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Against a blindingly white background, a man stands alone. Clad in a sky-blue suit and sporting technicolor makeup, the figure ...
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By Shawn Bourdo |
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Before heading out to brave the sales-hunting crowds or shopping from the comfort of the Internet, some of us thought ...
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The following entries were written simultaneously by Shawn and Kim as a summary of the one and only season of ...
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By Shawn Bourdo |
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By Shawn Bourdo |
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Steven Yeun as Glenn Rhee - The Walking Dead _ Season 6, Episode 7 - Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC In ...
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By Cinema Sentries |
Leonard Nimoy died on February 27 due to complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which he claimed was due ...
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By Darcy Staniforth |
Part of the reason I tend to review a lot of documentaries for Cinema Sentries because I know, on a ...
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When the Academy Award nominations are revealed in just a few hours, the final stage of marketing/recognizing films and filmmakers ...
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September 27, 2014 was the last airing of the CW's Saturday morning cartoon line-up, known in its final iteration as ...
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By Cinema Sentries |
As news of Robin Williams' death at the age of 63 broke across the media landscape, there was a slow ...
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By Shawn Bourdo |
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By Cinema Sentries |
Over the past 30 years, few actors have been as big a movie star as Tom Cruise has. With his ...
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By Cinema Sentries |
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By Cinema Sentries |
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By Cinema Sentries |
Even before the advent of sound, movies had live accompaniment as they played in theaters. That's because music's intrinsic ability ...
Read More Most Anticipated Movies of Summer 2014
By Cinema Sentries |
While the calendar says different, movie-goers know the first weekend of May is when summer begins. Over four months, Hollywood ...
Read More My Top Picks for the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival
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Each year when the schedule for the TCM Classic Film Festival is posted, I feel equal levels of excitement and ...
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Although summer officially ends on September 21, for movie fans, summer ends Labor Day. Hollywood blockbusters fade from the multiplex ...
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Joining in the award-season festivities, we here at the site wanted to mention a few of our favorites from 2012. ...
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By Cinema Sentries |
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James Bond films are known for many things, especially the gadgets, the girls, and the music. John Barry's "James Bond ...
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I know that seems an odd statement coming from a website that revels in movies, but that was my immediate ...
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You never know where inspiration is going to come from. Earlier in the month before he began contributing to the ...
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Written by Staff Sentry Greg Barbrick reviewed the book Reel Culture where author Mimi O’Connor chose “50 films you should ...
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Written by Amanda Salazar Max Naylor: Hi everybody. I’d like you to meet Amanda. She’s a programmer from an independent ...
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