Film + TV
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Coming Soon: Sept. 5 Movies to Watch
Director Michael Berry unleashes Frontera, a powerful story that entangles two families from each side of the Mexican border in a web of corruption that...
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“The Killing” Dies Down to Its Name
Wow. I don’t even know where to begin. I was just about ready to open my laptop and write a heartfelt article about how I...
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DVD Pick of the Week: Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection
In an attempt to battle the “world-building” box-office prowess of mega-franchises like the Marvel Universe and Star Wars, Universal Pictures recently announced a full reboot...
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Review: Cantinflas Pays Tribute to the One-And-Only Mario Moreno
The magic of Cantinflas has arrived on the big screens of Los Angeles, in the form of a feature film that pays tribute to the...
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Review: The Notebook Provides a Brutal Yet Sublime Punch to the Gut
When one thinks of a film called The Notebook, a number of images come to mind most of which involve sexy Canadian moviestars passionately making...
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Jennifer Aniston and John Hawkes Lead a Strong Cast in Whip-Smart Comedic Thriller Life of Crime
Based on the clever, free-wheeling 1978 caper novel The Switch, Life of Crime is the latest in a decades-long string of adaptations stemming from the...
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Coming Soon: Aug. 29 Movies to Watch
Israeli director, Ari Folman boldly introduces a remarkable adaptation of Stanislaw Lem’s sci-fi novel, The Futurological Congress. Robin Wright plays, well, herself in an alternate...
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DVD Pick of the Week: Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
The past few years have seen veteran Danish thesp Mads Mikkelsen take the English-language film world by storm with a string of plum roles, ranging...
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Film Review: Are You Kidding Me with Are You Here?
Whether it’s in movies, music or other forms of entertainment, there comes a moment when an act gets old. In movies, even the most endearing...
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Chloë Grace Moretz Delivers a Mature, Powerhouse Performance in If I Stay
Unlike their faceless demographic base, YA novels have matured as of late. Whereas the first wave of teen fiction in the mid-2000s was focused on...
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Coming Soon: Aug. 22 Movies to Watch
As the summer blockbusters seem to fade away, now we really get to see what films can stand behind their storytelling. After nine years of...
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DVD Pick of the Week: The Quiet Ones
For almost 60 years(!), British-based production company Hammer has been churning out horror films. Some of them are classics, and some of them are shlock,...
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Burnt, But Not Broken: “The Bridge”
FX’s border drama, “The Bridge,” is about a lot of different things. First and foremost, it’s a police procedural centered on events related to the...
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A Different Bit of History: Latinos in Film
When I was a little girl, I watched La Bamba, the story of 17-year-old rock ‘n’ roll singer Ritchie Valens who passed away in a...
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Review: Film Adaptation of The Giver Arrives Too Late
At the risk of having my millennial card revoked, I must admit that I’ve never read Lois Lowry’s seminal YA sci-fi novel The Giver. One...
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“The Knick” Comes Out Swinging
When Steven Soderbergh announced his retirement from feature filmmaking sometime in 2012, I was skeptical. He said the movie industry was too cynical and bullied...
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Frontera L.A. Premiere Sweepstakes
Three lucky winners will receive a pair of tickets to the Los Angeles premiere of Frontera at The Landmark on Thursday, August 21st at 7:30...
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Coming Soon: Aug. 15 Movies to Watch
A film is a language packed in with several different mediums – art, dialogue, choreography, music, technology and a handful more. These mediums are all...
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DVD Pick of the Week: Filth
One of my personal favorite sub-genres is the good ol’ “cop gone wild” flick. Prime examples of this stripe include Abel Ferrara’s classic Bad Lieutenant,...
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Director, Cast Discuss Into the Storm
As a child growing up in the Midwest, Into the Storm director Steven Quale always heard about the power of tornadoes. “When I made this...
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Into the Storm Signed Poster Sweepstakes
Enter for the chance to win 1-of-2 Into the Storm autographed posters. The posters are signed by Richard Armitage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Max Deacon, Nathan...
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Coming Soon: Aug. 8, 2014 Movies to Watch
A film has the ability to communicate an emotion, perspective and even a sense of understanding the unknown. What happens when audiences no longer strive...
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Steven Spielberg’s “Extant,” and the Current State of Sci-Fi
There’s a popular saying amongst writers, which is, “write what you know.” Though it’s not always the easiest or most enticing option, it’s when writers...
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DVD Pick of the Week: Oculus
Whereas 2013 was one of the finest years in recent memory for horror cinema, with releases such as The Conjuring and Evil Dead, 2014 has...
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“Masters of Sex” Masters the Bottle Episode
After the first season finale of Showtime’s new drama “Masters of Sex,” I found myself wondering where the next season might go. At its root,...
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Coming Soon: Aug. 1, 2014 Movies to Watch
August is opening up with a bang of movies hitting the theaters this Friday. First up in movies to watch this week is the Marvel...
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DVD Pick of the Week: Marty
In this age of Seth Rogen, the big screen is jam-packed with romantic leading men who don’t exactly qualify as classically handsome. However, back in...
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