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Okay, maybe my suspicions about the Michael Burnham the crew of Discovery were greeted by in the last episode were off base ... or not, because it seems others on the ship from Saru to Tilly to Georgiou also sense ...
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As October ends and November begins, we do see a few horror films timed to Halloween, and more films that are shooting for awards consideration begin to make their way to the big screen. This week brings a film shot ...
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Esther Williams has 33 roles to her credit in film and TV, but she's best known to movie buffs for her swimming extravaganzas made for MGM including Neptune's Daughter, Dangerous When Wet, Jupiter's Darling and the newly released on Blu-ray ...
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There weren't a lot of new shows making their debuts during the last week of October over the last 70 years but there are a few of note that had long, successful runs. The 1950s saw a beloved comedian transition ...
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It’s hard to believe it’s been 14 years since Sacha Baron Cohen took the world by storm with his elaborate prank film Borat, a film so popular that it seemed impossible he’d be able to do anything like it again ...
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With the Discovery nowhere in sight in the third season premiere, the second episode rectifies that situation by putting us back on the bridge at the most inopportune moment -- the ship has just broken through the wormhole and has ...
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As we get closer to Halloween, it's generally the time Hollywood releases their big horror titles but that didn't seem to be a thing until 1990 with the release of a film adapted from a Stephen King story. And it's ...
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Netflix recently released a second edition of its 'Haunting of' series, The Haunting of Bly Manor, which was described in our review as a 'love story with ghosts'. That series was based on the classic ghost story by Henry James, ...
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Ever since I was a child, I've been a fan of horror movies. I grew up watching the classic Universal monsters usually on the local afternoon movie presentation that played after school (in my area it was 'The 4 O'Clock ...
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Roald Dahl has served up some of the most iconic children stories of all time. With works such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, and James and the Giant Peach, he has gotten many young children interested ...
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Things have slowed down a bit now that we're a month into what is normally a new TV season. Of course this year is anything but normal, but the last 70 years stuck to the script with only a handful ...
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Tragedy is a part of life, and humanity has struggled with it for as long as we’ve been able to realize it. Naturally some tragic moments in particular are worse, like the death and pain of the young and innocent, ...
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