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When it comes to film adaptations of TV shows, the pinnacle is Serenity. But if we’re talking about comedy remakes, The Addams Family tops the list, with 21 Jump Street a strong silver place. There are dozens of terrible ones ...
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It’s been 30 years since audiences first fell in love with Frances “Baby” Houseman and Johnny Castle’s love story set at Kellerman’s resort in the summer of ‘63. I’m of course referring to the one and only Dirty Dancing starring ...
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I feel like I’m starting to get to the point where indie movies that try to act “important” are really starting to grate on me. Just because a movie has a low budget or talented actors doesn’t mean it’s automatically ...
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I’ve complained recently that I’m sick of movies, indie or otherwise, that are all about miserable people. One of the reasons I enjoyed Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is that despite some of the hardship there, it was at ...
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Adapting foreign movies or books is a popular thing for movies, because there’s a feeling of “Well, it already worked once right?” But sometimes certain things don’t translate well, and other times it’s not the source material, but the adaptation ...
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Sleight is an urban drama with science fiction-y undertones that slipped its way past most moviegoers' radar when it hit theaters this April. The biggest trick up Sleight's sleeve wasn't in its unique spin and portrayal of an at-risk youth ...
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So here is my full disclosure: I have seen one “rom-com” movie from China, which was the remake of the Mel Gibson “classic” What Women Want, which starred the far more attractive couple of Andy Lau and Gong Li. I ...
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Wow! Now that is how you do a season finale! Good thing The CW gave Riverdale an early vote of confidence and renewed the series for a full 22-episode second season. Let's hope the writers and producers can keep up ...
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I’ve seen quite a few Guy Ritchie movies, and the ones I’ve seen I’ve mostly liked. Snatch was pure awesome, Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels was fun, the first Sherlock Holmes was alright, and I was one of the ...
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In the five years since the release of Ridley Scott's Prometheus, there has been a lot of love/hate for the film and a flip and flop as to whether the movie was set in the same universe as Scott's 1979 ...
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It's been two years since Amy Schumer made her big screen debut in the very funny Trainwreck and way too long -- 15 years! -- since Goldie Hawn made a movie (The Banger Sisters). While it is great to see ...
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From Jenji Kohan, the creator of Weeds, Orange Is the New Black is a thought-provoking, funny, and evocative show about life in a women’s prison. Based on the best-selling memoir by Piper Kerman, the newest season of Orange Is the ...
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