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Five decades had new series premieres this week, and interestingly it is the earlier decades that produced the most notable new shows (we can't completely slight 2003, which did give us Jimmy Kimmel and the Mythbusters, but 2013 ... meh) ...
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Many films should and do come with trigger warnings. They're an extremely useful tool for folks that need a warning on what's about to come during their movie, play, or video game, in case it would be in their best ...
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It was another big week for new theatrical releases, but only a few are still remembered today, and the majority of 1922's films no longer exist, although one that does, mostly, was a milestone for Anna May Wong. 1933 saw ...
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It's mid-January and only three decades gave us new, original programming to fill out the cold winter days and nights. In 1993, NBC added one new game show and one rebooted game show to the daytime schedule, while FOX added ...
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A lot of new films and shorts were released this week over the last hundred years. New animated shorts appeared with characters such as Felix the Cat, Tweety Bird, and Tom & Jerry starring. This week also some some very ...
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If you are a fan of classic musicals, you are probably familiar with the film version of My Fair Lady, which starred Rex Harrison, reprising his Broadway role, and Audrey Hepburn, a controversial replacement for Broadway's Eliza Doolittle, Julie Andrews ...
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The new year is in full swing this week as all but two decades have new shows making their debuts. A wide variety of new shows comprising everything from children's programs, reality series, sports and scripted comedies and dramas on ...
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And here we are at the mid-season finale point of Doom Patrol and everyone has a lot to unpack as it becomes clear that only Larry and Cliff still have their longevity, and somehow Willoughby was able to reverse the ...
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The first couple of weeks of the new year have been considered a 'dead zone' or 'dumping ground' for films that just weren't up to snuff to garner a release in the previous year. It's also a time when many ...
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Damien Chazelle, the man behind La La Land and Whiplash, which I consider to be some of the best films of the 2010s, has graced us once again with a tale about Hollywood. A 3-hour epic starring Margot Robbie and ...
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The new year kicks off with quite a few new series across all genres. 1953 had no new series premieres, but 1963 gave us two classic series, one animated and the other a reality nature series. Japan's Astro Boy was ...
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Here we are at the much too short third season finale of We're Here which, for the first time in the show's history, picks up right where we left off in the previous episode, same location, same 'drag kids', same ...
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