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Trekkers have waited a bit too long for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek sequel (Star Trek came out in 2009 for Pete’s sake!!), but at least 2013 offers huge promise.  The sequel comes out May 17th, but prior to its release gamers can check out the Star Trek video game, a title that hits stores [...]


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It’s a landmark week for Disney animation as the studio prepares to release for the first time ever a restored and remastered Blu-ray of the 1955 clasic LADY AND THE TRAMP. In addition to that, it was on this very  day in 1953, WALT DISNEY PICTURES released PETER PAN. One of the few productions of [...]


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Airing tonight on STARZ, the delightfully graphic SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE continues its reign of bloody battles as this second season continues to re-enforce the show’s eponymous hero’s place as the greatest gladiator in history. Created for STARZ by STEVEN DeKNIGHT, the cast includes LIAM McINTYRE (brought in to replace the late ANDY WHITFIELD as Spartacus), LUCY [...]


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On this day in 1959, Rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson were killed when their chartered Beechcraft Bonanza plane crashed in Iowa a few minutes after takeoff on a flight from Mason City to Moorehead, Minnesota. Holly had chartered the plane for his band to fly between tour dates [...]


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Coming out June 22nd, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is directed by Timur Bekmambetov, the filmmaker behind the visually arresting 2008 action film Wanted.  Produced by Tim Burton, the movie featuring Benjamin Walker as Lincoln, certainly impressed co-star Anthony Mackie.

During the press junket for Man on a Ledge, Mackie talked about William H. Johnson, the [...]


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After striking out last year on Green Lantern and The Change-Up, Ryan Reynolds tries to usher in the year with a bit of box-office success with Safe House.  The good news is the picture pairs him up with Denzel Washington, who plays a dangerous spy who is being protected by a wet behind his ears [...]


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Airing tonight on THE CW, the much anticipated 100th episode of the cult hit series GOSSIP GIRL promises to answer some questions and open the door to all new issues as the story moves on to bigger problems for Manhattan’s privileged set. A royal wedding, the return of a brilliant villain and the destruction of [...]


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Although movie buffs who watch The Grey this weekend are primarily looking to see Liam Neeson take on a pack of wolves, the feature does contain a few themes to chew on.  John Ottoway (Neeson) is a sharpshooter tasked with keeping animals away from attacking oil workers, but when their plane crashing in the [...]


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Filmmaker Joe Carnahan, last seen loving it when a plan comes together with The A-Team (a movie which I thought should have done better at the box-office), gets down and dirty with his latest work, The Grey.  Re-teaming with Liam Neeson, who played Hannibal on The A-Team, Carnahan weaves a story of a group of [...]


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In her new film One for the Money, Katherine Heigl is Stephanie Plum, a recovery agent assigned to track down Joe Morelli (Terra Nova’s Jason O’Mara), a guy who dumped her back in high school.  The movie is based on the Janet Evanovich novel of the same name (Plum is the lead character in [...]


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