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Hollywood Trash Heap: Mommie Dearest (1981)

Hollywood Trash Heap: Mommie Dearest (1981)

Nicholas L. Honeck November 10, 2011 1

How do you get back at your mother after a lifetime of physical and verbal abuse? Well, if you are Christina Crawford, daughter of Hollywood royalty Joan Crawford, you write a book about your

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Hollywood Trash Heap: Can’t Stop the Music (1980)

Hollywood Trash Heap: Can’t Stop the Music (1980)

Nicholas L. Honeck November 4, 2011 0

If any proof was needed that public sentiment had turned against disco, it came in the form of Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Ill. on July 12, 1979. The brainchild of

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Movie Reveiw: ‘The Rum Diary’

Movie Reveiw: ‘The Rum Diary’

Nicholas L. Honeck November 1, 2011 0

What made Hunter S. Thompson such a brilliant writer was his ability to make non-fiction feel fabulously artificial and fiction feel plausibly real. Thompson’s toy was reality, and he treated it with a playfulness

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New Release Date & Director for ‘Thor 2′

New Release Date & Director for ‘Thor 2′

Zak Grim October 13, 2011 1

Update: Marvel Studios just announced that Patty Jenkins has been confirmed as the director of Thor 2. Jenkins is best known for directing Charlize Theron in the Oscar winning Monster and directing the pilot episode

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First ‘Avengers’ Theatrical Trailer Hits the Web

First ‘Avengers’ Theatrical Trailer Hits the Web

Zak Grim October 11, 2011 0

The time is almost here, just over seven months away from the biggest movie in the history of superhero/comic book movies. Marvel has been building up to The Avengers for nearly four years, and across

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Weekend Box Office Report: Oct. 7-9, 2011

Weekend Box Office Report: Oct. 7-9, 2011

Zak Grim October 10, 2011 0

Another week, another box office report. Hugh Jackman’s Real Steel, a sci-fi take on Rocky, won the weekend totaling more than $27 million. The highly touted The Ides of March, starring George Clooney and Ryan Gosling,

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Netflix kills off ‘Qwikster’

Netflix kills off ‘Qwikster’

Zak Grim October 10, 2011 0

You remember that July morning when Netflix upset nearly all of its customer base when they announced their new pricing model via their blog? If you remember that, then you remember the September blog post where CEO

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