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Josh Lasser is a freelance entertainment reporter/critic. His work has appeared in print, online, and perhaps one day in book form.
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Taking a Trip on Air Force One
Whether flying through hyperspace, cracking whips, or just desperately trying to remember who he is, Harrison Ford has created a plethora of memorable characters in truly outstanding films over the course of his Hollywood career. In 1997, Ford got the… Read More ›
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Glory not Glorious on Blu-ray
With 1989's Glory, director Edward Zwick, working with a screenplay by Kevin Jarre (which was based on two different books) and the letters of a Civil War colonel, created an incredibly memorable look at the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts. The… Read More ›
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TNT Gets Ready for Summer with more Original Programming
This summer TNT will once again be airing new episodes of multiple original series. Their slate is a combination of new shows and returning ones. Even better than that though, most of the series are good fun to watch. Their… Read More ›
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Bruce Campbell on Burn Notice
On June 4, USA's Burn Notice will begin its third season. The premiere episode is a straight continuation of the second season finale, picking up with burned spy Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) swimming the Atlantic after getting dropped out of… Read More ›
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Final Fantasy VII: Advent Church Complete – Beautiful and yet Utterly Confusing
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete is at the same time blindingly brilliant and horrendously dull. The computer animated spectacle — and make no mistake, it is a spectacle — takes place two years after the events that occurred in… Read More ›
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Conan Premieres on The Tonight Show
After numerous years of Jay Leno, whose departure from The Tonight Show has been well chronicled, as will his new NBC primetime program, last night marked the first Tonight Show of a new era. Tonight, The Tonight Show with Conan… Read More ›
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I Guess, Hypothetically, It Could Happen to You
Currently running before many a film in theaters is a series of ads reminding people to not talk on the phone (or text) during a film. Of course, the ads don't start out there, they start out by showing the… Read More ›
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The Torchwood: Children of Earth Trailer is Here!
As promised yesterday, we have more news from the Whoniverse today — coming this July to BBC America is the oh-so-long awaited (by me anyway) Torchwood: Children of Earth. The miniseries-esque event will air over the course of five evenings… Read More ›
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Tequila that does the Hibiscus Hula
There is an episode of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse where Mickey, Minnie, and company search for the ever-elusive hula hibiscus. The magical flower, it appears, only blooms once in a great while and Minnie desperately wants to take a picture of… Read More ›
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David Tennant and Doctor Who Heading to BBC America
Doctor Who fans rejoice! Well, rejoice if you have BBC America anyway. Today, BBC America announced that they will be the first network in the U.S. to air five new Doctor Who specials in the United States, including David Tennant's… Read More ›
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Roxanne hits Blu-ray… Does Blu-ray hit Back?
What can be said about a movie which takes a famous love story and completely updates it for modern times, creating a new, yet utterly classic tale. Steve Martin's 1987 classic, Roxanne, which has just been released to Blu-ray, not… Read More ›
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Seabiscuit Goes for the Blu(-ray)
What can one say about a movie that does almost everything absolutely brilliantly, but fails to deliver where it counts the most? Should the film be looked at as a success for succeeding almost perfectly or as a failure for… Read More ›
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Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection Boldly Goes onto Blu-ray
From the lofty heights of The Wrath of Khan to the abysmal depths of The Final Frontier, Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection spans an entire galaxy of quality, but to only look at the films on that level is… Read More ›
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Leading the Resistance: The Attempt to Save Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
And so it begins again: this past week the television networks revealed their fall schedules, and what was once merely well-founded speculation — that Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles would be cancelled — became fact. Combine that with the fact… Read More ›
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Wayne Allwine, Mickey’s Voice for Thirty Years, Passes Away
You may never have heard his name, you may never have seen his face, but you have unquestionably heard his voice. On May 18th, Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse for over 30 years, passed away from complications related… Read More ›
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The CW Abandons Comedy in Their Fall 2009 Schedule
Just as ABC’s new Wednesday night lineup indicates that network’s belief that the sitcom is alive and well, The CW’s new fall lineup indicates the weblet’s belief that it is dead, or, at the very least, that they can’t launch… Read More ›
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Classic Disney Shorts Come to DVD
There is a certain joy in watching animated shorts, particularly classic ones. They speak of days gone by and, when done right, reflect and recall a world they may never have existed buy for which we certainly long. Perhaps no… Read More ›
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CBS’ 2009 Primetime Schedule: Why Not? After All, Ladies Love Cool James
CBS continued the upfront parade today, announcing their new fall lineup which will include three new dramas, one new to the network, and one new comedy. The network also has two new dramas hanging around for midseason and a couple… Read More ›
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NBC’s 2009-2010 Primetime Lineup – Anyone for some Leno?
NBC had already announced much of its programming for this fall heading into today’s scheduling announcement, but today the picture did get a little more clear. For instance, rumored to be on the chopping block My Name is Earl did… Read More ›
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ABC Brings Back the Funny this Fall
Today ABC announced its new lineup for the fall 2009-2010 season. The network also announced that after two seasons Samantha Who? will not be returning. However, fans of comedy neat not fear, the network is launching a new two-hour Wednesday… Read More ›
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