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Mickey Revved Up for New Series

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To celebrate Mickey Mouse’s 88th Birthday (this Friday, Nov. 18th) Fathom Events held a sneak preview this past Saturday of the upcoming Disney Junior animated series “Mickey and the Roadster Racers”. The show debuts in January and centers on Mickey and pals Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Daisy, Pluto and Pete as racecar drivers, with the most […]
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It’s ‘Talk Tonight with Mindy & Emma’!

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I’ve always been interested in the world of late night TV, from Johnny Carson & Joey Bishop (obviously way before my time) to the final years of Letterman and the Leno/O’Brien & Leno/Fallon escapades (I was on with Jay a couple of times in between). Currently, I’m watching episodes of the late Garry Shandling’s 90s […]
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What You Can Watch For Your Country

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The elevator pitch: “Jack Bauer is the President.” And with that, ABC executives were instantly hooked. The most anticipated (and promoted) new show of the Fall 2016 TV season was the network’s political drama “Designated Survivor”, starring Kiefer Sutherland as a low-level cabinet member who, following a bombing of the U.S. Capitol building during the State of […]
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Moviegoers Not Bridging the Franchise Gap

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Tom Hanks and Ron Howard’s “Da Vinci Code” threequel, “Inferno”, stunningly lost at the box office to “Boo! A Madea Halloween” (in its 2nd week) over the weekend. “Inferno” becomes this year’s latest unsuccessful attempt to bring a fading or forgotten movie franchise back to life: “ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE” Previous Installment: “Ice Age: Continental […]
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Call Off the Search! (or Why Kelly Ripa Doesn’t Need a Permanent Co-Host)

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In the late 80s, Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford changed the face of daytime television with a formula that has since been copied, altered and stolen by just about everyone. The idea that two people could carry-on a twenty-minute conversation about what they did last night and current events is what made “LIVE! with […]
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All in the Family Films

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So many films this year have involved the dysfunctional relationships of family members, from siblings to spouses, aunts, uncles, cousins and children. Keeping all these movies straight and describing them to others can be tricky and complicated. So, as a public service, I have condensed the plots of 30 these 2016 movies down to one-sentence […]
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A Very ‘McConaughey’ Christmas

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This holiday season is shaping-up to be “Alright, Alright, Alright” as Matthew McConaughey, the Oscar-winning star of “Dallas Buyers Club”, has two big movies opening within four days of each other, on December 21 and 25. [In 2011, director Steven Spielberg also released two films, “The Adventures of Tintin” and “War Horse”, on December 21 […]
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Critics Choice Documentary Awards Nominees

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Nominations for the inaugural Critics Choice Documentary Awards have been announced. “13th”, directed by “Selma”‘s Ava DuVernay, and the sports docs “Gleason” and ESPN’s incredible “30 for 30: O.J.: Made in America” lead with five nominations each. Other high-profile documentary nominees include the inspiring “Life, Animated”, about an autistic young man whose life was changed […]
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