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Geostorm is not a total disaster :: Geostorm Blu-ray Review
I love a good disaster movie, growing up in the 1970s when Disaster was king, and the era of photo-realistic CGI has made modern disaster movies even bigger and more spectacular from the 70s throwback Daylight to current offerings like ...
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Star Trek: Discovery :: Exposition before the war
It's the penultimate episode of the first season of Star Trek: Discovery and now that everyone is back from the Mirrorverse -- including one person who shouldn't be -- nine month ahead of where they should be, it's time for ...
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Three Billboards is surprisingly enjoyable even with problematic people
Controversy for movies is weird for me; I usually find that it doesn’t connect with my opinions, but sometimes it strikes a chord. I think sometimes filmmakers do court controversy, but other times people just read into things or find ...
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Grey’s Anatomy :: (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
I’m not entirely sure that I like these “one person” episodes. Yes, we saw Maggie, Webber, and Ben in this episode in addition to Bailey, but it was an all-Bailey episode. (With bonus flashback footage of George, Callie, and McDreamy! ...
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Phantom Thread has layers of complexity in a movie that’s not for most people
It’s often said that Daniel Day Lewis is one of the best actors alive, someone who's gone “method” and immerses himself in various roles. The wide disparity between the character types certainly demonstrates an actor with utter mastery of his ...
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As relevant as ever, Groundhog Day celebrates its 25th anniversary
“Strike up the music, the band has begun,
The Pennsylvania Polka.
Pick out your partner and join in the fun,
The Pennsylvania Polka.”Well, it's Groundhog Day ... again ... and you know what that means. It’s time to dust off your copy of ...
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Taking an unrighteous path on Riverdale
Before we get started, we have to know what's up with this week's episode title, 'The Wicked and the Divine', the first of the series that isn't a movie title. That aside, Riverdale is snagging some interesting people to direct ...
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Dynasty :: An indecent proposal
Twelve episodes in and I'm still enjoying Dynasty but they really need to move the plot along. We've spent pretty much the last eleven episodes with yet another secret of Cristal's being revealed with her telling Blake, "I should have ...
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Blade Runner 2049 impresses in 4K
I missed Blade Runner 2049 when it hit theaters. I really wanted to see it on the big screen and in 3D, but the fates never allowed for that to happen. At some point I read that the film's cinematographer ...
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12 Strong feels all too familiar
On September 11th, 2001, the United States of America endured an attack on the World Trade Center in New York City. A month later, a 12-member US Army Green Beret team was chosen to be sent on a mission to ...
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The Discovery faces life or death
After all of last week's head-spinning revelations about who's who in the Mirror Universe, Star Trek: Discovery had to up its game and keep our heads spinning with major action and duplicitous behavior, leaving us again with many questions about ...
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Maze Runner: The Death Cure ends the franchise in spectacular fashion
It's been four years since 20th Century Fox launched the Maze Runner series and over the course of that time, a few other franchises have ended but not without leaving a bad taste in the fans' mouths due to studio ...
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