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X-Men: Apocalypse ups the effects but forgets to have a story
Early on in director Bryan Singer's latest X-Men opus, a couple of Charles Xavier's gifted children are exiting a screening of Return of the Jedi (the movie takes place in 1983) and discussing its merits compared to the superior The ...
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A Bigger Splash is too tedious to be thrilling
Some movies just scream foreign, and those often feel odd to American sensibilities. This can be good or bad depending on what you like, sometimes a foreign feel is just what you needed to be refreshing. Other times it’s a ...
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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast dazzles kids of all ages
A tale as old as time ... or at least 276 years when the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast was published in 1740. Since then, the story has been made into films and TV shows with various spins to ...
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The Man Who Knew Infinity is about finding beauty and faith in a time of war and mathematics
I like to tell people I wasn’t a math major, but that said, I was an engineering major so I took a lot of math classes. But I really only covered the undergraduate stuff, meaning that the sort of math ...
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Phantom of the Theatre mixes horror thrills with an old school Chinese romance
I don’t see a lot of Chinese movies, but the ones I tend to prefer are the martial arts ones. It’s hardly the only genre, but sometimes I find that the dramas are kinda derivative and melodramatic. Their movie industry ...
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Captain America: Civil War reassembles the Avengers, then tears them apart
When we last saw Captain America (in his own movie), he was battling his best friend Bucky and the government in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. When we last saw the Avengers, they were taking on another alien menace that ...
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Ryan Murphy takes on famous feuds in new FX series
Ryan Murphy is sticking with the FX Network for his newest anthology series. His third series, Feud, will center around a different epic battle. The first season, given a straight-to-series eight-episode order, will focus on the legendary battle between Bette ...
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Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman hit the road with Summer of 69: No Apostrophe
Husband-and-wife duo Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally have hit the road and will criss-cross the country this summer with their musical comedy show Summer of 69: No Apostrophe.The show will be "yanking the britches right off of their marriage, exposing ...
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Star Trek fan contest announced to celebrate the 50th anniversary
From Paramount press release:Justin Lin and Paramount Pictures invite Star Trek fans to “Go Beyond” with a chance to attend an exclusive STAR TREK FAN EVENT in celebration of the series’ milestone 50th Anniversary this year and the release of ...
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Eurovision Song Contest comes to the US
Logo announced today that the network will be the first U.S. home of the annual Eurovision Song Contest and will air the 61st annual Grand Final live and commercial free on Saturday, May 14 at 3PM ET on Logo. The ...
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Ron Montana presents BIG ANGel :: JoJo Pellegrino Featuring Drita D’Avanzo
Ron Montana presents "BIG ANGel" the Big Ang Tribute by Jojo Pellegrino ft. Drita D'Avanzo produced by Anthony Acid. This record is a collaboration amongst friends put together to show love, thanks, respect, admiration and appreciation to the beloved Mob ...
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The cutest kitten in the world steals everyone’s hearts in Keanu
When Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele decided to end their Comedy Central series, many thought it was the end of their comedy partnership, but here they are now on the big screen as a modern day Laurel & Hardy/Bing & ...
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