Film & TV: BlacKkKlansman
The Lost Signals discusses the black and white and all the shades of gray in Spike Lee’s latest joint, “BlacKkKlansman.” [Aggregate score: 10]
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Literature: Tierra y Libertad by Madeline Ashby
They were built to serve man, but all they did was serve.. as a nuanced look at the development of AI and as a metaphor for the exploitation of workers. What lazy, good-for-nothing robots.
Aggregate Score: 8
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AFI Top 100 #075: In the Heat of the Night
TLS heads to a small southern town riddled with racial tension to solve a murder (and enjoy some creampies) in this classic police procedural drama.
[Aggregate score: 10]
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Film & TV: Sorry to Bother You
TLS enters into a mundane yet bizarre world, uncovering some uncomfortable aspects about corporate practices and themselves in the process, in a review of surrealist flick, Sorry to Bother You. [Aggregate score: 9.5]
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Film & TV: The Ignominious History of Alan Smithee
The Misplaced Beacons discuss the life and legacy of the great Hollywood director, Alan Smithee. Whoever that is.
A little further reading for the curious:
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vdx78d/alan-smithee-is-officially-the-worst-hollywood-director-of-all-time-456
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlanSmithee
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Film & TV: Ant-Man and the Wasp
Hop a small ride in a big world (or vice versa) with TLS as we review the MCU’s latest outing, Ant-Man and the Wasp.
[Aggregate score: 7.3]
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Film & TV: God Bless America
Celebrate America’s greatness with Bobcat Goldthwait’s down-to-earth film about a middle age man and a teenage girl on a mission to right the perceived wrongs in society with extreme prejudice. [Aggregate score: 9]
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Literature: A Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman
TLS investigates a strange murder with a famous detective duo. [Aggregate Score: 8.33]
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Film & TV: Hereditary
TLS ponders their own demons while reviewing one of the latest newer-gen horror flicks, Hereditary.
[aggregate score: 6.75]
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Literature: Another End of the Empire by Tim Pratt
We read a story of classic fantasy trappings turned on their head.
[Aggregate score: 9]
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