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New Philbin Making Waves with “Single Parents”

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One of the Fall TV Season’s big new shows is the comedy “Single Parents”, which debuted to nearly 5 million viewers Wednesday night on ABC. The single-camera sitcom stars Taran Killam (“Saturday Night Live”, “Night School”), Leighton Meester (“Gossip Girl”) and three-time Emmy-winning “Everybody Loves Raymond” actor Brad Garrett. They’re three of five single parents […]
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‘Dragon 3’ Will Fly Into Oscar Weekend

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Universal has moved-up the release date of DreamWorks Animation’s “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” one week. The third (and reportedly final) installment in this blockbuster and critically acclaimed franchise will now open on March 1. Yes, ‘Dragon 3’ will take wing two days before the Academy Awards.  Typically, films released on Oscar […]
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Winning a Box Office Day, but Not a Weekend

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A number of movies released so far in 2018 have succeeded in winning a Box Office day, but not a weekend. Here’s how it’s happened: “INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY” These days, new movies tend to open on Thursday nights. Since this trend began about six years ago, all the studios decided that money a film […]
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Celebrity Documentaries are on the Rise

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2018 is proving that a new category has emerged in the documentary genre: the high profile celebrity biography documentary. Celebrity documentaries are on the rise thanks to a few key films. With $22.6 million in the U.S. to date, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” is the 12th highest-grossing doc of all-time, and the biggest moneymaker […]
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Major Studios Want Best Picture Oscar

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Over the previous 10 years, only ONE Best Picture Academy Award winner was distributed by a major movie studio. It was 2012’s “Argo” (Warner Bros.). Of the other winners, four came from Fox Searchlight (“Slumdog Millionaire”, “12 Years a Slave”, “Birdman” and “The Shape of Water”). The Weinstein Company was responsible for two (“The King’s Speech” […]
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2018 Primetime Emmy Awards Predictions

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Each of the four major networks (ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC) airs the Primetime Emmy Awards every four years. For the second time in a row that NBC has had it this year. And the peacock has decided to air the show on a Monday. “SNL” Weekend Update anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost are […]
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Top-Grossing Original Movies of 2018 So Far

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In another year of sequels, prequels, threequels, reboots, remakes, book adaptations, TV adaptations, true story adaptations, video game adaptations and more – you might ask: Where’s the Originality? According to Box Office Mojo, 10 completely original films are among the Top 42 highest grossing movies of 2018 so far, though only one is in the […]
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It’s a New Day for ‘GMA Day’

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Starting Monday, Michael Strahan and Sara Haines will be co-hosting/co-anchoring a new hour of “Good Morning America”… in the afternoon. The news of “GMA Day” in May coincided with ABC canceling their lifestyle show “The Chew” after 7 years. Will “Good Morning America” at 1pmET work? Actually, this isn’t the first time the network tried […]
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‘God Friended Me’ TV REVIEW

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Every few years, a network airs a show with some kind of premise involving religion. CBS has been at the top of this list, with the excellent “Joan of Arcadia” and the recently cancelled, short-lived “Living Biblically”. Now, they’re trying it again. “God Friended Me” stars Brandon Michael Hall (ABC’s “The Mayor”) as Miles. He’s got […]
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10 Favorite Scenes of Summer ’18

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Out of all my favorite scenes of Summer ’18, these are the 10 that stand out. (There are Mild Spoilers): 1. “My Love, My Life” – “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” This final sequence in the musical prequel and sequel is a touching love letter to family members past and present. 2. Dad Speech […]
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Playing the Career Achievement Card

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Glenn Close’s performance in the new drama “The Wife” is one of the first, serious awards contenders of the year. But it’s a long, six-month road ahead between now and the Academy Awards. Close has been nominated six times. She’s never won. In order for her to get a nom, she may have to play […]
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Are We Ready for James Franco’s Comeback?

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Next Friday, August 31st, Lionsgate is releasing the new sci-fi action drama “Kin”. The cast is pretty solid: Carrie Coon, Jack Reynor, Zoe Kravitz and one of the most underrated actors of our time, Dennis Quaid. And James Franco. “Kin” marks Franco’s first major film appearance since his sexual harassment scandal rocked Hollywood back in […]
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Three Addicting TV Shows

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Here are three TV shows I’m currently addicted to: “AMERICA SAYS” It’s the new GSN game show that’s sorta like “Family Feud” but is its own animal. John Michael Higgins, from “Best in Show”, “Pitch Perfect” and the recent NBC comedy series “Great News”, is master of ceremonies as two teams face-off in a fill […]
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TV REVIEW: ‘Betty White: First Lady of Television’

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“Betty White: First Lady of Television” is a new PBS documentary special on the life and career of, arguably, the most prolific person in the history of TV. Three separate PBS interviews with White over the course of ten years are incorporated into this 55-minute doc. Sections from one of them were previously used on […]
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Dynamic Actor/Director Duos

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“Mile 22”, opening next Friday August 17th, is the fourth collaboration for actor Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg. The pair previously made 2013’s Oscar-nominated true story action drama “Lone Survivor” and a duo of 2016 efforts – “Deepwater Horizon”, about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and “Patriots Day”, about the Boston Marathon Bombing. […]
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‘Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ TV REVIEW

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“Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” is the latest heroes in a half-shell franchise reboot from Nickelodeon, which has already produced a CGI TV series and two successful movies (“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”, released in 2014 and 2016’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows”), with another film in the works. “Rise” is […]
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Twitter Trouble: I’m Locked Out Because of My Birthday

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On Monday, I went into my Verified Twitter Account (@LCJReviews) and decided to put in my birth year. I had never been able to put it in before, because my birth year (1998) was never allowed as an option. When I saw that it finally was, I decided to select it, and once I confirmed […]
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Is Animated Feature Category Already Settled?

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Six major animated movies have been released so far in 2018: “Early Man” (from Aardman and Lionsgate), “Gnomeo & Juliet” follow-up “Sherlock Gnomes” (Paramount), Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs” (Fox Searchlight), Disney/Pixar’s “Incredibles 2” (now the highest-grossing animated movie of all-time), Sony’s “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation” and WB/DC mash-up “Teen Titans Go! To the […]
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