WHAT’S HOT ON HOTCHKA RIGHT NOW

Commercials can be a kick.We love'em, we hate'em, some of us even mute them so we aren't subject to the special brand of torture they offer. (I am not one of those individuals who mutes commercials.)Me? I love/loathe/lambaste them as ...
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Films about drifting are not in my wheelhouse. I don’t think I’m quite the target audience for a franchise like The Fast & the Furious. I’m a suburban white girl who's not really into muscle cars or living life on the ...
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Rewind Movie Review is a feature where I review a movie I haven't yet reviewed, but I didn't see in the theater. Today: John Wick.Revenge fantasies are a staple of action movies. In a lot of ways, it almost doesn't ...
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It was the end of a cinematic era when Warner Brothers/New Line/MGM released the final film in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy, and if you're interested in seeing my review of the film itself, you can check that out over ...
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"All That Jazz." "Cell Block Tango." "When You're Good to Mama." "Mr. Cellophane." "Razzle Dazzle." If you're a fan of Broadway musicals -- or movie musicals -- you know that those songs all came from the Broadway hit Chicago. Chicago ...
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Get Hardis the latest comedy from Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart, and while Hart has seen his star ascend rather rapidly over the past year, Ferrell has hit kind of a plateau, teetering on the edge of a career flameout ...
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I find it funny how the same sorts of themes repeat themselves in so many movies. There seems to be something about the industry that lends itself to examinations of existential crises, specifically about art. In this movie, much like ...
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Ah, the smell of tradition! There are a lot cultures with traditional food that's hearty and not really that healthy. But there's also something to those people cobbling together great tasting dishes from the only ingredients they could afford. For ...
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Sometimes the universe has an uncanny sense of irony. I cannot think of a better match than the new DreamWorks Animation film Home for me to review this week. You see, I’m feeling a bit displaced at the moment. I’m ...
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Unbroken is the true story of Louis Zamperini, Olympian and survivor of a plane crash during World War II. After surviving for 47 days adrift at sea he's then caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a  prisoner of ...
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Let me clarify for a moment. Sean Penn is not without charisma. But his character in this movie? A different story. Anyway ...The movie Taken did something astounding; with no exaggeration, it created a new career for Liam Neeson as an "older badass" ...
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I was not particularly impressed Kevin Hart’s latest movie The Wedding Ringer. Don’t get me wrong, there were funny moments but in between I was kind of bored. The premise of this movie is that a successful nerd can land ...
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