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How ‘The Finest Hours’ Honors America at Its Best
It’s the kind of selfless spirit producer Jim Whitaker hoped to capture in “The Finest Hours,” the epic retelling of…
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HiT Rewind: ‘Boogie Nights’ (1997)
What makes “Boogie Nights” different is, of course, is the porn industry backdrop. More specifically, the porn world of the late…
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‘Seinfeld’ Scribe: Why Jerry Never Got on a Soapbox
“Seinfeld” writer Peter Mehlman is perhaps the leader of that elite group. He created such classic terms as “Yada Yada”…
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Director Brings Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ Back from the Grave
The director’s “Frankenstein,” screening Feb. 1 at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Littleton, updates the story’s setting to modern-day Los Angeles.…
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Kyle Cease: From Cutup to Cutting-Edge Speaker
After all, he had a nonstop schedule of high-paying college gigs. His Comedy Central specials turned into best-selling DVDs. His…
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Should You Try These New Streaming Channels?
We’ve already seen HBO, Showtime and CBS leap into the streaming space. Now, a trio of streaming channels hope to pry…
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‘Burnt’ Lacks Fire, Not Tasty Ingredients
The subject is Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper), an ex-wunderkind of the Paris kitchen scene who fell off the grid when…
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Pop Culture Confessions: 5 Great Movies About Hollywood
He kept a bottle of vodka in his desk drawer and by the time his afternoon classes rolled around he’d…
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5 Times Hollywood Helped Hillary Clinton (So Far)
This week we learned that a documentary on disgraced politician Anthony Weiner lacks the “red meat” scenes painting Clinton’s campaign in…
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Movie Critic Confessions: Film’s Other Diversity Problem
Just don’t expect many people to so much as bring up the subject. After all, discussions about the industry’s diversity imbalance rarely touch…
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