There’s art, there’s entertainment — and then there’s “content,” the catch-all term that refers to the endless supply of stuff that is pumped out in the name of numbers and inventory. Art enlightens. Entertainment provides escapism. Content is simply there, clogging up the arteries of streaming services and clickbait sites, …
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Heavy is the hand that carries the red, white, and blue shield. As you all remember from the end of Avengers: Endgame — and from diligently perusing the perpetually in-progress timeline one needs to maintain in order to keep up with the Marvel Cinematic Universe — Sam Wilson, formerly known …
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She lived through what newspapers dubbed “The Texas Porn Star Massacre,” a long, dark, Type O-splattered night of the soul that left her fellow purveyors of quality adult entertainment outlined in chalk. Now Maxine Miller — better known by her stage name Maxine Minx — must endure an environment so …
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Some 45 years ago, the Cannes Film Festival invited Francis Ford Coppola to bring his latest project to the French Riviera for a special “work-in-progress” screening. The movie’s production had already achieved a mythic status as an example of Murphy’s Law made manifest, from last-minute actor replacements to monsoons to …
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Stop me if you think that you’ve heard this one before: Some criminals abduct a rich guy’s child and demand a hefty sum to give the youngster back. The “victim” then proceeds to make life hell for the kidnappers. It’s more or less the plot of The Ransom of Red …
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THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of The Mandalorian, “The Return.” A funny thing happens in the last 10 minutes of The Mandalorian Season Three: Din Djarin seems to be the central character again. Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, and company spent much of this season treating the show’s …
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