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Sandie Angulo Chen: Women Writers on the TV Characters Who Inspired Them

My friend and fellow critic Sandie Angulo Chen has a Women's History Month column on Mom 2.0 featuring women writers describing the TV characters who inspired them, from Starbuck on "Battlestar Galactica" to the TV moms on "The Cosby Show," "Roseanne," "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," "Speechless," and "Black-Ish," to independent, intelligent, curious characters like Murphy Brown, Olivia Pope, and, one of my choices, Mrs. Peel, played by Diana...

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New for Easter — Ice Age: The Great Egg-scapade

Just in time for Easter -- Scrat and his Ice Age friends have a new adventure with a hunt for an egg, Ice Age: The Great Egg-scapade. Just 20 minutes long, it is a delightful family treat.



Harried prehistoric bird mom Ethel entrusts her precious, soon-to-hatch egg to Sid. When she recommends him to her neighbors – Condor Mom, Cholly Bear and Gladys Glypto – business booms at his new egg-sitting service. However, dastardly pirate bunny Squint, who...

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Interview: Matthew Faraci on His New Series About Faith, “Frankly Faraci”

The first episode of Frankly Faraci is premiering March 21, 2017 on Dove Channel, Featuring The Piano Guys. In each episode, Matthew Faraci talks with someone who is doing great things in the world because of their Christian faith. Guest from the arts, sports, politics, and other disciplines talk about their faith and how it inspires their choices. The series is available on Roku, Amazon Prime, Apple...

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Musical Crossover Episodes: Supergirl and Flash (and a Glee Reunion!)

March 20 and 21, 2017, be sure to tune in to see a two-part crossover musical treat starring Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) and Flash (Grant Gustin), with a special appearance from Benoist's "Glee" co-star Darren Criss. The cast also includes Broadway musical veterans Jesse L. Martin (original cast of "Rent"), Victor Garber ("Godspell"), and Jeremy Jordan ("Newsies").

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Trailer: The Secret Scripture

Sebastian Barry's acclaimed novel The Secret Scripture is coming to the big screen, starring Rooney Mara, Vanessa Redgrave, Jack Reynor ("Sing Street"), and Theo James (the Divergent series). It is the story of a woman who has spent most of her life in a mental hospital, where she kept a secret record of her life.

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Wesley Baines on God and “Logan”

I didn't like Logan much. But I am very much in the minority among critics and audience members and I have really enjoyed reading the thoughts from people who were able to see more in the film than I was. Wesley Baines has a lot of insight on the spiritual qualities in the film in his essay on Beliefnet, "Finding...

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Lisbeth Salander is Coming Back to the Screen

All three of the "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" films were made in Sweden with Noomi Rapace, but only the first was filmed in English, with Rooney Mara. Now, for the first time, the fourth book in the series, The Girl in the Spider's Web, written by David Lagercrantz after the death of Stieg Larsson, is going to be filmed, with a new English-speaking cast.

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More About Beauty and the Beast (Spoiler Alert!)

Have you seen "Beauty and the Beast" already? Then enjoy this look at the Easter eggs, movie homages, and hidden details.



And I really enjoyed this discussion of plot holes/omissions in the original that are solved in the live-action remake. ...

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Where You’ve Seen Them Before: Beauty and the Beast

Disney's enchanting live-action remake of "Beauty and the Beast" features a magnificent cast. Here's where you've seen or heard them before:

Emma Watson (Belle): We watched her grow up as Hermione in the Harry Potter films, but she has also appeared in "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" and "The Bling Ring."

Dan Stevens (Beast/Prince): He is best known as handsome (and tragically killed) Matthew Crawley in "Downton Abbey," but he also played Colin in the web series "High Maintenance"...

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Neglected Gem: What a Way to Go! with Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, and Dick van Dyke

I don't know why "What a Way to Go!" is not considered a classic.  It is smart, colorful, and very funny, written by the people behind "Bells are Ringing" and with a once-in-a-lifetime all-star cast: Shirley MacLaine, Dick van Dyke, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly, Paul Newman, and Robert Mitchum.  Which one of those stars does she get romantically involved with?  All of them!  This is a movie about a woman who just wants a simple, happy life, but who accidentally keeps marrying men who become...

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