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TV by the Decade :: April 21•27
The last full week of April heading into what is typically 'finale month' as well as 'Sweeps Month" yielded very little in terms of memorable new programming. 1954 gave us a new 15-minute variety series, 1994 saw HBO dive into ...
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Abigail is a bloody good time
The production group known as Radio Silence -- Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, Justin Martinez and Chad Villella -- have made quite a splash in the horror genre over the last few years with Ready or Not, Scream and Scream VI ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #195 :: April 18•24
Multiple films were released this week in every decade but very few of them have gone on to be remembered. There are films of note, however, such as the 1924 silent comedy featuring a popular star in a film that ...
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TV by the Decade :: April 14•20
Only three decades produced new series this week, with the bulk coming in 2014. 1954 had two short-lived series, one of which that did not help the already faltering DuMont network. Jump to 1994 for an irreverent take on a ...
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Peter Pan National Tour Review at DC’s National Theatre
'It's for kids.' It's a throwaway line often used to dismiss entertainment geared towards the little ones. Cute. Sweet. Fun. They're all pejorative. But Peter Pan, now stopping at D.C.'s National Theatre for its National Tour, is adorable, charming, magical, intoxicating fun. And ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #194 :: April 11•17
Quite a few films were released this week across the decades. 1944 produced two Oscar nominees, while 1954 produced a mystery that suffered from a case of bad timing. 1974 saw the release of a film now considered a masterpiece ...
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Little Shop of Horrors at DC’s Ford’s Theatre Review
No one in 1960, let alone director Roger Corman, would have guessed his low-budget, kitschy horror-comedy The Little Shop of Horrors would have enjoyed the longevity it's had since the film's premiere. But 22 years later, the writing duo of ...
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TV by the Decade :: April 7•13
This week in television history featured notable and notorious series premieres. 1954 saw a popular comedian return to the airwaves, 1984 marked the lead debut for an actor who would go on to comedy stardom in films, 1994 gave us ...
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Resident Alien :: Season 3 Review
It's always a gift when we get a new season of Resident Alien, even if we've been a bit short-changed as we were with Season 3. Season 1 was such a hit that Syfy ordered a massive 16-episode second season ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #193 :: April 4•10
There were quite a few films released this week across the past century with a few being notable as debuts for directors who went on to bigger and better things. Two films this week also mark the debuts of an ...
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TV by the Decade :: Mar 31•Apr 6
This week across the decades, several memorable series made their debuts. 1954 had a reboot of a 1951 sitcom, 1984 gave us the first reality series focused on the lives of the wealthy, 1994 had a drama with a devoted ...
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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is still magical at Toby’s Dinner Theatre
Beauty and the Beast truly is, in reality, a tale as old as time ... or at least nearly 300 years old, first published in 1740 and written by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, rewritten and abridged to the version we ...
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