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Evil has a new home! Step inside a vacation house of horror in this terrifying thriller that does for summer homes what Jaws did for a dip in the surf. Karen Black, Oliver Reed and Bette Davis star in this ...
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On the cusp of the Summer movie season, this final week of April gave us many new films but few that have stood the test of time. Of note are a 1944 musical that wasn't developed as a musical, and ...
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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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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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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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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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'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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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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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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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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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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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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