The trailer for the latest in the Disney live-action remake series, “Mulan,” dropped last week, and it looks fantastic. I’ve never been fully on board for these remakes of animated movies, but I think this one’s going to be awesome. The animated Mulan came out in 1998, and it’s one of my favorites. Strong female […]
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’Tis the season for Christmas movies, and I’m not talking about the romantic schlock Hallmark and Lifetime are putting out. I mean “Die Hard.” Yes, “Die Hard” is a Christmas movie. Don’t @ me. It starts at a Christmas party, John McClane writes “ho ho ho” on a dead guy’s sweater, he uses holiday wrapping
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I give thanks for trivia. And turkey. Thanksgiving is this Thursday, so it’s time to talk turkey. Or, you know, trivia about turkeys. Fast facts: The state that produces the most turkeys annually is Minnesota. TV dinners were born out of a surplus of Thanksgiving turkeys that Swanson didn’t want to waste. Big Bird is
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I’m currently VERY into the new HBO series, “Watchmen.” Regina King and Jean Smart are killing it on this show. I’m also an unabashed stan for the 2009 film version, which sits at a mere 64% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics weren’t into it, but I still think it’s highly watchable, CGI Doctor Manhattan
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A sports movie with an Oscar-winning female lead, yet another crossover country hit and a future star is born in L.A. Do you remember what was going on 10, 20 and 30 years ago this week? Find out in this week’s decades of trivia quiz! At the Movies Nov. 20-22, 2009 “The Blind Side,” the
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James Dean famously starred in just three movies before his tragic and untimely death in a car accident in 1955: “East of Eden,” “Rebel Without a Cause” and “Giant.” But according to a production company made up entirely of — presumably — monsters, he will soon have a fourth credit: as a CGI recreation. No.
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The love song: People have been musically up in their feelings since a caveman first clacked a rock against another rock and grunted at the girl he liked. You can’t go wrong with singing about love, because we can all relate. As one of them famously says, “Everybody loves somebody sometime.” They may be cliche,
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Twenty years ago, an American movie star met a British travel book shop owner in a charming neighborhood of London. They fell for each other, and it actually worked out, leading us all to believe we were just a meet-cute away from walking the red carpet with the love of our lives. Along with that
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I think there’s nothing a sitcom costume department loves more than the Halloween episodes. It’s a chance to be as goofy, as pop culture savvy, and as outlandish as they want to be. Costumes rule. They’re a chance to unleash that part of your personality that gets suppressed by mortgages and deadlines and grocery lists
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All Hallow’s Eve is upon us, and my costume is all ready. (It’s Dustin from “Stranger Things.”) Also ready is a trivia quiz on my Top 10 Halloween movie list. Some are scary, but for the most part, horror doesn’t do it for me. Terrified isn’t an emotion I actively seek out. But if a
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