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New cast members announced for Smurfs: The Lost Village
From Sony press release:Sony Pictures Animation today announced the addition of three new cast members for the lineup of talent in the next Smurf adventure Smurfs: The Lost Village, hitting theaters March 31, 2017.Joining the already announced Demi Lovato as ...
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Zoolander 2 is painfully unfunny
The world was introduced to world famous male supermodel Derek Zoolander in September 2001, the movie that introduced him was famous for being one of the first new theatrical releases to come out after the events of September 11. The ...
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How to Be Single is pretty decent at the comedy, not as much on the romance
The “anthology” style of movie with a bunch of stories, often interconnected and with an underlying theme, is a difficult one to pull off successfully. In recent years Garry Marshall has brought to screen the terrible Valentine’s Day, New Year’s ...
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Relive the angst and romance of Pretty in Pink this Valentine’s Day
The laughter. The lovers. The friends. The fights. The talk. The hurt. The jealousy. The passion. The pressure. The real world.There has never been a more intense, angst-filled teen movie poster than that of the classic John Hughes film Pretty ...
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The fate of the world is at stake in The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
The 1960s, a time when the world was on edge as the United States and Russia had a chilly relationship and at any minute someone could push a button to launch nuclear missles. This tension and fear was felt not ...
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Deadpool is violent, profane, hilarious … and it has heart
Way back in 2009, Ryan Reynolds was first introduced to the world as the comic book character Wade Wilson, aka Deadpool, in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Except, the filmmakers took the motor-mouthed anti-superhero and did the unforgivable by taking away the ...
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The Muppets manages to make me feel sorry for Miss Piggy
Much to her ongoing mortification, I’m sure nobody will ever be allowed to forget Janet Jackson’s infamous wardrobe malfunction during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show in which Justin Timberlake accidentally exposed her breast adorned in a nipple shield for ...
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Super Bowl Commercial Misses
So, yeah ... that was the Super Bowl.In an effort of self-revelation and honesty, I didn't have any stake in the game and wasn't on board any specific team's train. However, forced to choose a side? I was rooting for ...
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Netflix renews Orange Is the New Black for three more seasons
From Netflix press release:Netflix and Lionsgate announced that the original series Orange is the New Black, the comedic drama set in a women’s prison from creator and executive producer Jenji Kohan, has been renewed for three additional seasons on Netflix ...
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FX announces cast members for X-Men series Legion
From FX press release:Dan Stevens, Aubrey Plaza and Jean Smart have joined the cast of the FX Networks’ pilot Legion. Stevens (The Guest), Plaza (Parks and Recreation) and Smart (Fargo) join Rachel Keller (Fargo) in a previously announced role in ...
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Hail, Caesar! is an insiders’ love letter to Hollywood
Ah, to be the Coen Brothers and basically have carte blanche when making a movie. Watching their latest film, Hail, Caesar!, the biggest takeaway from the film you'll have is "how much money did they spend on this?" Not to ...
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So Many Questions On The Bachelor
It's desperation time on The Bachelor, people.Seriously.When last we left our hero and his gaggle of women, Olivia was vacillating between opposite ends of a bubble riddled with "invalidated doubt" on one side and "confident gloatiness" on the other.In a ...
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