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Point Break has great stunts but an incoherent story
In 1991, an action flick starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze was released to some fairly decent reviews (Roger Ebert even liked it!) and box office. Since then, Point Break has become a cult classic spawning a live stage show ...
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Natural Born Pranksters try to out-jackass the pros
Prank shows are nothing new. The format didn't even start with the advent of television. Pioneering prankster Allen Funt founded the genre in 1947 with The Candid Microphone and moved to television in 1948 as the long-running hidden camera show ...
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The Illusionists bring magic to the country
A night at the theatre generally requires some "theatrical magic" to bring a show to life -- costumes, lights, sets, props, music -- but now there is some real magic taking to the stage as The Illusionists Live From Broadway ...
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CBS renews eleven series for 2016-2017
CBS, which had previously announced renewals for The Big Bang Theory and NCIS has also handed out renewals to eleven of its established series for the 2016-2017 season:BLUE BLOODS
ELEMENTARY
HAWAII FIVE-0
MADAM SECRETARY
MOM
NCIS: LOS ANGELES
NCIS: ...
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Thunderbirds Are Go :: Official Trailer
When disaster strikes, International Rescue answers the call! From their hidden island base, the five Tracy Brothers pilot their cutting-edge Thunderbird vehicles to every corner of the globe and beyond - all for one purpose: to help others in need ...
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Marguerite steals an American idea and makes it astonishingly French
I actually don’t see a lot of French movies, but I see a few. Only two really come to mind as ones I loved: the delightful and quasi-dark Amelie and the absurd OSS 117 spy spoofs. But there is a ...
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 is sparse on laughs and heavy on eye rolls
Ah, the sweet scent of an unnecessary sequel. Can you smell it? Sometimes it’s obvious, like Home Alone 2 or hundreds of horror movies. Other times it’s Batman Returns, which may not be everyone’s favorite but it’s hard to argue ...
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
You've probably already seen many of the reviews, quite a few of them bad, so I am going to buck the trend here and say right off the bat that I enjoyed Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Is it ...
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Win a copy of AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead Season One Blu-ray
To celebrate the release of the first season of AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, HOTCHKA and Anchor Bay want to award one lucky reader with a Special Edition Blu-ray!Living in the same universe as The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking ...
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Win AMC’s Turn: Washington’s Spies Seasons One and Two on DVD
To celebrate the release of the second season of AMC's TURN: Washington's Spies, HOTCHKA and Anchor Bay want to award one lucky reader with seasons one and two of the series on DVD!Jamie Bell stars as Abraham Woodhull, a farmer ...
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The Wrong Man presents a different side of Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock earned himself the nickname "The Master of Suspense" from his early British films like The Lodger to his glossier Hollywood output from Rebecca to Vertigo and beyond. Of course, Psycho is his most famous film but that actually ...
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In the Heart of the Sea brings the adventure home on Blu-ray
Warner Brother Home Entertainment recently released the true-life whale of a tale In the Heart of the Sea on home video. We previously reviewed the film upon its theatrical release but in a nutshell the story focuses on the crew ...
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