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For over 40 years, Saturday Night Live has consistently produced a high-quality comedy show, creating around 20 episodes per year. Combining all aspects of show business from costume design, to make up, to set design, to filmmaking, it is truly impressive that SNL is able to pump out such well-refined content in such a short period of time. With the...
SPOILER WARNING: Please do not proceed in this article if you have yet to see the blockbuster film Avengers: Endgame and do not wish to have the movie ruined for you… Avengers Endgame is Marvel’s newest entry into their widespread cinematic universe, and is arguably the biggest movie ever, and how does The Roundup handle writing about the biggest...
"'The Umbrella Academy' stands out among the countless other superhero series splashed across billboards and your viewing queues." - The Los Angeles Times "The joy of the 'The Umbrella Academy' is that it takes traditional superhero tropes and re-imagines them through a nihilistic, misanthropic lens." - NBC News THINK "It has flaws and excesses, but the series...nonetheless lands in the sweet...
When Justin Timberlake performs the halftime show during the Super Bowl, who does he call to stage this important event? Or when Dirk Nowitzki throws his All-Star celebrity event party who’s going to plan the event? Lara Beth is the go-to event planning “force of nature” for a who’s who of list celebrities and sports stars. She is on...
Warning, spoilers ahead! Becoming China's second highest grossing film of all time right after Wolf Warrior 2, The Wandering Earth hit the world by storm, grossing nearly $700 million worldwide in just a few months. The Wandering Earth (7.7/10 IMDb) depicts the efforts of Liu Qi (Chuxiao Qu) and his sister Han Duoduo (Jin Mai Jaho) in helping rescue teams. The United Earth Government...
    With the final season of HBO's Game of Thrones set to air April 14, fans will finally see the conclusion to this series. By its end, "Game of Thrones" will have over 100 hours worth of episodes. Having invested so much time into this show, viewers would be sourly disappointed with a mediocre ending, and it is...
HBO's Game of Thrones is the television adaption of George R. R. Martin's book series A Song of Ice and Fire. This series is incredibly long and dense, so the show has had to cut some plot lines from it. Most of these plot lines were unimportant, but some of them dramatically change the story. This article will go...
Background The documentary was created in 2016 and was directed by filmmaker Ava DuVernay. It has been awarded by several award shows from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to Critics' Choice to MTV. Additionally, it was rated a 97% by Rotten Tomatoes. Introduction When you see the title of this review, you may think: "How can black people be...

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