Man-O-man, July 21st? The summer - and the year - continues to fly. Various matters are pressing me, so let's hit a few things fairly quickly. This week, following a brief theatrical-only run of a single week, a science fiction comedy mystery with Blaxsploitation roots arrives on Netflix. An unlikely trio of characters, Fontaine (John Boyega), Yo-Yo (Teyonah Parris), and Slick Charles (Jaime Foxx) unearth a government conspiracy. It's They Cloned Tyrone (2023 R 2h 2m) I'd listened to an interview piece on NPR's Fresh Air the previous week, when it was making its theatrical review, and it sounded fun. (Here's the piece, both in text and an 8-minute sound file.) Today sees the digital release of the Venture Bros. movie, intended to cap off the seven-season series that began with a stand-alone pilot in 2003, the...
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