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Crutch — Tracy Morgan resurrects an old comedy staple
Review by C.J. Bunce You can try to put your finger and what Tracy Morgan is going for in his new series Crutch, now streaming on Paramount+, but you’ll probably get it wrong.  Despite what y…
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December 20, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Warner Brothers releases first teaser trailer for Supergirl
One of the funnier bits from this summer’s first swing at DC Comics at the movies, James Gunn’s Superman, was the ending, which featured a brief appearance by Milly Alcock as the new Ka…
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December 20, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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First look — Seth MacFarlane’s Ted series is back
The series we at borg (check it out here) called 2024’s Best Series, Best Comedy Series, Best TV Retro Fix, Best New Series, Best Coming-of-Age Series, Best TV Writing, and Best TV Visual Eff…
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December 20, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Alice in Borderland — Third season struggles to live up to the manga
Review by C.J. Bunce Its first season aced its place on the borg list of the best TV series of the past decade.  The second season of Alice in Borderland was brilliant, too.  In a surprising return…
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December 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Charles Schulz’s A Charlie Brown Christmas turns 60!
Charlie Brown’s choice of a Christmas tree.  Snoopy enjoying a stack of bones reading the newspaper.  The out-of-control Christmas pageant.  Everyone ice skating.  Everyone (but Charlie Brown…
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December 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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The War Between the Land and the Sea — A Doctor Who spin-off series
We may not be getting a Christmas Special this year, but Doctor Who fans will see a new five-episode spin-off series, with Brits seeing the series this month and audiences outside of the UK able to…
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December 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Black Snow — Will the second season of Aussie mystery series be the last?
Review by C.J. Bunce We reviewed Australian production company Stan’s 2023 mystery series Black Snow featuring Vikings and Dune: Prophecy star Travis Fimmel earlier this year and that first s…
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December 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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MobLand — A slow burn crime drama that finally pays off in the end
Review by C.J. Bunce What is it with streamer Paramount+ and the gangster genre?  Every other new series is about the mob or drugs and Paramount+’s latest stresses the genre in its title: Mob…
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December 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Solomon Kane graphic novel re-launches an enigmatic classic hero
Review by C.J. Bunce Fans of Conan the Barbarian may be familiar with an earlier character by its creator, writer Robert E. Howard:  Solomon Kane, his 17th-18th century hero seen in the pulp magazi…
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December 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Shelter — Bill Nighy launches lighthouse siege against Jason Statham
Bill Nighy.  Luke Evans.  Things are looking up for Jason Statham in Shelter, the next action movie featuring the actor who may very well be the next John Wayne for this generation.  Where does the…
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December 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Ready or Not 2: Here I Come — The “bride horror” fun continues
The 2019 movie Ready or Not starred Samara Weaving with an all-star supporting cast (Andie MacDowell, Henry Czerny, Adam Brody, Melanie Scrofano, Kristian Bruun) as a new bride in an atmospheric, G…
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December 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Frankenstein — MinaLima releases stunning presentation of the novel that started it all
Review by C.J. Bunce “Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room…” In 1818 the world changed forever when Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley introdu…
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December 9, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Revisiting a classic scene from Miracle on 34th Street
*2025 Update:  It’s been thirteen (!) years since I wrote this and it’s one of borg readers’ favorites.  From time to time the clip is removed from YouTube.  Please drop me a comm…
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December 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Doctor Who Coloring Book features a franchise full of iconic sci-fi
You might be surprised to learn that officially licensed tributes to Doctor Who in coloring book form have been part of the franchise since the beginning.  That’s probably because of that lon…
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December 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Sanda — The Japanese future Santa Claus manga story continues
Review by C.J. Bunce The first volume of the manga story Sanda (reviewed here) was as strange as it sounds–a Christmas story of the future where Christmas isn’t really celebrated, but w…
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December 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Stranger Things 5 — Where is this all heading?
Review by C.J. Bunce In the fourth season of Stranger Things showrunners the Duffer Brothers finally fulfilled the series’ mash-up pop culture promise–hidden inside a mix of a B-movie s…
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December 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Wallace & Gromit — The 2025 Aardman Christmas Commercial
This next bit of pop culture has become a thing like the Doctor Who Christmas Special and the All Creatures Great and Small Christmas episode.  On the one hand it’s just a commercial.  On the…
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December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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This is Going to Hurt — A one-of-a-kind, gut-wrenching drama
Review by C.J. Bunce You will feel every gut punch in the BBC medical drama This is Going to Hurt, an adaptation of the book by former doctor Adam Kay and his immersion into the National Health Ser…
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December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving! A classic Thanksgiving movie and a borg Thanksgiving tradition
We hope this note finds you well!  Every year at borg we feature a certain Thanksgiving tradition.  First this year we want to thank readers old and new, especially for more than a decade of your c…
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November 28, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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PBS Masterpiece renews All Creatures Great and Small for 7th and 8th seasons
Fans of All Creatures Great and Small have something to be thankful for this year–PBS Masterpiece announced a renewal for the series for not one but two seasons, stretching the series past th…
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November 28, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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A new edition of Night of the Living Dead novelization arrives
Review by C.J. Bunce Invasion of the Body Snatchers.  The Poseidon Adventure.  Prince of Darkness.  28 Days Later.  Shaun of the Dead.  The Walking Dead.  Get Out.  These are the movies influenced …
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November 28, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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The Art of Spider-Man: Homecoming — The best look at the MCU yet
Review by C.J. Bunce Maybe it’s the movie.  Maybe it’s the character.  Maybe it’s the unique format.  Titan Books’ latest (15th) volume in its Marvel Studios Infinity Saga l…
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November 28, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Scream 7 — Neve Campbell returns to lead next chapter
Scream, the fifth movie in the horror series (reviewed here), delivered goofy slasher horror fun with all the right beats, proving once and for all the franchise is here to stay, joining the big mo…
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November 28, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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The Raven Dark Hero — A young hero gets his powers in action-thriller
Review by C.J. Bunce In the manga The Raven Dark Hero, writer Tonkye and artist Akira Mitsuya introduce an alternate vision of Earth, where the planet is overtaken by grotesque creatures called the…
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November 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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New trailers for Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
From video games to manga and children’s books to the big-screen, Five Nights at Freddy’s is coming back to theaters this year for a sequel.  Blumhouse (who brought us wins with M3GAN, …
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November 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM