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Ah, the smell of tradition! There are a lot cultures with traditional food that's hearty and not really that healthy. But there's also something to those people cobbling together great tasting dishes from the only ingredients they could afford. For ...
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Sometimes the universe has an uncanny sense of irony. I cannot think of a better match than the new DreamWorks Animation film Home for me to review this week. You see, I’m feeling a bit displaced at the moment. I’m ...
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Unbroken is the true story of Louis Zamperini, Olympian and survivor of a plane crash during World War II. After surviving for 47 days adrift at sea he's then caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a  prisoner of ...
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Let me clarify for a moment. Sean Penn is not without charisma. But his character in this movie? A different story. Anyway ...The movie Taken did something astounding; with no exaggeration, it created a new career for Liam Neeson as an "older badass" ...
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I was not particularly impressed Kevin Hart’s latest movie The Wedding Ringer. Don’t get me wrong, there were funny moments but in between I was kind of bored. The premise of this movie is that a successful nerd can land ...
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If there was ever a venerable children’s franchise that refused to die, Power Rangers may just be the one. What started in 1993 has now spawned a two decade long authorization of fun television programming, movies, video games, and countless ...
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I recently had a chance to speak to Dan Fogelman, the writer and director of the new film Danny Collins, which stars Al Pacino, Bobby Cannavale, Christopher Plummer, Annette Bening, and Jennifer Garner. We spoke about movies, art versus commerce, and trying to become better each ...
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What's an upstart network -- or a rebranded version of an old network -- to do to attract new viewers to the channel? With hundreds of options out there, what's the best way to get people to sample your new ...
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Not too long ago, Warner Brothers Animation teamed up the classic Scooby-Doo characters with animated versions of WWE stars in Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery. The pairing must have been successful as the two entertainment giants have joined forces once again, but ...
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Unless you've lived under a rock or have lived a very sheltered life, you probably know that Walt Disney became the king of animated films when he first released Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937. A hit, the ...
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Step back in time to 1950-something, to the beginning of the Golden Age of Television, step into the theater which is now a TV studio, specifically Desilu Studios and enjoy the “filming” of two episodes of the classic TV comedy ...
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Now this is a Broadway musical in every sense of the word. And who would have ever thought that Disney’s flop musical movie from 1992 — starring an 18-year-old Christian Bale in only his fourth theatrical film — would have ...
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