“This’ll get gross.” So says a technician for the Delos Corporation just before he chops at the head of a murdered android, peels back its realistically bloody scalp, cracks open its synthetic skull, and pulls out a piece of fluid-oozing brain-hardware. Westworld’s back, everybody!
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Westworld Season Two Review: Still Gorgeous, Still Gross
HBO’s Weird Robot Show Lives Up to (Some) of Its Promise
HBO’s weird robot show lives up to (some) of its promise.
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Lindy West’s Shrill Is Coming to Hulu
Once upon a time, Lindy West was the film critic for our sister paper in Seattle, The Stranger, and we often took the opportunity to run her hilarious, smart writing in the Mercury, too. Now she’s a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and the author of an excellent memoir, Shrill (read the […]
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KATU Gets a Big Shoutout on SE Hawthorne
Erik Henriksen Portland TV station KATU got a shoutout this morning on the corner of SE 16th and Hawthorne, where a massive banner—assembled from bedsheets, safety pins, and spray paint—covered the front of the three-story-tall Warnell Apartments building. Located on a major commuting thoroughfare and next to two busy stops for TriMet’s 14 bus line, […]
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Roseanne: Now the Pro-Trump Show’s Crapping on Minorities… WOW, Just Like Trump
Courtesy ABC/Adam Rose If the new Roseanne reboot on ABC isn’t giving you a gross feeling inside, then you may want to check your humanity level. For those just joining us, Roseanne Barr is a real life Trump supporter who plays a real life Trump supporter on TV—even though ABC would like us to separate […]
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New Roseanne: Neither Savior Nor Sacrilege, but Very Funny Once the Gunk Burns Off
A whole lotta Rosie. I admit, I may have been the tiniest bit overeager, but still… After all the preliminary hype about Roseanne (if not Roseanne) being pro-Trump, it appears the subject was mostly enlisted in service of a feud subplot—and one really good joke—between Roseanne and her sister Jackie. The idea of the beloved […]
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Bill Hader’s Barry Premieres Tonight at Cinema 21. It Isn’t What You’re Expecting.
HBO There are many good things to say about Barry, Bill Hader’s new half-hour show for HBO, and perhaps the best of them is this: It’s not really like anything else on TV. Barry combines pitch-black comedy with an even darker drama about a hitman trying to make a clean break from his past. And […]
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Barry Review: Bill Hader’s Hitman Comedy
The SNL Vet’s New Show Isn’t What You’re Expecting
The SNL vet’s new show isn’t what you’re expecting.
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Every Self-Respecting Oregonian Should Watch Wild Wild Country
Every self-respecting Oregonian is going to want to take a look at Wild Wild Country. The six-part Netflix documentary series, which premieres Fri March 16, examines one of the weirdest episodes in the state’s history, when Indian religious leader Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh opened a commune in central Oregon in the early 1980s. It did not […]
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Netflix’s Wild Wild Country Explores Oregon’s Most Notorious Cult
Venture into Rajneeshpuram with a Six-Part Documentary Series
Venture into Rajneeshpuram with a six-part documentary series.
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Murray Energy Defamation Suit Against John Oliver Dismissed
Oliver was sued by coal giant Murray Energy.
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Last Week Tonight Is Back, and My Next Guest Is Phenomenal. Thanks, John and Dave!
John Oliver returned to HBO last Sunday. It was the first episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver since November, and somehow, it felt like he’d been gone a very long time. And over on Netflix, there’s something else pretty great: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman, a monthly, hour-long interview […]