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The latest episode of Rick and Morty was called “Morty’s Mind Blowers” and it’s another classic. This show has not slowed down in its third season. Memory manipulation as a sci-fi trope is very old, in the realm of The ...
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Last week’s episode of The Orville left a sour taste in my mouth. I was expecting a comedy spoof of Star Trek with a style of its own but what resulted was a surprisingly dramatic show set in space. I ...
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Let’s be honest, Steve Martin as a gangster and Rick Moranis as an uptight FBI agent sounds like a dream come true. The 1990 Warner Bros film My Blue Heaven stars Steve Martin as Vinnie Antonelli, an Italian mob boss ...
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So what is it I’ve always said? Darren Aronofsky is my favorite director, not because he has the greatest movies ever, but because he tries more daringly than any other “mainstream” director. His filmmaking dares you to feel like you ...
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I feel like Korean cinema has gone through a lot of interesting growth over the last decade. Movies like to copy each other, like how Western movies began to copy Korean action-psychological thriller Oldboy in grittiness, pain, and visceral damage, ...
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It’s difficult for me to write about Rick and Morty because it’s among perhaps one or two of the densest shows currently on TV. But I’m going to give it a shot and try again, after a long hiatus of ...
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Most of us have an irrational fear of something, whether it be clowns or spiders or the dark and anything in between. Some of those things could actually do us harm while others are very real for the sufferer but ...
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You've seen the final three episodes of the season, right? And, given the final scene in the finale, did anything coalesce into something remotely resembling viability for the show?Or are you of the opinion, like me, Preacher has completely gone ...
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Seth MacFarlane is back and producing his eighth show for Fox, a space comedy in a galaxy far, far, away. MacFarlane has expressed his love for Star Trek in the past and says that the show was an inspiration for ...
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How many of us take the time to stop and really look around us at all the beauty there is to be found in this world? That seems to be a focal point of Columbus, an indie film that marks ...
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Throughout the years I’ve seen plenty of romantic comedies that I really enjoyed. Romantic comedies certainly aren’t my favorite genre but films like Crazy, Stupid, Love, 500 Days of Summer and The Big Sick make me appreciate how well written ...
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In 1981, a new musical hit the Broadway stage and a classic was born. Dreamgirls was nominated for 13 Tony Awards and won six, including Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for Jennifer Holiday, who took on ...
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