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May 5, 2016
John Hanlon’s Round-Up of “Mother’s Day’s” Bad Reviews
Many thanks to my friend John Hanlon for including me in his round-up of some of the harshest reviews of the awful "Mother's Day."...
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May 4, 2016
Captain America: Civil War
The most important element of any superhero movie is the villain. He (or she) has to pose a credible threat to humanity and challenge particular strengths and vulnerabilities of someone with extraordinary powers. In “Captain America: Winter Soldier” there was a paranoiac Pogo-esque “we have met the enemy and he is us” theme that is expanded in “Civil War.” It goes to the heart of the Avengers themselves as a critical issues divides them so they are fighting each other.
The...
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Star Trek: An Oral History
The Smithsonian has paid tribute to Star Trek, one of the most beloved and influential television series of all time with an excerpt from a series a series of oral history interviews conducted over 30 years. The first volume of the oral history, will be published next month:
The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored,...
The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored,...
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More Trouble for Women in Hollywood
It was bad enough when Marisa Tomei was cast as the elderly Aunt May in the next "Spider-Man." But now the gorgeous Famke Janssen, who has played Jean Gray in the X-Men movies, says she will not be in the next one. As in the last time-spanning film, there will be older and younger actors playing the main characters, except for Gray, who will just be shown as her younger self, played by Game of Thrones...
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May 3, 2016
Coming to Netflix: The Queen Elizabeth II Story “The Crown”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Q0b...
As Great Britain's longest-reigning monarch turns 90, "The Crown" focuses on Queen Elizabeth II as a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill. The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne....a new era is dawning. Peter Morgan's masterfully researched...
As Great Britain's longest-reigning monarch turns 90, "The Crown" focuses on Queen Elizabeth II as a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill. The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne....a new era is dawning. Peter Morgan's masterfully researched...
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Charlie Brown and God
The Atlantic has a fascinating article about "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz and the way he expressed his religious doubts and beliefs through his classic comic strip.
Charles Schulz was widely applauded for a long list of achievements. The creator of the Peanuts comic strip was a Pulitzer Prize nominee, and his comics earned him an Emmy, Peabody, and Congressional Gold Medal. Sixteen years after his death in 2000, Schulz is still the third top-earning deceased celebrity, trailing only...
Charles Schulz was widely applauded for a long list of achievements. The creator of the Peanuts comic strip was a Pulitzer Prize nominee, and his comics earned him an Emmy, Peabody, and Congressional Gold Medal. Sixteen years after his death in 2000, Schulz is still the third top-earning deceased celebrity, trailing only...
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Oprah to Star in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks for HBO
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is being adapted for HBO, with Oprah Winfrey in the lead role of Lacks' daughter.
There was something special about the poor, uneducated Henrietta Lacks, something she could never have suspected. From the description of the book, by Rebecca Smoot:
She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important...
There was something special about the poor, uneducated Henrietta Lacks, something she could never have suspected. From the description of the book, by Rebecca Smoot:
She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important...
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November 12, 2015
Exclusive Clip: Robo-Dog
We are delighted to have an exclusive clip from "Robo-Dog,"coming on January 5, 2016 on DVD and digital.
He sits, plays fetch and he can move at super speed, bark at incredible volume and speak like a human being! He’s Robo-Dog, the most amazing mechanical mutt ever invented. When genius scientist Tom Austin (Patrick Muldoon) sees that his son, Tyler, needs a new best friend, he locks himself in the garage, tinkering with spare parts, and creates the most incredible canine the world has...
He sits, plays fetch and he can move at super speed, bark at incredible volume and speak like a human being! He’s Robo-Dog, the most amazing mechanical mutt ever invented. When genius scientist Tom Austin (Patrick Muldoon) sees that his son, Tyler, needs a new best friend, he locks himself in the garage, tinkering with spare parts, and creates the most incredible canine the world has...
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Trailer: “Christmas Eve” with Patrick Stewart, Gary Cole, and Jon Heder
When a power outage traps six different groups of New Yorkers inside elevators on Christmas Eve, they find that laughter, romance, and a little holiday magic will get them through - and change their lives in unexpected ways.
Sometimes life has to stop for us to pay attention....
Sometimes life has to stop for us to pay attention....
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