Thank You For Smoking and the Wouldn’t They Blow Up In An All Oxygen Environment Moment
The One-Line Summary: Smooth-talking tobacco lobbyist Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) spends all his time defending the industry on TV and classrooms,…
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Days of Thunder and the What Are You So Worried About Moment
The One-Line Summary: Former open-wheel racing champion Cole Trickle (Tom Cruise) switches gears and joins a NASCAR Winston Cup team, but his lack of…
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That Moment In Night Trap (1992): The Bathroom Attack
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Since we are nearing Halloween, I thought I would share with you one of the most shocking and controversial scenes…
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That Sneak Peek Moment in the Triple 9 Trailer
Film: Triple 9
What We Know So Far: A vicious criminal organization mixed with some equally corrupt cops become entangled with the Russian mafia, who…
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Knock Knock Review
Knock Knock is a 2015 thriller about a devoted father who helps two stranded young women become spun into a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of…
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That Moment In The Truman Show (1998): Meryl Finally Breaks
These days, in most cities and towns, avoiding being filmed is next to impossible. We are so used to it now, that we rarely give it a second thought.…
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That Sneak Peek Moment in the Hail, Caesar! Trailer
Film: Hail, Caesar!
What We Know So Far: In 1950’s Hollywood, Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) works as a ”fixer” for a major studio, struggling to keep the…
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The Martian Review
The Martian is a 2015 sci-fi adventure film about an astronaut who becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his…
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That Moment In Nymphomaniac: Volume 1 (2013): The Consequences of Joe
REVIEW: Sex in films is a strange beast. We think we want to see it, we anticipate it, we talk about it, but there is a detachment to the experience.…
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The Natural and the Whammer Strikeout Moment
The One-Line Summary: In 1923, Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) is a talented young baseball player who gets called up to the majors, traveling to Chicago…
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Korean Film Series: Pieta (2012): True Test of a Mother’s Love
The films starts with a frightful suicide scene where a man in a wheelchair with a chain wrapped around his neck is seen with the sounds of a woman's…
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CINEMA REMEMBERED: Alien and the FACE HUGGER Moment
THIS WEEK: Alien(1979) - The Nostromo, a space mining vessel, answers a distress call on a strange alien planet. They bring aboard a deadly creature…
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Soapdish and the YOU CAN NEVER KISS HER Moment
The One-Line Summary: On the long-running and popular daytime drama The Sun Also Sets, twenty year series star Celeste Talbert (Sally Field) finds…
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That Sneak Peek Moment in the James Bond Spectre Trailers
Film: Spectre
What We Know So Far: Picking up where Skyfall left off, James Bond goes on an unsanctioned hunt for man who is behind a cryptic message…
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So I Married An Axe Murderer and the Sweet Harriet Moment
The One-Line Summary: Beat Poet Charlie McKenzie (Mike Myers) won't admit his string of broken relationships has anything to do with his own fear of…
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Sicario (2015): Emily Blunt Fights A War With No Rules
In a quiet desert town in Arizona, an FBI Special Weapons and Tactics team raids a drug house nestled within a pleasant community, and after a short…
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2 Movies 1 Moment: When a Man Wearing a Dress is More Than Just For Laughs
Men dressing as women in theater is certainly nothing new as actors were exclusively male for centuries. In modern times, the sight of a man in…
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Great Character Moments: Noah Levenstein from American Pie (1999)
Character: Noah Levenstein
Actor: Eugene Levy
Film: American Pie
Role: Awkward, geeky, and genuinely good-intended father of Jim Levenstein.
Noah…
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Maze Runner – The Scorch Trials (2015): A Zombie Apocalypse Again
It won't be a surprise for anyone to learn that The Scorch Trials, the follow up to 2014's origin story, The Maze Runner, does what every sequel does…
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That Sneak Peek Moment in The Bone Tomahawk Trailer
Film: Bone Tomahawk
What We Know So Far: In the American Old West, a man’s wife is kidnapped, sending a sheriff her husband and two others out to find…
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Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015): All Flight No Bite
It can be fun to revisit characters we've all come to feel some connection with. Sequels in movies allow just that, and can be welcome but are often…
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Finding Forrester and the No Thinking Moment
The One-Line Summary: A young man named Jamal (Rob Brown) with a talent for writing befriends a reclusive and hermit-like man who is none other than…
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Korean Film Series: Hide and Seek (2013): The Horror is Real
A wealthy man named Sung-soo (Son Hyun-joo) is a happy man with a good family, living in a luxury apartment. But he has an older brother from whom…
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That Sneak Peek Moment in The Revenant Trailer
Film: The Revenant
What We Know So Far: Based on the true events of a man’s epic struggle to to stay alive and seek revenge in the then unknown North…
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The Visit Review
The Visit is a 2015 horror/thriller about two siblings who become increasingly frightened by their grandparents' disturbing behavior while visiting…
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CINEMA REMEMBERED: The Fifth Element and the KUNG-FU OPERA Moment
THIS WEEK: The Fifth Element (1998) - The future fate of humanity lies in the hands of a mysterious super-powered being (Milla Jovovich) and a cab…
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2 Movies 1 Moment: A Wild Animal in the House
We all like pets, sure. They can be a welcome addition to any home. But sometimes wild animals have a way of bringing a little outdoors indoors. In…
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Everest (2015): Missteps Along A Well-Worn Path
At one point in Everest, a member of an expedition to summit Earth's highest mountain is in great peril as a horrific storm batters the climbers and…
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Great Character Moments: Hades – Lord of the Underworld in Hercules (1997)
Character: Hades - Lord of the Underworld
Actor: James Woods (Voice)
Film: Disney's Hercules
Role: The quick-tempered, fiery brother of Zeus and…
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The Intern Review
The Intern is a 2015 comedy about an older man who takes a job as a senior intern in a company run by a feisty young woman.
There's a brief moment…
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Score Cut: Batman Begins and the You’ll Never Have To Moment
Film: Batman Begins (2005)
Composers: Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
The Moment: At the end of the film, the recently-promoted Lieutenant Gordon…
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That Moment In ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ With A Conversation On The Rocks
No one will walk into a Wes Anderson film with high expectations of experiencing "reality." His movies are works of a skewered fantasy, not…
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That Sneak Peek Moment in The Angry Birds Movie Trailer
The Film: The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
What We Know So Far: Based on the wildly popular video game puzzle series, the story is as of yet unknown, but…
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The Money Pit and the TUB THROUGH THE FLOOR Moment
The Money Pit is a 1985 comedy about a young couple who buy a beautiful house on the cheap, thinking there must be a catch. Turns out, there is.…
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That Moment in Cop Car (2015): The Sheriff Makes A Call
REVIEW: Two young and rebellious boys, Travis (James Freedson-Jackson) and Harrison (Hays Wellford) take a walk along a wide open field, with one…
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‘Breaking Away’ and the Italians Don’t Play Fair Moment
In the college town of Bloomington, Indiana, four local boys (Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley) with no plans for…
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Korean Films Series: The Shameless Review
The Shameless is a 2015 Korean film about a homicide detective who befriends a criminal's girlfriend hoping to catch him, only then falling in love…
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That Sneak Peek Moment In The Heart Of The Sea Trailers
Film: In The Heart Of The Sea
What We Know So Far: Inspired by the true events that led Herman Melville to write the literary classic, Moby Dick, In…
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Women in Film: The Power of Sex and Independence in the Enduring Legacy of Pam Grier
No conversation about strong women in film would be complete without mention of Pam Grier, the foremost iconic actress of the blaxploitation film era…
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That Sneak Peek Moment in the Shanghai Trailer
The Film: Shanghai
What We Know So Far: Released in 2010 in Asia and Europe, the North American release comes five years later and the trailer has…
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‘Seeking a Friend for the End of the World’ and the Record Spins Some Love Moment
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World is a 2012 comedy-drama about a man and a women who come together for different reasons as they face the end…
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That Moment In Slow West (2015): Jay Dreams A Bitter Truth
REVIEW: There's a quiet foreboding to Slow West that lingers in the edges of every delicious frame of this offbeat, wholly original morality tale …
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That Sneak Peek Moment in Love The Coopers Trailer
The Film: Love The Coopers
What We Know So Far: Four generations of a family attempt to get together for the Christmas holiday but as the family…
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Great Character Moments: Jimmy Malone in The Untouchables (1987)
Character: Jimmy Malone
Actor: Sean Connery
Film: The Untouchables
Role: A proud Irish-American and veteran cop in Chicago who grows tired of the…
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Consider This: Is Horror A Dirty Word in Giving A Film Acclaim?
Consider This is an editorial opinion segment featuring personal examinations and thoughts on the state of film. This week, we take a closer look the…
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Korean Film Series: Punch (2011) The Rebel and the Mentor
REVIEW: Everybody goes through a time where they eagerly look for the answer to the age-old question, “Who am I?” Many of us may even go through…
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22 Great Movies Inspired by Even Better Books
In anticipation of Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of Ernest Cline's Ready Player One, we put our heads together and came up with a list of…
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A Mighty Wind and the RECORDS HAD NO HOLES Moment
The One-Line Summary: When legendary folk music producer Irving Steinbloom passes, his children organize a televised (on public access) memorial…
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CINEMA REMEMBERED: The Crow and the WEDDING RING SHOTGUN Moment
THIS WEEK: The Crow (1994)
HOW IT STARTS: Our hero, returned from the dead to exact revenge, searches for his murdered fiancée's engagement ring.…
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Wayne’s World 2 and the BETTER ACTOR Moment
Wayne's World 2 is a 1993 comedy and sequel about best friends who try and put on a rock concert and learn a few life lessons as they go. No way. Way.
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That Moment In Twelve O’Clock High (1949): The Fight is Real
REVIEW: Seven years after the war ends, former U.S. Army Air Force officer Harvey Stovall (Dean Jagger) is vacationing in Great Britain where he…
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2 Movies 1 Moment: On a Roller Coaster
Roller coasters have long been part of movie history with their appearance in all kinds of genres. Their unique setting provides great story telling…
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Great Character Moments: Phillippe Gaston “The Mouse” from Ladyhawke (1985)
Character: Philippe Gaston, "The Mouse"
Actor: Matthew Broderick
Film: Ladyhawke
Role: A thief in the 12th century, he escapes a dungeon and is…
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That Sneak Peek Moment in The Witch Trailer
The Film: The Witch
What we know so far: A highly devout Christian family in 17th century puritanical New England decides to live isolated on the edge…
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The Pallbearer and the JULIE WALKS IN Moment
The One-Line Summary: Tom Thompson (David Schwimmer), a slow-to-get-started guy who still lives as home, gets a call to deliver the eulogy and be a…
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That Sneak Peak Moment in The Final Girls Trailer
The Film: The Final Girls
What We Know So Far: Not to be confused with Final Girl, this horror/comedy tells the story of how the daughter of an 80s…
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That Moment In Clear and Present Danger (1994): A Trade is Made
REVIEW: When a U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat intercepts a luxury yacht that has been taken over by drug runners, they discover the bodies of a wealthy…
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Coach Carter and the OUR DEEPEST FEAR Moment
Former star high school basketball player Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) takes over as head coach at Richmond, putting his players through rigorous…
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Great Character Moments: Short Round from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Character: Short Round
Actor: Jonathan Ke Quan
Film: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Role: An eleven-year-old taxi driver in Shanghai,…
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Korean Film Series: The Housemaid (2010) Love, Betrayal, and Revenge
The Housemaid is a 2010 Korean film about a man's affair with his family's housemaid that leads to dark consequences.
After divorcing and forced to…
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That Sneak Peek Moment in The Martian Trailer #2
The Film: The Martian
What We Know So Far: After a horrific storm on Mars forces the crew of a manned mission to evacuate the planet, one member is…
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CINEMA REMEMBERED: Into The Wild and The HONORABLE KILL Moment
THIS WEEK: Into the Wild (2007)
Enjoy the Moment!
HOW IT STARTS: McCandless shoots a moose, and works quickly to prepare the meat before it…
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2 Movies 1 Moment: The Last Bullet
This Week: The Last Bullet
How many times have we seen a wild gunfight come down to just the hero and the bad guy? And when the showdown comes, you…
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Great Character Moments: Benjamin “Bubba” Buford Blue from Forrest Gump (1994)
Character: Benjamin "Bubba" Buford Blue
Actor: Mykelti Williamson
Film: Forrest Gump
Role: Shrimping his whole life, Bubba, who dreams of owning…
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That Sneak Peek Moment in: Sicario Trailer 2
The Film: Sicario (2015)
What We Know So Far:
An FBI agent (Emily Blunt) is assigned to a task force to help in the fight and the war on drugs that is…
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That Moment In Patriot Games (1992): Ambush at the Bridge
REVIEW: The first sequel in the Jack Ryan series, following The Hunt For Red October, stars different actors in the leads, most notably Harrison Ford…
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Doc Hollywood and the THE RIGHT HAT Moment
The One-Line Summary: On his way from the low-paying bustle of a Washington D.C. emergency room to a high-paid job as a plastic surgeon in Hollywood,…
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Bowfinger and the JIFF GETS THE JOB Moment
The One-Line Summary: Super low-budget and down on his luck film maker Bobby Bowfinger (Steve Martin) has everything he needs to make his next film,…
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That Moment In Batman (1989): Bruce Wayne Remembers the Devil By The Pale Moonlight
Batman is a 1989 superhero film about the origins of the Caped Crusader from playboy billionaire to protector of the city.
In Gotham City, crime is…
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Great Character Moments: Amber Waves from Boogie Nights (1997)
Boogie Nights is a 1997 drama about a young man's adventures in the Californian pornography industry of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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That Sneak Peek Moment In: The Hateful Eight Trailer
FILM: Hateful Eight (2015)
What we know so far:
A Western set some time after the American Civil War, eight people take refuge in a stagecoach…
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That Moment In Rocky Balboa (2006): Keep Moving Forward
REVIEW: Rocky's first words are, "Time goes by too fast," and right away sets the necessary tone. Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) is long retired from…
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Great Character Moments: Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride (1987)
Character: Inigo Montoya
Actor: Mandy Patinkin
Film: The Princess Bride
Role: An expert in swordplay and fencing, this impassioned Spaniard is seeking…
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CINEMA REMEMBERED: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and the MOST TRIUMPHANT TIME LOOP…
THIS WEEK: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) - Two dim-witted high-schoolers travel through time, borrowing famous historical figures so…
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2 Movies 1 Moment: A Car Chase
This Week: A Car Chase
Who doesn't love a good movie car chase? From action to comedy, this is a great way to build suspense or get a laugh. From the…
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Ben-hur and the CHARIOT RACE Moment
The One-Line Summary: Judah Ben-hur (Charlton Heston) is at first happy that his long time friend Messala (Stephen Boyd) has been named as the…
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Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Watch High Fidelity (2000)
Rob Gordon (John Cusask) loves music. He also loves women. He takes care of his music at a classic records store called Championship Vinyl. He takes…
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Brothers (2009) and the DO YOU KNOW WHAT I DID Moment
The One-Line Summary: After U.S. Marine Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire), thought shot down and killed in action over Afghanistan, comes home after being…
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Great Character Moments: Ellis Boyd ‘Red’ Redding from The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Character: Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding
Actor: Morgan Freeman
Film: The Shawshank Redemption
Role: A convicted murderer sent to prison in Shawshank in…
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That Moment In Rocky V (1990): You Beat ‘Em With Heart
REVIEW: As with every sequel in the series, the beginning is the previous film's end. In flashback, we watch as Rocky (Stallone) comes from behind…
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22 Revealing Movie Moments When Someone Used a Mirror (with a bonus)
As a storytelling device, mirrors are a great way to add some depth and dimension to any genre. They act as portals to other worlds, tools to…
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FREEZE THAT FRAME: Pandolfin Sweeps The Board in Searching for Bobby Fischer
Searching for Bobby Fischer is a 1993 biographical drama about a boy chess prodigy torn between the influences of the adults around him.
Young Josh…
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Darkman and the PINK ELEPHANT Moment
The One-Line Summary: Scientist Payton Westlake (Liam Neeson) develops an artificial skin that degrades after 99 minutes in light but sustains in…
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That Moment In Rocky IV (1985): You Know What you Have To Do
REVIEW: As is the tradition for this series, we begin in the past recapping the last fight from the previous entry, though there's a slight twist.…
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The Nutty Professor (1996) and the GIVE HIM HOT LOVELY RELATIONS Moment
The One-Line Summary: Lovable and happy Sherman Klump (Eddie Murphy) is a morbidly obese university professor and scientific researcher who falls in…
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Podcast Special Episode Part 2: Let’s Talk Leo DiCaprio with ParPar
It's Part 2 of our actor spotlight on Leonardo DiCaprio. Join David and special guest Parpar from parparv.com as they continue their discussion on one…
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That Moment In Rocky III (1983): Let The Fear Go
REVIEW: Like the previous entry in the series, Rocky III begins in the ring, with a recap of the last fight. It's the rematch between current…
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CINEMA REMEMBERED: Inglorious Basterds and the “WAIT FOR THE CREAM” Moment
THIS WEEK: Inglorious Basterds (2009). Several story-lines culminate around an assassination attempt on Adolph Hitler, including vengeful American…
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2 Movies 1 Moment: A Kiss in the Rain
This Week: A Kiss in the Rain
Perhaps the most common romance cliché in movies, the kiss in the rain is still a great way to show passion between two…
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That Moment In The Skeleton Twins (2014): Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now
REVIEW: One might think from the cast that this is a comedy, and while there are some funny moments, "comedy" would be just about the last word one…
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Starship Troopers and the DO YOU WANT TO LIVE FOREVER Moment
In the near future, after humans begin colonizing other planets, a race of "bugs" called the Arachnids on the planet Klendathu stage an attack on…
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Poster Picks: Film Versus Marketing with Goldfinger and the Golden Girl
Based on Ian Flemming's Mi-6 secret agent book of the same name, Goldfinger is the third Bond film with Sean Connery in the lead and the one that put…
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the CHILDCATCHER Moment
The One-Line Summary: When a race car at the beginning of the 20th Century has its last race, it's left for scrap and ends up with an…
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That Moment In Rocky II (1979): Adrian Motivates Rocky
REVIEW: The first follow-up to Rocky, Part 2 begins in the ring recapping the final fight from the original. In the squared circle…
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Deliverance and the WE’RE LOST Moment
The One-Line Summary: Four businessmen from Atlanta, Lewis Medlock (Burt Reynolds), Ed Gentry (Jon Voight), Bobby Trippe (Ned Beatty) and Drew…
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Women in Film: Dark Places (2015): Latest Female-lead Psychological Thriller
Dark Places is the latest movie to fall within the increasingly popular female-driven psychological thriller genre, a genre that has taken a few…
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That Moment In Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation: A Night at the Opera
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation is an action adventure, spy film, the fifth in in the film franchise, and the second highest grossing in the…
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Do The Right Thing and the TRASH CAN Moment
The One-Line Summary: In the culturally diverse neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, on a blisteringly hot summer day, a pizza-delivery boy…
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That Moment In Rocky (1976): Rocky Asks For Help
REVIEW: Rocky Balboa (Stallone) is a low-grade amateur boxer fighting under the name "The Italian Stallion" getting scraps for a couple…
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Dirty Harry and DO YOU FEEL LUCKY? Moment
The One-Line Summary: When a deranged serial killer threatens to murder one person every day unless he is given $100,000 in ransom, the San Francisco…
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