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Wreck-It Ralph returns to the big screen
Wreck-It Ralph is heading back to the big screen, and this time, he’s wrecking the internet. The Oscar-nominated Walt Disney Animation Studios team from the original film is reteaming for the follow-up, including director Rich Moore (Zootopia) and producer Clark ...
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My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding returns to TLC
From shimmering dresses to explosive wedding outbursts, TLC's buzz worthy series My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding comes back with a bang! With coming of age parties, arranged marriages, purification ceremonies and a Veil of Darkness wedding ritual, the Gypsies ...
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The BFG is charming but unwieldy Spielberg-lite
Steven Spielberg has directed enough amazing movies that he kinda gets a lifetime pass unless he commits a terrible crime. The BFG is not a crime, but it is a disappointment. When I was kid, I read a lot of ...
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The Legend of Tarzan swings into theaters
Alexander Skarsgård is Tarzan, legendary ape man, king of the jungle, swinger of vines, saver of Jane (Margot Robbie). The Legend of Tarzan picks up with a proper English Tarzan, err I mean John Clayton, having turned his back on ...
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Preacher brings the comic closer to heart this week
Episode 4, "Monster Swamp"Forget everything about the episode. Forget everything about it: Tulip and Cassidy, the angels, everything. Because the down and dirty is this: There's nothing to think about but Quincannon and Custer and their little "agreement."Ballsy move on ...
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ABC hopes to fill in the blanks with its Match Game revival
Last summer, ABC had a surprise smash on their hands when the network brought back Celebrity Family Feud with the host of the current syndicated version, Steve Harvey, taking the reins. During the game show's daytime heyday on ABC, with ...
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Feeling nostalgic for old game shows? ABC brought back The $100,000 Pyramid
America has long-held a fascination for rooting for everyday people competing for a chance to win fabulous prizes and money on game shows, which trace their roots back to radio and to television when it was still in its infancy ...
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The Shallows is a beautiful, fetishistic, tense, and ridiculous shark movie
Shark movies are a cyclical thing. Apex was the first Jaws of course but there are many nadirs, probably one of the many Sharknado ripoffs. But the fascination with them is ever present; every year the few attacks are international ...
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Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens :: Is April Alive?
A freak hurricane hits Los Angeles causing man-eating sharks to be scooped up in water spouts and flooding the city with shark-infested seawater. Surfer and bar-owner Fin (Ian Ziering) sets out with his friends, Baz (Jaason Simmons) and Nova (Cassie ...
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Maya & Marty’s latest offers few laughs but a has a great big heart
British Monologue
It's week four and for this episode's monologue, Maya and Marty talked about how many US shows are based on British shows including their own, treating viewers to a clip of "A Pram Full of Biscuits and Wally." It ...
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Broadway’s top musical artists to appear on Maya & Marty
From NBC press release:Broadway’s top musical artists are set to appear on NBC’s Tuesday, June 21 telecast of Maya & Marty to perform “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” an updated version of the classic Burt Bacharach/Hal David song ...
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Midnight Special asks more questions than it answers
Every once in a while you'll hear about a movie that's getting great reviews but for one reason or another it either skips your town or sneaks in and out so quickly you don't even know it's been there. What ...
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