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The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) Review from the Warner Archive Collection
Boris Karloff takes one his most celebrated cinematic turns as the diabolical fiend Dr. Fu Manchu, and Myrna Loy plays his exotic daughter in this 1932 cult horror classic. This time, the evil Fu Manchu patiently awaits the discovery of ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #204 :: June 20•26
The Summer movie season has begun and while there are some notable pre-1975 film -- 1975 is generally viewed as the start of the Summer Blockbusters with the release of Jaws -- most of the biggest titles appear in the ...
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TV by the Decade :: June 16•22
Three decades rolled out some Summer programming this week, with 1994 giving viewers a glimpse into the inner workings of a popular radio 'shock jock's' daily show, 2004 gave us a reality show for the sister of a popular reality ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #203 :: June 13•19
Two decades sit this week out, but the other eight have some notable films that premiered this week. 1924 featured a silent that eschewed miniatures for the real thing for footage so convincing it was reused almost 20 years later ...
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Musical Review :: Bye Bye Birdie at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center
Tony Award winning Best Musical Bye Bye Birdie first hit the Broadway stage in 1960, and the show has been going strong in various formats ever since. The show became a movie musical in 1963, and if you attended a ...
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TV by the Decade :: June 9•15
Three decades produced new TV series this week, with varying success. 1994 had a game show based on a popular puzzle game, and a sci-fi series that seemed to have a built-in expiration date. 2004 gave us two reality series ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #202 :: June 6•12
It was a big week for new movie releases in the later half of the century with Summer Blockbuster Season in full swing. The first half, however, didn't have a lot to write home about. One 1934 film recycled footage ...
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die Review :: Better Than Most Retreads
You do remember correctly. There was a 'Bad Boys' film in early 2020 called Bad Boys for Life, which makes Bad Boys: Ride or Die, now in theaters, the franchise's fourth installment. But whatever hype that January dump did seem ...
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TV by the Decade :: June 2•8
It's our 300th episode! Only two decades gave us new series premieres, with only three of the twelve shows airing on a broadcast network. The rest were used to feed the 52-weeks a year cable programming schedule. 2004 had two ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #201 :: May 30 to June 5
It's a very busy week for new releases right on the cusp of summer. Of note this week are a classic 1934 comedy that established its lead actress as a star; a 1954 Joan Crawford classic; a 1964 Hammer horror ...
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TV by the Decade :: May 26•June 1
This last week of May/first day of June saw new series premiering between 1994 and 2014. 1994 had six new series but the more important fact of these new series is that they all served to launch a new cable ...
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Movie Review :: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
When George Miller returned to the Mad Max universe for the first time in 30 years with 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road, he not only reinvigorated his own franchise but reinvented it. Miller needed the technology of the time to ...
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