As is par for the course, these season previews have gotten later and later into the season every year I’ve done a preview. At this point, most of the shows have already debuted or returned, so this is less of a preview (despite my having selected those shows prior to watching any of them). In…
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Once again, another glorious year of television has been entered into the books. Definitely had quite a few surprises this year (and another extended summer season). But as always, let’s revisit my original predictions. Without further ado, here are my conclusions of the 2015-6 season: Scream Queens – brought a much needed dose of comedy (with…
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These television previews keep getting later and later in the year every season I’ve done one of these. This is the fourth year in a row that my “predictions” have been published. Due to the high turnover of shows this year, there’s been an influx of promising lottery tickets as far as my DVR is…
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The 2014-5 fall television season has extended well into summer for me. All the new shows that fall into this category have aired, but it’s time to review my predictions and consider how accurate my soothsaying was (here’s a hint, it hasn’t been doing very well as of late). There were a number of pleasant…
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One of 1985’s most beloved films, The Goonies was a fine choice for the next installment of the “It Came From 1985” series that will be ongoing throughout 2015. A cult classic whose stature has only grown over the years (it opened as the #2 movie and never reached #1 box office over its theatrical…
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 I don’t usually go to films in the theater due to how difficult it is to work out the logistics involved in my outing. But I planned for weeks to attend one of the few must-see films of the year, Jurassic World (2015). A direct sequel to one of the most popular films of…
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It’s 2015. That means films from 1990 are 25 years old now. And it seems like not so long ago that Julia Roberts announced her presence to the world as a leading lady in Pretty Woman (1990). She first appeared as a fresh faced ingenue in Mystic Pizza (1988), in which Roger Ebert tapped her…
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The Breakfast Club (1985) seemed as good a choice as any to kick off a year-long flashback series at movies that were released 30 years ago (or, in 1985). These films came from 1985 (It Came From… is the name of this series). And really, John Hughes’ masterpiece of teenage high school angst probably is…
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Austenland is a strange labor of love from 2013 – a fictitious story about an Austenphile (which seems to be a common riff amongst some films – the existence of someone who’s such a fan of a single author’s works that they consume every possible spin-off/collectible that could exist, but that’s a common theme with…
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La belle personne (2008) is a haunting look at a fictitious French high school and all the tawdry & sordid affairs that go on in such an establishment. Its plot allegedly is related to a classic French novel, La Princesse de Cléves – the story revolves around a young girl, Junie (Léa Seydoux’s breakout role)….
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