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A disgraced mixed martial artist is forced into a deadly game of cat and mouse in the jungles of Thailand in Hard Target 2, debuting on Blu-ray combo pack, DVD and Digital HD on September 6, 2016, from Universal Pictures ...
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Morality and romance, beginnings and ends. Light in the darkness. These are themes that are quite old, but that’s no reason not to look at them again. Sometimes people meet on movie sets and have such chemistry that they hook ...
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When Baz Luhrmann's musical fantasia Moulin Rouge! hit the big screen, the film wowed and divided audiences equally. Some loved the visual style, frenetic pacing and the anachronistic use of popular music in the 1899 setting. A lot of people ...
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I’ve seen quite a few boxing movies over the years, and quite a few “true life” ones. Ali comes to mind as a disappointing one and Creed as one I thought was pretty good. But the anti-hero angle seems common, ...
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Amos Oz (born as Klausner) is considered Israel’s most famous author. Living, at least. He was born in 1939 and has been writing since the 1950’s. In 2002, Amos Oz released his autobiography called "A Tale of Love and Darkness," ...
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Actors transitioning to directors. It happens. And there are a lot of them as it turns out, but it’s a mixed bag of results. The temperament and capability to direct well is different from acting. There’s a lot of control ...
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There has been much written and said in the months since FOX announced they were going to air a remake of the beloved cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show (currently scheduled for October 20), and most of it has ...
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Melissa McCarthy had a successful television career with her sitcom Mike & Molly, not to mention her earlier role on the beloved Gilmore Girls. Her movie career has been a bit more spotty. She burst onto the screen in Bridesmaids ...
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I have to admit, when I first heard the concept and saw the first teasers for the new NBC reality series Better Late Than Never, I thought it was one of the worst ideas I had ever heard. Who would ...
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I know what you’re probably thinking: not another post in praise of the surprise Netflix summer hit Stranger Things. For those of you who haven’t yet jumped aboard the bandwagon, you’re probably wondering why everyone and their mother’s talking about ...
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Kubo and the Two Strings is the latest stop motion animated film from the studio that brought us The Boxtrolls, ParaNorman, and Coraline. Featuring the voice talents of Charlize Theron and Matthew McConaughey, Kubo tells the story of a young ...
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It’s always interesting to consider how young guys are portrayed in certain movies. Culturally we seem to cut young idiots a lot of slack, meaning a movie about a guy with a good heart but some moral failings will have ...
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