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Amy Schumer Live at the Apollo :: Announcement Tease
Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo, featuring the comedy star in her first HBO stand-up special, debuts Saturday, October 17 (10:00-11:00 p.m.ET/PT). Directed by Chris Rock and taped May 29 before a live audience at New York's iconic Apollo Theater, ...
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GSN expands Skin Wars with new special
From GSN Press Release:GSN, the leader in game shows and competitive entertainment, plans to expand upon the popularity of its hit series Skin Wars with a new one-hour special, Skin Wars: Freash Paint, where three of the show's most memorable ...
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The End of the Tour makes you think about motivation, loneliness, and the written word
As people get older, there is often a feeling of wondering about what you've accomplished and whether it's all you wanted. Some people feel satisfied with what they have, but many do not and never do. People may achieve specific ...
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Ricki and the Flash is a vanity project with a few decent pieces
I wonder about some movies and how much they get influenced by the desires of the actors involved. When you get certain levels of cachet, it's easy for them to ask for certain changes, for good or ill. But that's ...
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Bones and Sleepy Hollow crossover event coming in October
From Fox Press Release:Just in time for Halloween, the scientific world of Bones meets the supernatural world of Sleepy Hollow in a crossover event to thrill the living, the dead and everything in between, airing Thursday, Oct. 29. On Bones, ...
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The Fantastic Four cast is on fire, but did a rocky production stretch it’s premise too far?
Fantastic Four is this year’s latest comic book movie and a relaunch of Marvel’s “first family.” The film was directed by Josh Trank, whose first film Chronicle was a fun, surprisingly fresh take on superhero movies. Fantastic Four begins with ...
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Search for the Gods yields more frustrating questions than answers
A made-for-TV movie from 1975 released by the Warner Archive Collection on DVD, Search for the Gods promised just about everything I could hope for in a made-for-TV movie. It starred some notable actors, including Kurt Russell, Stephen McHattie, Ralph ...
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Rick and Morty :: “Mortynight Run” combines hilarity with dark humor and a catchy song
It's no secret that Rick and Morty is great. But not all episodes are completely original, although most are. The latest episode starts simply enough, with another trek of mad old scientist Rick Sanchez and his hapless grandson Morty on ...
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Innerspace finally comes to Blu-ray
By the time director Joe Dante made Innerspace in 1987, he was already something of an auteur who had his own cinematic language that told you immediately that you were watching a Joe Dante film. Starting with Dante's first feature ...
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BBC America announces a slate of new series
BBC AMERICA today announced two new co-productions - the first co-developed series under the wide-ranging, creative partnership between BBC Worldwide and AMC Networks that was announced late last year. Undercover, a gripping political thriller from acclaimed writer Peter Moffat (Silk, ...
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MSNBC shakes up afternoons
In an effort to climb out of the ratings basement, MSNBC chief Phil Griffin announced the cancellation of three afternoon news and commentary shows: The Cycle, Now with Alex Wagner and The Ed Show. Griffin said that Wagner is expected ...
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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is another heart-pounding thrill ride
It's rare for a long-running series of movies to actually get better with each successive film, but when you had such a terrible start and an even worse second chapter, there's nowhere to go but up. And with the fifth ...
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