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I’ve given History channel grief over recent years for producing shows that are less and less connected with actual history, so credit where due: Hatfields & McCoys, the miniseries that debuted last night, is at least on-brand. It’s also, in a meta sense, evocative of a long-simmering family feud in itself: relentless, seemingly endless, …
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If my blog-editing interface is correct, and I assume that it’s better at math than I am, then this is my 5,000th Tuned In post since I started blogging in fall 2005. I’m not generally big on milestones, but I’m given a running …
Highlights include Dolly Parton singing for Emily Maynard and one omelet named Shelly
Oren Peli, the creator of Paranormal Activity, signs his name to a boilerplate, low-budget horror film where the “more-suspense, less-gore” formula comes up short
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SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, gather your closest friends for some wine and nightshade, raise the drawbridge and watch last night’s Game of Thrones.
“Some of those boys will never come back.” “Joffrey will. The …
During Mad Men‘s early seasons, the catalyst that drove the narrative was the mystery of Don’s identity. As we got to know the characters, their respective development was front and center, but what really drove the show, what we …
The revival of a Will Smith franchise slips past the Marvel men
Michael Haneke’s quietly magnificent story of love on the brink of death takes the top prize, while seven American films oozing with star quality get no love at all
On the Festival’s final day, we consider films from the U.S., the U.K., Romania, Denmark and France
He worked and played with Orson Welles, Charlie Chaplin, Jean Renoir, Elia Kazan, Bertolt Brecht — and at a vital 97, he gave the best show at Cannes 2012
The Twilight star plays a young billionaire on a crosstown death ride in David Cronenberg’s bland denunciation of wretched excess
The tweens’ dreamboat gets down and dirty in this lurid, racially charged melodrama
On May 25, 1977, Star Wars hit movie screens. TIME takes a fond look back at George Lucas’ little science-fantasy project.
