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The latest episode of Snowpiercer was certainly a white-knuckle thrill ride, but there was very little in the way of plot development.The storyline that did move forward was Josie getting Layton out of the drawer. Unfortunately, the only place she ...
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Summer has officially started and networks in general are not in the business of producing new material just yet. The lone network series premiering this week was pulled from its original Fall position. The rest all aired on cable networks ...
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I am honestly not sure how many indie movies I’ve reviewed that were the writer/director debuts of random white guys, but it sure seems like a lot. There are a lot of similarities between them, and often with very similar, ...
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When I think of Vogue ball competitions, the first name that always comes to mind is Kelly Osbourne ... said no one. But somehow she was 'expert' enough on the topic to be this week's guest judge -- making even ...
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William Castle, probably the only film producer to have his own fan club, was known for his gimmicky horror movies including The Tingler, The House on Haunted Hill and 13 Ghosts. He also capitalized on What Ever Happened to Baby ...
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It may be hard to believe today, but laws known as Masquerade Laws -- some dating back to 1845 -- declared it a crime to have your 'face painted, discolored, covered, or concealed, or [be] otherwise disguised… [while] in a ...
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I’ve always admired Judd Apatow as a writer, director, and producer. Ever since Heavyweights in 1995, which he produced and wrote, he has had his name attached to many films. When I was in junior high, I watched The 40-Year-Old ...
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Melanie Cavill probably never expected the serial killings at the head of the train to result in one of their own (two actually, but one of prominence and wealth) to be implicated in the crimes. She also never expected the ...
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Several new series premiered across three different decades during the week of June 14, with a few having multiple season runs, including an early soap, several reality shows and a Disney Channel series. But there is one significant comedy series ...
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While last week's episode was a circus, in more ways than one, that show's guest judge Dominique Jackson would have been right at home in this week's 'Wild Wild West' themed competition. Instead, we got guest judge Nico Tortorella who ...
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In the world we live in these days, going out to a comedy show seems low on the list of priorities that would be nice to have back again. But online streams of previously filmed stand-up shows still get views ...
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Back in the 1950s and '60s, Hammer Films was the king of British horror having revived classic monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and the Mummy with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Hammer's rival Amicus got into the horror game as ...
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