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A long overdue season delivered

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The man in the High castle season 3 After a two year hiatus, “The Man in The high Castle’s” third season was released on Oct 5. As one of Amazons Prime Videos most popular shows, the neo-noir dystopian sci-fi thriller provides an intrigue that is equally as disturbing as is it entertaining. Further exploring the alternate universe story line of “What if the Axis Powers Won the Second World War?” this season gets deeper than the first and second by further examining the life and culture of the “Neutral Zone” which lays between the “Greater Nazi Reich” and “Japanese Pacific…

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America’s favorite family makes on-screen comeback

Warren Maxwell

Family is more than enough in this movie with the Incredibles The heat wasn’t the only thing that packed a punch this summer. After a 14-year wait, the supers finally made a comeback in Disney Pixar’s “Incredibles 2.” Picking up where the last movie left off, the super-powered family has to stop The Underminer from destroying the city. However, the family is conflicted whether to use their powers because supers are still illegal. This becomes the central plot of the film. After the family successfully stops the attack on the city, they automatically face the repercussions of using their superpowers…

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Dun dun… dun … don’t see this movie about a shark

Warren Maxwell

If you haven’t been to the beach in a while, “The Meg” might actually discourage you from going. The movie, which hit theaters Aug. 10, revolves around the discovery of a prehistoric shark thought to long be extinct called the Megalodon. The film focuses on an underwater expedition crew that is conducting research on deeper levels of the ocean. However, their efforts are thwarted by the creature at every turn, attacking the crew and leaving them clueless as to how to stop it. The movie, however, lacks many components to make it a film worthy of your ticket price. The…

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‘Final Space’ has rocketing comedy that brings it to interstellar heights

Matthew Tamez

New sci-fi comedy introduces a new brand of humor  “Final Space” is a new sci-fi comedy series created by independent filmmaker Olan Rogers, with David Sacks, well known for his work on “3rd Rock from the Sun,” serving as the showrunner. The series follows the story of Gary Goodspeed (Rogers), a man serving a solitary prison sentence for impersonating an Infinity Guard pilot in an attempt to impress a woman and subsequently causing massive property damage. As the end to his five-year sentence draws close, Gary longs for actual companionship, as the only beings on the ship are the overly…

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ABC’s latest series shines a light on autism

Jonathan Garcia

Jonathan Garcia jgarcia@foghornnews.com ABC’s latest hit show, “The Good Doctor,” dives into the medical field as well as the autism spectrum. David Shore, the creator of the long-running TV show “House,” remakes the 2013 South Korean series of the same name. This medical-drama series gained some strong buzz when it was announced but also had skepticism as it could be a “Grey’s Anatomy” rip-off. Fortunately, this series doesn’t fall under that spectrum as this show is one of the series that should be set on your DVR. Dr. Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore), a young surgeon diagnosed with autism and savant…

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Same show, same characters, new fight

Azrael Montoya

Azrael Montoya Season 8 of “The Walking Dead” is here as Rick and his group battle Negan and the Saviors in the all-out war. This season so far has seen a vast pickup in tempo from last season with all its useless talking, King Ezekiel speaking like Shakespeare and Daryl Dixon being put in a holding cell for who knows how long. The season premiere got right into the all-out war and it is pure unabashed action from the start. In this episode and the one to follow the Saviors will have to prove mightily that they indeed are Negan.…

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Relentless battle for the American dream

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Johnny Faust and his friends drop out of school and move to Hollywood to start a rock band and make it big in “American Satan.” After they encounter the devil, what comes next will change their lives forever. Their band, The Relentless, goes from being poor and living in their van to living at the top of rock ’n’ roll heaven with power and money. Faust is the picture of the perfect fallen rock star from grace. The Relentless are gods among men in the world of sex, violence, drugs and rock ’n’ roll. They experience the duality of rock…

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Marvel debuts series ‘Gifted’

Brittany Claramunt

@BrittClaramunt bclaramunt@foghornnews.com Besides breaking box office records, Marvel is making a statement on the small screen. Its new television series, “The Gifted,” debuted Oct. 2 on Fox, and it did not disappoint on upholding Marvel’s cinematic vision. “The Gifted” is an adventure series that follows an ordinary suburban family until their children, Lauren Strucker (Natalie Alyn Lind) and Andy Strucker (Percy Hynes White), discover they have developed mutant powers. Their parents, Reed Strucker (Stephen Moyer) and Kate Strucker (Amy Acker), now must protect them from a hostile government that forces them to run where they later find an underground network…

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‘Big Little Lies’ brings big truths

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Nmurphy@foghornnews.com @foghorn_murphy One off the biggest winners of this year’s Emmy Awards was HBO’s adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s “Big Little Lies.” The limited series, which ran earlier this year, touched on a multitude of topics affecting women in today’s society. The series tackle topics such as domestic violence, rape and the stigmas women face both inside and outside of the workforce. Many have praised the show for tackling these topics. Nicole Kidman even stated in her acceptance speech that she felt like the show did a great job of bringing to light the complexities of domestic violence. The way in…

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‘El Chapo’ exposes the reality of drug lords in Mexico

Brittany Claramunt

Brittany Claramunt @BrittClaramunt bclaramunt@foghornnews.com Drug lords are notorious for doing anything to get what they want, and for doing anything to sell their product. Each has his or her own story as to why they got into the business. For Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, his story is finally being told. “El Chapo” is a new series on both Univision and Netflix that explores the life story of one of the most notorious criminals over a span of three decades, from 1985, when he was a low-level member of the Guadalajara Cartel, his rise to power, and his downfall to where…