WHAT’S HOT ON HOTCHKA RIGHT NOW

I've been looking forward to the remake of Poltergeist because the trailer and the TV spots had given me hope that the familiar bits from the original would be there, especially that spooky clown, and they'd amp up the scares ...
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I have said many times that movies are for anyone that can experience them. This naturally includes the "senior" set, despite what some studios seemingly believe. More and more, we see movies not only targeted to older audiences, but sometimes even ...
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Anyone who has been to the Disney theme parks is more than familiar with the Tomorrowland area, home to Space Mountain and other space-themed and futuristic rides and attractions. Disney has also mined several of the parks' attractions for movie ...
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It's controversial! So you should probably buy a copy either because you love or want to know why to hate it, depending on your perspective. That's right, Clint Eastwood's adaptation of the Chris Kyle autobiography American Sniper is finally out on ...
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HOTCHKA has partnered with Well Go USA Entertainment to offer three lucky readers a chance to win a copy of the new action film Sword of Vengeance, starring Stanley Weber and Annabelle Wallis, on Blu-ray!From the creator of Hammer of ...
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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: Beyond the Lights.I had heard a few good things about Beyond the Lights, including an Oscar nomination ...
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I've really been trying to avoid subjecting myself to Fifty Shades of Grey, having never seen many of the popular book-to-film series like Twilight or The Hunger Games (and I am well-aware that the Fifty Shades story started out as ...
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Woody Allen has a very discernible style, one that often revolves around either an obvious stand-in (himself, Owen Wilson, Alec Baldwin) or an obvious object of lust and admiration. Or the latest Hollywood young thing, a beauty with talent. You ...
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Every now and again, a film comes along that is so quirky it defies all of the odds stacked against it and becomes a bigger hit than it was ever intended to be as audiences fall in love with its ...
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Movies featuring car chases have been around for almost as long as cars and movies have existed (see The Keystone Cops). 1968's Bullitt is credited for having the first real "car chase" scene that made audiences feel they were part of ...
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Inside Amy Schumer had another great episode this week, although the various segments had mixed results. The first sketch was about the nonsensical nature of beer ads, an easy target, but Amy had a new twist on it. Beer commercials have ...
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Adapting various forms of entertainment for a different medium is always a tricky thing. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Movies have been made into TV shows with not the greatest success, M*A*S*H being an exception. TV shows have been ...
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