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Gremlins, Batman & more come to 4K

The holidays are coming to an end, but you can still treat yourself to some post-holiday gifts especially if you upgraded to a new 4K television. There are plenty of current films available in 4K editions that will give your ...
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December 30, 2019 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: 4K, Batman, Batman and Robin, Batman Forever, Batman Returns, Gremlins, Home Viewing, Pan's Labyrinth, The Shining, Warner Bros. Pictures / Leave a comment

The Mandalorian looks for Redemption in its Season Finale

The Mandalorian took no time at all in getting to its obligatory comedy actor cameos this week as the two speeder bike troopers who took off with baby Yoda were played by Jason Sudeikis and Adam Pally. The two started ...
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December 30, 2019 / by Brandon Coulson / tags: Adam Pally, Disney, Jason Sudeikis, Redemption, Television, The Mandalorian, The Mandalorian Season 1, TV Commentary / Leave a comment

TV by the Decade :: Dec 29•Jan 4

As we approach the beginning of a new decade, the number of new shows that premiered at the end of December can be counted on one hand, and appeared in only one year. But as we turn our calendars to ...
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December 29, 2019 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: 18 to Life, B.A.D. Cats, Frank the Entertainer in a Basement Affair, One Big Happy Family, Private Chefs of Beverly Hills, Television, The Baby-Sitters Club, The Generations Project, TV by the Decade, TV Commentary, Worst Cooks in America / Leave a comment

TV by the Decade :: December 22•28

We're in the thick of Christmas week and the only real surprise here is that a major network chose to debut a new scripted TV series between Christmas and New Year's eve 1979. This is virtually unheard of today, but ...
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December 23, 2019 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: Joe's World, Knots Landing, Television, TV by the Decade, TV Commentary / Leave a comment

The Mandalorian returns for the reckoning

So last week there was a message scrambled on Mando’s ship from Carl Weather’s Greef Karga. I thought it was just about their continued pursuit of Mando but this week we found out it was really a message imploring him ...
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December 20, 2019 / by Brandon Coulson / tags: Carl Weathers, Disney, Giancarlo Esposito, Television, The Mandalorian, The Mandalorian Season 1, The Reckoning, TV Commentary, Werner Herzog / Leave a comment

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker may be the most fan service movie of all time

Ah, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, what is wrong with your name? It’s so weirdly specific yet completely generic in terms of how it can be interpreted. When The Force Awakens came out, I appreciated the nostalgia trip and ...
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December 19, 2019 / by Jeremy Fogelman / tags: ★★, Action, Adam Driver, Adventure, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, Fantasy, John Boyega, Lucasfilm, Lupita Nyong'o, Mark Hamill, Movie Reviews, Movies, Oscar Isaac, Sci-Fi, Star Wars, The Rise of Skywalker, Walt Disney Pictures / Leave a comment

HBO’s Watchmen was audacious, imperfect, astounding and way better than the movie

A decade ago, when the Zack Snyder directed version of Watchmen was released, I read an interview with him that he felt a responsibility to direct the movie because other people would’ve crumbled to studio pressure and made it worse ...
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December 18, 2019 / by Jeremy Fogelman / tags: Andrew Howard, Cheyenne Jackson, Don Johnson, Full Season Review, HBO, James Wolk, Jean Smart, Jeremy Irons, Louis Gossett Jr., Regina King, Television, Tim Blake Nelson, Tom Mison, TV Commentary, Watchmen / 1 comment

Rick and Morty is the only show that would have time traveling snakes

The latest episode of Rick and Morty is called 'Rattlestar Ricklactica', another blatant name reference this time to Battlestar Galactica, and is once again not even remotely connected to the reference. Instead it’s all in service to the 'Rattlestar' pun ...
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December 18, 2019 / by Jeremy Fogelman / tags: Adult Swim, Keegan-Michael Key, Rattlestar Ricklactica, Rick and Morty, Rick and Morty Season 4, Television, TV Commentary / Leave a comment

The Jesus Christ Superstar tour resurrects the classic musical

It's been fifty years since Jesus Christ Superstar first took to the stage after making its debut as a concept album in 1970, and since then it became a movie in 1973 and has been revived many times in the ...
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