Entertainment Reviews
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The New Jabra Elite Sport Solves My Major Issue With The Originals
Jabra’s new revision of the Elite Sport changes only one thing: the battery life. But that’s more useful than it sounds, because it was one of my only complaints about the original.
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The Best Part Of The Flash Season 4 Premiere Was Everyone But Barry Allen
With an episode title like “The Flash Reborn,” there was a certain level expectation that Flash‘s season 4 premiere would try to steady itself and right the wrongs of a very uneven third season. In someways, it succeeded — but it did so by returning to some of the indulgences that have helped Flash lose…
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Star Trek: Discovery Delves Into A Conflict That’s Been Simmering Under 50 Years Of Trek
The third episode “Context Is for Kings” is the first true episode of Discovery, and it’s a big improvement over the two-episode TV movie that kicked off the series last week. The characters are more interesting now, the ideas smarter, and the world better understood. Granted, I may be biased because it’s also examining a…
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Downsizing Is A Clever Big-Idea Science-Fiction Comedy With A Glaringly Terrible Flaw
In Alexander Payne’s new movie, a dainty Easy Bake Oven bell-chime signals the completion of the cellular reduction process. People who were normal-sized adults are now only inches tall, gently lifted off their beds with implements that look like spatulas. The moment is both cute and terrifying at the same time, much like Downsizing itself.