Sarah Osman

Film Review: “The People We Hate at the Wedding” — Middling Marital Mayhem

November 23, 2022
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The People We Hate at the Wedding is far from one of the best entries in the comic wedding canon.

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Film Review: “The Soccer Football Movie” — A Full-On Weirdo Camp Fest

November 21, 2022
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Sometimes, cartoons should just be aimed at kids. The Soccer Football Movie has no pretensions: this is a glorious goof fest that draws on the hallowed tradition of slapstick comedy.

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Television Review: “The School for Good and Evil” — Too Complicated for its Own Good

October 24, 2022
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Based on the YA series by Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil offers little that is new about the adventures of discontented adolescents.

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Television Review: Season Three of “Ramy” — Spreading the Drama Around

September 28, 2022
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Ramy’s drama takes a backseat to those of his relatives and friends, and that ends up expanding the reach and power of the series.

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Television Review: “Reboot” — Laughing at the Corporate Hand that Feeds Him

September 12, 2022
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Reboot is a razor-sharp sitcom about the world of sitcoms and represents Steven Levitan’s triumphant return to comedy.

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Book Review: “War and Me: A Memoir” — A Poignant Tale of Survival

September 1, 2022
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Faleeha Hassan’s assessment of the damage America caused — through the ‘good intentions’ of regime change — may surprise many who depended on the mainstream media to learn about what happened in Iraq.

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Film Review: “Orphan: First Kill” — Murder as Child’s Play

August 18, 2022
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This prequel is the rare instance of a horror film, in this case a prequel, that is better than its predecessor.

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Television Review: “A League of Their Own” — A Welcome Reboot

August 16, 2022
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For the most part, co-creators Will Graham and Abbi Jacobson have easily justified the need for a reboot of the admired 1992 sports film.

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Television Review: “Girl in the Picture” — Beyond Shocking

July 7, 2022
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In her superb true crime documentaries, Skye Borgman probes America’s war against its women and children.

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Book Review: “Coffee, Shopping, Murder, Love” — Homicidal Buffoonery

July 6, 2022
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Coffee, Shopping, Murder, Love is a delightful beach read, a lampoon of American culture that provides plenty of suspenseful fun.

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