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Critic's Corner by E. Basil St. Blaise
CINEMA

Cartoon spoof of the violent revenge thriller Onslaught retitled On Sloth that references the movie poster showing the sniper heroine Celeste (Adria Arjona) holding her rifle up as her daughter Daisy (Blakke Kennedy) clings to her side. The mother wears a bloody bandana that covers her missing left eye and her child looks up to her holding an eyeball in her hand and saying, 'Mama! Mama! Look what I found!' The tagline on the poster reads 'How Much Lazier Could a Thriller Be?’Onslaught –– Highly offensive.
By Any Means –– Except these.
Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day –– Would prefer Cole Porter’s.
Dark Hollow –– To the core.
Ever After –– Stretched out.
The Girl in the River –– Tom buoy?
Come With Me –– A steep decline.
C.O.G.–– C.L.O.G.
American Summer –– Neither wet nor hot.
Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass –– Lacks direction.
Brailled It –– Doesn’t feel right.
Give It a Shot –– Just pull out.
Dear You –– Dear me!
Barbara Forever –– Hammer films.
Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers –– Cold Buffett.
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TELEVISION

Caricature of Aaron Pierre as John Stewart in the DCU superhero TV series Lanterns on HBO Max.Lanterns (HBO) –– None too bright.
The Whisper Man (Netflix) –– Psst on itself.
Blood Sacrifice (Netflix) — Type… ‘a negative’.
My Brilliant Career (Netflix) –– Outback schlock house.
Anna Pigeon (USA) –– Pigeon toad.
The Shards (FX) –– Sharts.
Sterling Point (Amazon) –– Sterling sliver.
Fightland (Starz) –– Punch dunk.
The Bombing of Pan Am 103 (Netflix) –– Crash and bore.
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THEATRE

Paranormal Activity –– Phenomenah.
The Lost Boys –– Bleeders of the pack.
Joe Turner's Come and Gone –– Turner away.
Schmigadoon! –– Junky tuner.
The Balusters –– Spindly.
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MUSIC

Lost Weekend / Phoebe Bridgers –– Bridgers to nowhere.
Thank God It’s Almost Monday / Weak end.
petal / Ariana Grande –– Pluck dat.
Daughter From Hell / Gracie Abrams –– Goodnight, Gracie.
Music, Fashion, Film / Charli XCX –– Sorry Charli.
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LITERATURE
Fiction

Life of M by Rachel Cusk –– Portmanteau novel.
Music Against the Night by Yiyun Li –– Knockturne.
Switzy by Emma Cline –– Shitzy.
The Disappearers by Marlon James –– Poof ta-ta.
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout –– Better left unsaid.

Nonfiction

American Scoundrel by Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark –– Cohnhead.
A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies by David Thomson –– Film buffer.
Regime Change by Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swann –– Trump steamer.
Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith by JD Vance –– Menial sin.
Something We Said by Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor –– Pryor convictions.
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