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“The Queen’s Gambit,” a seven-part miniseries about chess prodigy Elizabeth Harmon debuted Oct. 23 on Netflix. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ portrays gritty reality of chess champion

Caroline Bowden October 28, 2020

Well-produced television can make almost any profession look enticing, but it takes a stellar cast and a few eye-catching outfits to sell the game of chess as glamorous and alluring material. With all...

James McAvoy stars as Kevin Wendell Crumb in M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie, “Split.” PHOTO COURTESY MICHAEL GIOULAKIS

REVIEW: M. Night Shyamalan creates a creative, compelling story in “Split”

Alex Peña January 22, 2017

The name M. Night Shyamalan can evoke a multitude of different responses depending on whom you ask. Awful. Disappointing. Hack. Misunderstood. The list goes on. The director of “Split” exploded into...

FONTANA: Women are crazy, men are stupid

Daily Free Press Admin April 24, 2013

There’s a theorem that has yet to fail me in life. Or rather, it has yet to fail me since I realized its existence all those semesters ago when I was just a young, impressionable freshman living in the...

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