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Movie Review :: Me, Myself, and the Void
I don’t entirely recall when I first came across the YouTube videos of 'Chris & Jack', frequently surrealist comedy short pieces starring friends Chris W. Smith and Jack De Sena (who was famously the voice of Sokka in the animated ...
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Movie Review :: Another Happy Day
There are problems many people go through that are universally relatable, but a subset of those are relatable only to a few. Sadly the women affected by postpartum depression are all too common but often hard to understand -- for ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #219 :: October 3•9
It's another not very impressive week for new movie releases, but there are a few here and there that are quite noteworthy. 1934 produced a highly fictionalized biopic of an Egyptian queen, 1954 gave Frank Sinatra a role different from ...
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Movie Review :: Lifetime’s There’s a New Killer in Town
Well, it's not just Saturday night on Lifetime where you can find a new 'Ripped from the Headlines' movie ... they have them on Sunday too! And as per usual, the roster of films offered are a very mixed bag, ...
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Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s He Slid Into Her DMs
Another Saturday night, another 'Ripped from the Headlines' movie courtesy of the Lifetime network, which alerts us at the start of the movie that while this is based on a true story the rest of the movie is an entire ...
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TV by the Decade :: Sept 29•Oct 5
As September comes to an end and we move into October, the major new series premieres will slack off after this week. But this week is still jam-packed full of very well-known series making their debuts across the decades. 1954 ...
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Theatre Review :: Oh Happy Day! at Baltimore Center Stage
Oh happy day! Baltimore Center Stage is back with a new season of what are sure to be amazing productions as it kicks off its next chapter of its mission to bring arts to the community and beyond. And the ...
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Theatre Review :: Mister Lincoln at DC’s Ford’s Theatre
Everyone from school children to American history buffs know who Abraham Lincoln is. Sixteenth president of the United States. President during the Civil War. Writer of the Gettysburg Address. The President who ended slavery. The President who was shot in ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #218 :: September 26 to October 2
We're in a sort of netherworld of new movie releases as the Fall season usually doesn't offer much in the way of quality though there is quantity. Most of the more prestigious films will roll out as we get into ...
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Theatre Review :: & Juliet National Tour Launch at Baltimore Hippodrome
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is arguably the most famous stage play in the world, in history. Written most likely in the early-to-mid 1590s, Shakespeare's teen love tragedy has been staged hundreds of times by professional companies, community theatre, colleges ...
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Movie Review :: Lifetime’s Buried Alive and Survived is full of tension
The Lifetime network brings us another of its 'Ripped from the Headlines' movies ... even if they are intentionally vague about said headlines and where or when the events depicted in the movie occurred. But unlike the recent spate of ...
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Movie Review :: Hallmark’s Falling Together has heart and a message
On the eve of Autumn, Hallmark Channel presents another Fall-themed movie as part of its 'Fall into Love' series. And this one has a completely different feel to it than the previous films we've reviewed ... and that's a very ...
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