in the Wall'
• The Second Episode of Nicole Kidman's 'Expats' Is Excruciating as Hell
• 'True Detective: Night Country' and a Credible 'Zombie Virus' Theory
• Let's Give Justine Triet and 'Anatomy of a Fall' Their Flowers
• Is Bradley Cooper the Caroline Calloway of the A-List?
• The 96th Academy Award Nominations
• Review: 'Death and Other Details' Is a Mysterious Mess You Can't Stop Watching
• 'Role Play' Review: Kaley Cuoco's Post-'Big Bang Theory' Career Is Confounding
• 'American Nightmare': Start Your Year Off with Rage at Police Incompetence!
• Awards Don't Matter But Also They Do
• The Rapid Rise of Reneé Rapp
• 'Lift' Review: The Secret to Kevin Hart's Success Is No Accountability
• 'Echo' Is Almost a Course Correction for Marvel (Until It's Not)
• The Pointless Ending of Nathan Fielder's 'The Curse' Explained
• The Worst People on the Internet are 'Body Language Experts'
• The Tigers of 'Fargo'
• 'Percy Jackson' and the Nature of Monsters
• Review: Dan Levy's 'Good Grief' Is A Lotta Grief, Only Some Of It Good
• Dave Chappelle's 'The Dreamer' Is Bad, But Not Because Of What You Think
• Five Cozy Mystery Series to Binge in January
• The Verdict on the 'Curious Case of Natalia Grace'
• I Want My Stanley Cup: How a Reusable Mug Became The Latest Symbol of Online Consumerism
• The 10 Highest Grossing Films of 2024 (and the Five Biggest Flops)
• The 2023 Pajiba Ten: The 10 Brainiest, Most Lustful Celebrities on the Planet
• Is Nate Silver OK?
• Review: 'The Color Purple' Is an American Classic Reimagined
• 'Slow Horses' Is the Most Brutally Efficient Series on TV
• The Fourth Best TV Show of 2023
• Here's to 2023: A Great Year for Weird Cinema
• The 10 Most Rewatchable Movies of 2023
• Pajiba's Top Ten Films of 2023
• Freaks, Weirdos, and New Icons: The Top 10 Horror Movies of 2023
• 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' Is a Gift from the Television Gods
• Will There Be a Third Season of 'The Gilded Age'?
• The Villain of the Year: Former Boston Police Officer Bill Dunn
• Review: 'American Fiction' Is a Satire to Start a Conversation
• 'The Curse' is the Funniest Show You Won't Laugh At
• In Its Final Season, 'The Crown' Became Straight-Up Royalist Propaganda
• What Are the Top Podcasts Right Now?
• Review: 'The Zone of Interest' Is The Most Important Movie Of The Year
• Review: Julia Roberts Wants To 'Leave The World Behind' With Mixed Results
• What is Dougie's Deal on 'The Curse'?
• 'Doctor Who' Showrunner Russell T. Davies Knows Grief
• The Best Celeb Pregnancy Fashion Moments
• I Don't Want to Go (Through This Again, 'Doctor Who')
• The 'Frasier' Reboot Does Right by Martin Crane
• 'A Murder at the End of the World' Spoilers: Who Killed Bill?
• 'Murder in Boston' Sets True Crime Against the Backdrop of 'America's Most Racist City'
• The Newest Entry in the 'Fargo' Series Returns Back to Its 'Minnesota Nice' Roots
• How 'Suits' Is Reviving the Legal Drama--For Better, But Mostly For the Worse
• 'From' Is the Best TV Show That Will Make You Hate Its Guts
• 10 Mind-Blowingly Random Celebrity Couples
• 'Doctor Who' Recap, 'The Star Beast': Who Voices Meep? Who Plays Rose?
• 'Squid Game: The Challenge' Doesn't Miss the Point; It Is the Point
• David Sedaris's Writing Has Taken a Turn, and Not for the Better
• How Much Does Accent Accuracy Matter in Film?
• Max's 'Love Has Won' Cult Documentary and Death by Colloidal Silver
• Five Wild Theories About Who Killed Bill in 'A Murder at the End of the World'
• Review: 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes' Is The Best Film In The Franchise
• 'Best. Christmas. Ever!' Is Either a Film or a Harbinger of AI Doom
• Review: 'Saltburn' Is An Acidic Class Satire Of Righteous Queer Fury
• Taika Waititi Isn't Delivering Great Films Like He Used To
• Nathan Fielder's 'The Curse' Is Not as Uncomfortable As It Thinks It Is
• 'The Marvel's' End Credits Scenes and What They Mean for the Future of the MCU
• 'Loki' Season 2 Finale: In With Yggdrasil, Out With Kang?
• Should I Watch 'Escaping Twin Flames' or 'Desperately Seeking Soulmate'?
• Why Is the Entertainment Industry So Desperate To Own Dead Celebrities?
• What History Might Predict for 'The Gilded Age'
• 'Quiz Lady' Is a Charming Comedy Involving, Yes, a Game Show
• Welcome to the New Pajiba Political Section on Substack
• 'Gen V' Finale: This Spinoff Has Teeth
• 'The Morning Show,' Starring Elizabeth Perkins, Is Perfect Television
• Did the 'Our Flag Means Death' Finale Come Too Easily?
• The Shakespearean Finance Bro Language of Showtime's 'Billions'
• 'Gilded Age' Is Gloriously Bad
• Review: 'Priscilla' Puts 'Elvis' On Blast
• What 'Gen V' Gets Right About Harm
• 'Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour': What Hollywood Can Learn from Taylor Swift
• Review: 'Britney Spears: The Woman in Me' Is A Devastating Read
• The Best Intro to Horror Movies for Young Adults Now Streaming
• Break Up With Justin Timberlake
• Bill Burr's 'Old Dads' Is as Irrelevant as It Is Unfunny
• Is It Ever OK To Talk About A Celebrity's Changing Appearance?
• What Do 'Succession' And 'The Fall Of The House Of Usher' Really Have In Common?
• The Devil on Trial,' Ed and Lorraine Warren, and the True Story that Inspired 'The Conjuring'
• Seth Rogen's 'Long Shot' Is a Throwback Romcom Killing It on Netflix
• The Many Ways Justin Timberlake Spent Years Slut-Shaming Britney Spears
• Streaming Guide: The 10 Best Things to Stream This October Weekend
• Just Because You're a Celebrity, That Doesn't Mean You Need to Start a Podcast
• 'Our Flag Means Death': Love Hurts, Love 'Arghs'
• 'The Reckoning' Review: Will It Always Be Too Soon To Make a TV Drama About Jimmy Savile?
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