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Is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 too much of a good thing?
Let me start here by saying I absolutely loved the first Guardians of the Galaxy. After a lengthy spell of traditional superhero movies from Marvel, more dramatic than comedic, the film was a refreshing breath of air, an epic sci-fi ...
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An absent mother returns to Riverdale
The title of this week's episode, "To Riverdale and Back Again", was perplexing as all the others had been actual movie titles. Turns out this one is taken from a TV movie ... based on Archie Comics characters! In the ...
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Feud :: Bette & Joan’s Feud ends with a game of Regrets
It's the week all of us Feud: Bette and Joan fans have been awaiting and dreading -- the last chapter. And what an emotional, melancholy ending it was after seven weeks of laughs, drama, camp and brilliant acting. This final ...
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Win one of five copies of the Isolation DVD
Inspired by true events, see what happens when a couple vacationing in the Bahamas is hunted by a group of modern-day pirates in Isolation. Boasting an all-star cast including Luke Mably, Tricia Helfer , Marie Avgeropoulos, Stephen Lang, and Dominic ...
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Their Finest is a bittersweet slice of wartime romance
Back in 1987 director John Boorman gave us the charming wartime, slice of life film Hope and Glory which was a semi-autobiographical take on his own childhood growing up in England during World War II. That film had a specific ...
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The Promise is a haunting reminder about The Armenian Genocide
Every now and then a film comes along that is so powerfully driven and thought-provoking in its scope that words cannot even express the impression it leaves behind. And yet, as a film critic, it's my job to put it ...
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20th Century Women and an A-list cast come to home video
Just because a film is based upon true-life events doesn’t always mean it should in fact be made. I recently viewed 20th Century Women, which arrived on Blu-ray and DVD on March 28. Starring Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, ...
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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt :: Season 3 Official Trailer
Ellie Kemper stars as Kimmy Schmidt, a woman who escapes from a doomsday cult and starts life over in New York. Armed with just a backpack, light-up sneakers, and a couple of way-past-due library books, she's ready to take on ...
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Something Rotten! is absolutely fresh
Everyone loves a Broadway musical, right? Well, not everyone and for those folks who can't understand why the characters on stage will stop speaking and break into song for no reason then Something Rotten! is just the show for you! ...
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Feud :: Cough… Cough Sweet Charlotte
In the penultimate episode of Feud: Bette & Joan, production has begun on Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte and things are going swimmingly ... until Joan arrives, unaware of Bette Davis' elevated position on the production. In order to get Davis ...
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The Good Fight :: What does Maia know?
It's the penulitmate episode of The Good Fight leading up to the season finale, and the episode "Self Condemned" gets back to the season's two major plotlines: the firm's focus on police brutality cases and the Rindell scandal.Both stories are ...
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Enter to win one of five copies of the new War On Everyone Blu-ray/DVD Combo Packs
Terry (Alexander Skarsgård) and Bob (Michael Peña) are two crooked cops who frame and blackmail criminals all over town. Looking for the ultimate pay-off, they try to extort a strip-club manager (Caleb Landry Jones) and his eccentric, junkie boss (Theo ...
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