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‘Stonewall’ Is More ‘Forrest Gump’ Than ‘Selma’
Village RoadshowBeing that it’s called Stonewall, the site of a landmark 1969 gay rights protest in New York City, you might assume that Roland Emmerich’s new film (written by Jon Robin Baitz) is all...
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Most Interns Are Bad, But ‘The Intern’ is Pretty Good!
Warner Bros.The Intern doubles as a weird case study in how our brains are culturally programmed. When we first meet retiree and lonely widower Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro), he’s fidgeting around...
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‘The Muppets’ Isn’t Your ‘Muppet Show’ And That’s Okay
ABCPeople often have a fixed idea of what Jim Henson’s Muppets are and what they are always supposed to be — which is typically what the Muppets were when they were children. But the only real...
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‘Scream Queens’ Review: Butcher Knives And Blumpkin Jokes
FoxSpoilers ahead… A lot has been made of self-described YouTube comedian Nicole Arbour, who went viral recently thanks to her “Dear Fat People” video. While Arbour claims her videos are for comedic...
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A Nose For A Nose: Nine Clarifying Questions We Have After Last Night’s...
FXThe third episode of Kurt Sutter’s Bastard Executioner, “Effigy/Delw,” aired last night, and while the main storyline was straightforward — a Welsh peasant girl had her nose sliced off for...
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There’s No Reason We Couldn’t Have Let Jason Statham Play Steve Jobs
I’m sure Michael Fassbender will be fine as Steve Jobs. He’s got the piercing eyes, and the gravitas, and a talented director in Danny Boyle guiding the performance, and really everything else you...
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Five Movies We Are Looking Forward To Seeing At The New York Film Festival
UniversalThis weekend, the 53rd New York Film Festival kicks off with the premiere of The Walk, the Robert Zemeckis-directed story of Philippe Petit’s (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) famous 1974...
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Deep Netflix: ‘China Strike Force,’ Starring Coolio As A Drug Smuggler Named...
Astoria FilmsThe 2000 film China Strike Force, from Hong Kong director Stanley Tong (Super Cop, Rumble in the Bronx), won my heart forever before I even watched a frame. It was a two-step process....
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The ‘Black-ish’ Premiere Joined A Tradition Of Shows That Grappled With ‘The...
ABCOn the season premiere of ABC’s Emmy-nominated black-ish, which returned last night for a second season, the Johnson’s youngest son Jack (Miles Brown) is expelled from school for saying the n-word...
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Decapitations And Dirty Politics Abound In ‘Empire’s Season Two Premiere
FOXThe potency of Empire‘s elixir is evident in the concentrated dose offered by the opening of the show’s second-season premiere. At a “Free Lucious” concert held by the Lyon family, Cookie...
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