It had been two weeks and three days since my second vaccine shot and 429 days since I’d been to the movies when I walked back into the old, familiar lobby of the Coolidge Corner Theatre on Thursday night for its reopening. Things look a little different now than they […]
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Shop with an app, watch movies with an app. Why not sell your home with an app, too?
Brian Westerman, a 38-year-old app developer for the live events industry, took a pay cut last year as music shows and other events came to standstill during the pandemic. Then in October, tenants at his rental property, a four-bedroom, three-bath, 2,400-square-foot home in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, decided to move out, […]
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How To Watch The Oscars 2021And Oscar Winning Movies
Following on from the multiple culture calendar rescheduling due to Covid-19, this year’s awards season is set to culminate with the 2021 Oscars ceremony this weekend. The ceremony for the 93rd Academy Awards will take place on April 25 in the US, airing live on ABC at 8pm and midnight […]
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How Movies like ‘The Father’ Helped Me Understand My Mother’s Alzheimer’s
My mother was the reason I initially resisted “The Father.” The new film stars Anthony Hopkins as a man struggling against the effects of dementia. That synopsis was enough to trip my avoidance instinct, despite the time that has passed since my mom’s death, on Feb. 18, 2017, at age […]
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Must-See Movies From The 2021 Sundance Film Festival
The masses couldn’t go to Utah for this year’s Sundance Film Festival, so Sundance went to the masses. What is normally an 11-day frenzy became a virtual one-week symposium with an abbreviated lineup and far less Hollywood glitz. Anyone could buy tickets and watch the movies from home, democratizing an […]
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LG 8K TV Review: Best 8K TV of 2021 for Movies, Streaming, Live Sports
Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links; the retailer may also receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. If you’ve been spending as much time staying at home as I have this year, you’ll know how […]
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Make the yuletide gay: TV’s gay Christmas movies are as benign, charming and cliche as we always hoped they’d be
In olden times, the people behind the so-called gay agenda wanted nothing more than what everyone else already had: marriage, kids, suburban bliss, job security and equal access to all the benignly merry things in life. Some in the LGBTQ+ sphere fretted that this wish list, once granted, strips away […]
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Why We Love Bad Christmas Movies
“Twinkle All The Way.” “Jingle Bell Bride.” “Merry Kissmass.” “The Christmas Prince.” Year after year, networks like Hallmark and Lifetime ― and now even streaming services like Netflix ― inundate us with a slew of terribly cheesy holiday movies (with inane titles to match). And year after year, we eat […]
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31 of the most popular movies of the year, ranked from worst to best
‘Mulan,’ ‘Tenet,’ and ‘Emma.’ were released in 2020. Released in theatres and online, the most talked-about films of the year include horror flicks, action blockbusters, and intimate dramas. Popular films like “Miss Juneteenth,” “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” and “Da 5 Bloods” earned overwhelming critical praise. Other big films […]
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Why The Turtles Reboot Needs To Parody Superhero Movies
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles began as a parody of superheroes, which should be revisited in the upcoming Seth Rogen-produced movie reboot. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will star in a new, Seth Rogen-produced animated theatrical reboot in the not-too-distant future, which should set itself apart from other TMNT adaptations by […]
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The 75 best horror movies of all time for Hallowe’en
It’s been written off as a simple, sadistic slice of “torture porn” – and, in fairness to this viewpoint, the film’s (seemingly endless) string of sequels have certainly gone all-out when it game to the elaborate gore. But don’t be too quick to dismiss the movie that kicked it all […]
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The Best Scary Movies Streaming on Netflix
Creep: Probably the best addition to the genre of found footage horror in the past fifteen years–excluding the superior Creep 2 of course—Creep wears its concept on its title, telling the story of a truly disturbing serial killer and the man he’s chosen to be his next victim. Creep 2: […]
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A night at the movies, with restrictions: Yakima Valley movie theaters prepare to reopen | Local
On Wednesday, Daniel Fredrickson changed the marquee of Grand Cinemas from “closed” to “reopening soon.” After closing in March because of coronavirus stay-at-home orders, the Sunnyside movie theater is preparing to reopen. When moviegoers return, they will see changes, such as plexiglass barriers at the concession stands. “We’re working hard […]
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The 20 best new movies to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and HBO
While release dates and production schedules may be delayed, online streaming services haven’t been affected, luckily. That said, there’s no time like the present to catch up on your movie list. To help you sort the wheat from the chaff, we’ve rounded up some of the better new releases on […]
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15 out-of-place items that fans have spotted in movies and TV shows
Chances are there weren’t any coffee shops in Westeros. HBO On an episode of the final season of the HBO series “Game of Thrones,” someone forgot to remove a modern-day, to-go coffee cup from the set before the director called action on a post-war dinner scene. The cup was next […]
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The Best High School Movies to Make You Feel All the Nostalgic Feels
Photo credit: Abby Silverman From Cosmopolitan From football games to lunchroom fights to ruthless competition for the title of prom king or queen, high school is filled with enough angst and Hollywood-level theatrics to keep things interesting year after year—and movie after movie. Who doesn’t love watching a coming-of-age melodrama […]