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We're still in May but coming out of 'finale month' and 'Sweeps Month'. And you can tell the networks in 1993 were focused on ratings grabbing programming with a high-profile miniseries, two true-life drama films, and a primetime revival of ...
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Every two years, you legally have to be reminded that the Fast and Furious franchise started with a movie about stealing bootleg DVD players. Yes, the franchise that has gone on to feature Aquaman and Wonder Woman and Snake Plisskin ...
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After last week's episode of Riverdale, I thought that maybe this week would be a bit more light-hearted. Watching poor Kevin dealing with his sexuality was hard, but this week's episode went even harder on another sensitive subject: racism. And ...
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Quite a few movies were released this week over the past century, with studios post-Jaws (1975) saving some of their bigger films for the Summer months ... and starting the Summer in the early part of May. This week saw ...
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The latest episode of Ted Lasso is called 'International Break' after a real life planned part of the football season where different countries play against each other. After a lot of well-played games (it’s noted as a ten day winning ...
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By this point in time everyone is or should be familiar with the classic 1988 Tim Burton comedy Beetlejuice. And if you have even a passing interest in the world of Broadway, you know that a musical version of the ...
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In 1975, British comedy troupe Monty Python hit the big screen for the second time -- the first film was basically a collection of their TV sketches -- with the original film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which lovingly ...
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It's another slow week for new TV series premieres, with just two decades offering anything new, mostly to fill up cable network schedules. But there is one broadcast network reality series that had a very long run on both the ...
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Not that we ever like losing a patient, never ever do we like losing a patient, but it does seem slightly more balanced ... we see a slightly more proportionate good outcome to loss ratio these days. And that was ...
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This week's episode of Riverdale shows us that the 1950s may not have been the 'good old days' that have been romanticized over the years in movies and TV shows. At least not for some people. We've already seen how ...
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Another week with a large number of releases, quite of few of them receiving awards recognition with nominations and wins. 1933 included two films with actresses who hated their films. 1943 had a six-time Oscar nominee with one win, and ...
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The latest episode of Ted Lasso is called 'La Locker Room Aux Folles' which is a play on the play La Cage aux Folles, which was later adapted into a movie and then a musical (referenced in the end credits ...
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