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Critic's Corner by E. Basil St. Blaise
CINEMA

Cartoon spoof of the film Dead Man's Wire showing hostage Richard Hall (Dacre Montgomery) holding his smart phone with the Wikipedia page for the real-life event the film is based on it, being held at gunpoint by Tony Kiritsis (Bill Skarsgård.) Kiritsis says , “If you reveal a spoiler, I’ll blow your head off.’ and Hall, pointing to the phone replies, ‘Uh, nah.’Dead Man’s Wire –– Shotgun wetting.
Greenland 2: Migration –– Move far away.
Primate –– Ape ex-predator.
Magellan –– Ship to snore.
OBEX –– Gamier.
Sleepwalker –– Drags its feat.
Young Mothers –– Weaner takes all.
All That’s Left of You –– West Bank shot.
I Was a Stranger –– Doesn’t ring a bell.
My Neighbor Adolf –– Fewer and Führer.
Weathered: After the LA Firestorm –– Burn noticed.
Holding Liat –– Low octane Gaza.
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TELEVISION

Caricature of Simu Liu as Alexander Hale in the spy thriller TV Series The Copenhagen Test on Peacock.The Copenhagen Test (Peacock) –– Dane cooked.
The End of an Era (Disney+) –– S’whiffed.
Little Disasters (Paramount+) –– A medium-sized one.
Spartacus: House of Ashur (Starz) –– Arenal failure.
Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh (HBO) –– Sherman tanks.
Heated Rivalry (HBO Max) –– Pucking and sucking.
High Horse: The Black Cowboy (Peacock) –– Hi-De-Ho, Silver.
The Assassin (AMC+) –– Sure shot.
Malice (Amazon) –– A snore thought.
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THEATRE

Two Strangers –– Not a cake walk.
Chess –– Thumping.
Rob Lake Magic With Special Guest the Muppets –– Lake mini hah-hah.
Oedipus –– MILF toast.
The Queen of Versailles –– Rich bitched.
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MUSIC

Eusexua Afterglow / FKA twigs –– Eusexua heeling.
Lux / Rosalía –– Out of Lux.
Play / Ed Sheeran –– Play dumb.
Man's Best Friend / Sabrina Carpenter –– Doggy stylin'?
Creamsicle / Maren Morris –– Melts like Dalí watch.
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LITERATURE
Fiction

Superhero by Tim Blake Nelson –– Power pointless.
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans –– Letter be.
Ingram by Louis C.K. –– Thin as a read.
Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen –– Worse worse book.
Secrets of the Purple Pearl by Kate McKinnon –– Quibb while you're ahead.

Nonfiction

Nothing Random: Bennett Cerf and the Publishing House He Built by Gayle Feldman –– Channels Cerf.
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe: A True Crime Thriller by James Patterson –– Norma genes.
Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn –– Mom’s able spy.
E Is for Edward : A Centennial Celebration of the Mischievous Mind of Edward Gorey by Gregory Hischak –– E-gads.
Unfettered by John Fetterman –– Fetid, man.
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