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The Villainess isn’t high art, but it is quite a lot of fun
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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Rick and Morty gets all about Rick and Morty in all their permutations
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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Using fear to control in AHS: Cult
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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What a confusing Preacher season finale
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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The Orville gets lost in space
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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Columbus makes you appreciate things often taken for granted
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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Home Again is the same old romantic comedy done again
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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Dreamgirls sparkles and shines at Toby’s Dinner Theatre Columbia
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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IT knows what scares you
In 1986, Stephen King's 18th novel was released set in the fictional town of Derry, Maine -- a place King would return to in three subsequent novels. In 1990, ABC aired a two-part, four-hour miniseries that garnered good reviews, big ...
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American Horror Story: Cult is not clowning around
Fear is a powerful emotion. The media has tapped into this by using the "if it bleeds it leads" explanation for you nightly newscasts. Horror movies tap into our fears of various things to help sell tickets. And probably quite ...
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Win one of five copies of Bring It On 6 on Blu-ray + Digital HD
Delivering more rivalry, fierceness and cheer puns like never before, the Bring It On franchise goes global for the very first time in the high energy sixth installment, Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack. Filled with all-new stunts and choreography, Bring ...
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Win one of five copies of Black Sails Season 4 on Blu-ray
The final season of executive producer Michael Bay’s thrilling prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, the Starz hit series Black Sails: The Complete Fourth Season arrives on Blu-ray!It’s war in the West Indies, and the shores of New Providence ...
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