*Warning: spoilers for the plot of Nope below!* Not even my momma could make me go back to Bible study, but if there’s one thing Jordan Peele can do, it’s the seemingly impossible. So here I am reading the book…
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The First Season of ‘The Real Housewives of Lagos’ Was a Surprise Success
Ending its 12-episode run in June, The Real Housewives of Lagos was a surprising piece of franchise-making television. Winking at the theatrics within Housewives lore — the finger-pointing, voice-raising, altercations, slinging of profanities — the Showmax original convinced its biggest…
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Netflix’s ‘8’ Is a Win for South African Horror
The recurring words spoken in Harold Holscher’s new Netflix horror 8 are ”moths” and ”worms.” These things are weaved into the film’s horror infrastructure, not necessarily as elements to gross out viewers, but as allegories about death and transfiguration. Coming…
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Borgata Hotel & Spa: The Closest Thing to Vegas East of the Mississippi
For years, Atlantic City, New Jersey, has been considered the East Coast’s Las Vegas, and on paper, it truly isn’t a stretch. Both tourist-driven cities welcome consumers looking to gamble, eat well and smoke freely indoors without being shamed or…
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