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Scrubs: Season 10

John Stark

A lot of time has passed since the premiere of Scrubs, and yet still no one has taken Zach Braff up on the offer to be Superman, to bleed the irony from his role as J.D. in a show whose theme song is recognized for repeating, “I’m No Superman.” Zach Braff, of course, has gone on to have quite a career because of Scrubs, both in front of and behind the camera. And the show’s creator, Bill Lawrence, has also found tremendous success, most recently with the Emmy darling Shrinking. The rest of the returning cast includes Donald Faison, Sarah … Continue reading Scrubs: Season 10

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Turtles All The Way Down

John Stark

The further we go through John green’s catalogue of novels into film adaptations, I’m realizing this guy wrote one really great book, and some just OK books that keep getting adapted anyway. Probably the second best adaptation I’ve seen of his work was looking For Alaska, which had the benefit of being a limited series and expanding upon the material and really getting everything in there. Turtles All The Way Down is emotionally manipulative, with a few strong performances, and also has parts that just don’t work. the meat of the story revolves around a teenager (Isabela Merced) who is … Continue reading Turtles All The Way Down

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Birth/Rebirth

John Stark

the good news is that you can find this title with audio description. the bad news, is despite this being a Shudder release, and on AMC Plus, you won’t find it there. If I was going to wait this long to see Birth/Rebirth, I decided I’d rent the damn thing and make sure I got the audio description. It helps that I’m a voting member for the Spirit Awards and this is in consideration. However, I didn’t use the non-audio described screener offered to me. I knew too many people who kept swearing this was the best, or one of, … Continue reading Birth/Rebirth