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SpongeBob’s Ready to Turn 20

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Happy 20th Birthday to the perky yellow sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea. Nickelodeon is kicking of SpongeBob’s Best Year Ever with a new one-hour Birthday special that features both the animated characters and their live-action alter egos. The cast of “SpongeBob SquarePants” will be discussing the “Big Birthday Blowout” episode next […]
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14 Most Anticipated Second Half of 2019 Films

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These are the 13 films I’m most looking forward to seeing during the second half of 2019: “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” – July 26 DiCaprio. Pitt. Robbie. Pacino. Tarantino. A movie about movies. Let’s Go! “Hustlers” – Sept. 13 The latest film from director Lorene Scafaria (“The Meddler”, “Seeking a Friend for the […]
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10 Best Movies of 2019 So Far

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Believe it or not, we’re already at the halfway mark of 2019. Out of all the new movies I saw that were released (in theaters or online) between January 1st and June 30th, here are my picks for the 10 Best: “AMAZING GRACE” The one-of-a-kind concert documentary re-affirms the fact that Aretha Franklin was an […]
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Spidey by the Numbers

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Just two years after “X-Men” kicked-off the modern age superhero film genre, another Marvel title got its big screen debut. “Spider-Man”, starring Tobey Maguire, was released on May 3, 2002 to, at the time, the biggest domestic opening weekend of all-time: $114.8 million. The Sony/Columbia Sam Raimi-directed film was the highest-grossing movie of ’02, with […]
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Tough to Rank 4 ‘Toy Story’ Films

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Get ready because “Toy Story 4” is about to dominate movie theaters and social media for the next several weeks. The latest film from Disney/Pixar opens this Thursday June 20th at 6pm. Some locations are doing special 5pm “event” screenings, and there are even a few showing all four “Toy Story” movies back to back. […]
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‘Mary Tyler Moore’: From Beginning to End

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I decided to try something a little different. (When has that ever stopped me before?) After only watching a few episodes of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”, I wanted to experience the bookends of this iconic sitcom. So I watched the Pilot and the Series Finale back-to-back. You might be thinking: Jackson, we know you […]
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Waiting for Sequel-man is Getting Tougher

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“The Secret Life of Pets 2” is the third major animated feature follow-up so far this year to underperform. Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” is less than two weeks away, and it will likely be a juggernaut. But even that studio has fallen into this financial sequel trap before. The attention span of some families is […]
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