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Flashback to January 2014, I had just seen one of the worst animated movies of my life, The Nut Job. I couldn’t comprehend what I had just witnessed and struggled to come to terms with the theater experience. Now fast ...
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It's been three years since we first saw the cursed Annabelle doll in her own movie (don't forget she was actually introduced in the original The Conjuring), in what was a 1970s set "origin story." But with the film's success, ...
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I don’t see a lot of movies or pop culture in general for that matter that portray religious Judaism remotely accurately. Secular Jews are everywhere, but that’s completely different. Even the ones with someone who knew something, like A Price ...
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John Wayne, known as The Duke, is famously known for his take on the Western genre in film. With such popular films as The Searchers and Rio Bravo, there was a point in Wayne’s career where he ventured into other ...
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I was recently blessed with the good fortune of attending the Retro Futura Tour when it made a stop in Indianapolis. For those not in the know, the Retro Futura Tour is a non-stop '80s party with acts such as ...
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Back in 1967, citizens of Detroit, Michigan participated in one of the United States' largest race riots. The story centers around nine occupants of the Algiers Motel who were being questioned by the cops about a shooting which occurred at ...
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For years fans of "The Dark Tower", a series of novels created by Stephen King, have been waiting patiently for a movie adaption to finally hit the big screen. The idea for the film had been circling around Hollywood for ...
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Kill, Or Be Killed.A family imprisoned by intruders is forced to play a terrifying game of "Kill, Or Be Killed". As the night unfolds, the game's mysterious rules become clear, and the family realizes their nightmare is being streamed ...
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Halle Berry’s newest film, Kidnap, finally lands in theater after a long attempt to reach general audiences. Kidnap was completed in 2014 and had many scheduled releases but never saw the light of day due to numerous studio problems. Kidnap ...
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The special forces thriller features title character John Stratton tracking down an international terrorist cell. The film is based on the first in a series of eight novels by pseudonymous author Duncan Falconer, an ex-SBS (Special Boat Service) commando.Stratton, a ...
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Three episodes of Preacher to talk about here. ("Dallas," "Sokosha" and "Pig")But let's carve a little fat off the top. What do you say we eliminate "Dallas" from the equation? You saw it, right? Then you can agree with me ...
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It's an undeniable fact of life that we live in a society today where technology is rampant for both good and bad reasons, and chief among that tech is the internet. We wonder today how we ever managed to get ...
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