Reviews, premieres, and the latest on screen entertainment.
Reviews, premieres, and the latest on screen entertainment.
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Several weeks ago, ABC publicly cut ties with Roseanne Barr after she tweeted slurs about the former Obama administration politician, Valerie Jarrett. In one of many racist tweets, the comedian compared Jarrett (a black woman) to "Planet of the Apes", and - unsurprisingly - ticked off several hundreds of thousands…
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Did you hear the news? Every hit TV show from the 90's is coming back! The revivals of Will & Grace and Roseanne were huge successes, proving that there's an audience for nostalgic sitcoms. As long as the actors don't make racist jokes on Twitter and then try to blame…
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Many of us have watched our favourite Disney films so many times that the characters in them feel almost real to us. But what if they actually did take a step out of the screen and into reality? Thanks to artist Jirka Väätäinen, we got to see this play out through…
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Veritable Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot, captivated audiences earlier this year with her turn as the titular character. Not only is the superhero an enduring symbol of female empowerment, but in the male-dominated world of DC (and Marvel), Wonder Woman stands out on account of being a female protagonist. Clad in a…
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The final season of Game of Thrones is still a year away from hitting our screens, and fans are getting pretty darn impatient. With the premiere date of season eight still not even set yet, all we know is that 2019 is the year that we'll say farewell to the Seven…
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In what seems like no time whatsoever, Millie Bobby Brown has become a cultural phenomenon. First hitting our screens back in 2016, she captured our hearts playing the role of Eleven and seemingly went on to achieve overnight popularity, becoming the well-loved star she is today. Nonetheless, while it may…
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Like many actors, John Travolta certainly had a heyday. Unfortunately for him, it's long gone now - about 40 years in the past, to be precise. Sure, he had one or two comebacks with Pulp Fiction and Face/Off but, on the whole, his more contemporary film career has been pretty dismal,…
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Brad Bird started off his career as an animator, working on The Black Cauldron and The Fox and the Hound, and was even a director and executive consultant on The Simpsons during its golden years. He later stepped up to take on the role of director and writer later on,…
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The Marvel comic book movies have been huge successes, from The Black Panther to Guardians of the Galaxy to Avengers: Infinity War. And the DC comic book movies...also exist. Suicide Squad, Batman vs. Superman and Justice League all got mixed reviews and disappointed at the box office. But there is…
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On June 11 1993, Jurassic Park was released in movie theatres. If that date sounds familiar to you, it may be because, as of a few days back - this cinematic classic became 25 years old. That's right, there people out there who were born on the day this movie came…
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A lot of people have a deep connection to Harry Potter. There were the countless children who grew up reading the books, and the parents who read to them often ended up getting pretty invested too. Then, with the film adaptations following behind by a few years, a new generation…
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Game of Thrones' final season is just around the corner, and fans are clamouring for any information they can get. What do I mean by "around the corner"? Well, of course I mean it's less than a year away, which doesn't seem like quite as much since we're over halfway…
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I'm not the most die hard Sex and the City fan. In fact, I don't think you can call me a fan at all when all I've seen is one episode after being roped into it by a friend. As episodes go, it was pretty funny actually, so I can…
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Pixar may not be hitting homeruns with every movie now, but there was a long period of time where each and every release from the animation studio was pure gold. By 2004, we had already seen A Bug's Life, two Toy Story movies, Monsters Inc. and Finding Nemo. Each of them…
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Game of Thrones is filming its eighth and final season, which will air in April 2019. Finally, we'll find out what happens to Jon, Cersei, Daenrys and the other 500 characters. HBO is going to great lengths to keep the storylines secret, but I bet my life savings that in…
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As a kid, Mulan was always one of my favourite films. No, wait - scratch that - it's still one of my favourite films. Yes, I may be a woman in my twenties with access to literally thousands of movies at any given time, but nothing - I repeat, nothing - will ever…
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The mark of a good character actor is their ability to embody any role, and to seamlessly become a completely alternate persona on a whim. Often, a great actor is able to completely transform themselves, and take on the characteristics of the person they're playing so minutely, that they become…
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TV shows, eh? You go home to watch them every night. You laugh, you cry, you talk about the characters like they're your best pals. You put your heart and soul into them. Then, one day, the network announces it's been cancelled and the characters just vanish from your screen, never…
