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This week's episode of Riverdale had the apt title of "The Town That Dreaded Sundown" (a phrase that Jughead actually says in the episode as well) and the similarity to the 1976 film of the same name is pretty obvious ...
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I'm surprised by all the vitriol for this season's American Horror Story. I don't know if it's just the whole political storyline that has divided the viewers -- with most of them being in the negative column -- or just ...
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Big Business Girl was released during the pre-code era of Hollywood in 1931. The pre-code era was a time in Hollywood between the introduction of sound pictures in 1929 and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code in 1934 ...
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Whew, this was a rough episode. After sitting through testimony from the Menendez brothers' "friends" (who basically lied), relatives and therapist, it was time for Lyle and Erik to testify in their defense. And Leslie Abramson is certain that once ...
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In August 2017, Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema released the prequel to the hit horror movie Annabelle, which went on to gross over $84 million. Annabelle: Creation topped that film's success with $102 million, cementing the success of ...
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After last week’s break from The Orville, I was excited to venture back into the world that Seth MacFarlane has created. This is the seventh episode in the first season and the show has quickly grown on me. I didn’t ...
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I have heard some complaints that Star Trek: Discovery needs to be more like the classic Trek series. No, not that this version is just too dark and not in the spirit of Gene Roddenberry's vision for the future, but ...
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Throughout Tyler Perry’s career of being a filmmaker, actor, writer, and mogul, he has given us melodramas, over the top characters, and some well-made films. Tyler Perry is returning to common ground with Madea appearing in a satire of a ...
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Mega Spoiler Alert — no one dies, but someone does leave, and it’s actually worse than the parking lot of no return — that secret place where characters like Erica Hahn and Callie Torres get banished to when they walk ...
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PTSD is a serious problem, and the way we treat veterans is an even bigger one. The concept of a movie following damaged vets is nothing new, but they mainly started post-Vietnam, the first war where popular media was willing ...
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Whether it was the network or the producers listening to fans of the original Dynasty, or if it was something that was planned all along, it was nice to see the show open in the style of the original, featuring ...
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Wow, Riverdale has really gone dark this season, even more than last. This episode in particular just had a feeling of dread running throughout. But at least we can report that we were wrong about the deaths of Moose and ...
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