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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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Orange is the New Black started with a huge bang, becoming the unexpected viral binge of the summer. People decried the follow up seasons as inferior, but for the most part, the fourth season was mostly highly acclaimed. One of ...
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Animated movies are a genre with a lot of mainstream and a few indie releases. We tend to get a lot more foreign smaller animated movies than domestic ones, but it happens. I’ve watched a lot of things like Adult ...
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment unleashes Fifty Shades Darker Unrated Edition, plunging fans even deeper into the mesmerizing, hidden world of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele.When a wounded Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) tries to entice a cautious Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) ...
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If anyone asks you to describe this episode of Riverdale in one word, that word would have to be "twisted." This week's movie related title "Anatomy of a Murder" is just that, taking us through all the twists and turns ...
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