Archive for December, 2017
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December 16, 2017
Want to feel old? Scream 2 was released 20 years ago. The sequel to the massive hit that changed the horror genre as we know it attempted to keep the hype alive, with diminishing results.
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December 16, 2017
Ever since the New York Times broke the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal, rumours have been rife that Weinstein also abused his power by putting roadblocks in the careers of actresses who refused his sexual advances. Now, Peter Jackson is coming forward to allege that he experienced exactly that, recalling that Harvey and Bob Weinstein discouraged him from hiring actresses Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd , both of whom have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexually harassing them.
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December 15, 2017
It's the 350th anniversary of the greatest epic poem in English, Paradise Lost, and hardly a word has been said. Not to compare oranges and tomatoes, it's instructive nevertheless that the 50th anniversary of the first issue of Rolling Stone is in no danger of passing silently.
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December 15, 2017
The following letter was found earlier today, taped to your bedroom door in your quad apartment in Gregory College House. It's your hipster suitemate.
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December 15, 2017
The year grinding to a close was a paradoxical one for cinema. There was no lack of excellent films in all genres and from all corners of the world, with one notable exception: Hollywood USA.
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December 15, 2017
As he departs the Whoniverse after the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special, writer and actor Mark Gatiss will turn his full attention to a new project: an adaptation of Dracula with Steven Moffat. And although the scripts aren't finished, Gatiss has an idea which character he would like to get his fangs into.
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December 15, 2017
Looking back on 2017, it's impossible to forget the entertainment icons who were taken too soon. We lost a Batman and a James Bond in Adam West and Roger Moore, directors such as Jonathan Demme and George Romero, and actors with distinguished careers like Sam Shepard -- a Renaissance man of the arts.
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December 15, 2017
When Charles Dickens published "A Christmas Carol" in 1843, movies and TV were still far off in the distance. So there's no way he could have ever imagined that his tightfisted anti-hero, Ebenezer Scrooge, would someday be portrayed by the likes of Vanessa Williams and Mr. Magoo.
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December 15, 2017
Bruce Willis stars in Die Hard. The 1988 action movie is subject to debate about whether it's a good holiday film.