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16 Feb

How Director John Carpenter Found His Second Career

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John Carpenter launched his career as a filmmaker in 1974 with the micro-budget sci-fi parody, Dark Star, and completed it, for all intents and purposes, in 2010 with his last full-length directorial effort to date, The Ward. But in between, the New York-born Carpenter created some of the most legendary cult classics of all time, including Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), Halloween (1978), The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981), The Thing (1982), Prince of Darkness (1987), and They Live (1988). In addition to directing and writing, Carpenter—the son of a music professor—has composed or co-composed the scores for…

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03 Dec

Batman/Catwoman Brings Back a Second Villain from The Animated Series

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This Batman article contains spoilers. Batman/Catwoman, the long-awaited follow-up to Tom King’s 85-issue run on Batman, has finally hit your LCS with a first issue that packs quite a punch. True to the book’s marketing, Bat/Cat #1 positions the maxi-series as a true sequel to Mask of the Phantasm, arguably the best Batman movie ever made. The book features the return of Andrea Beaumont, Bruce’s first true love who was later revealed to be the killer vigilante the Phantasm. Bruce thought she was dead after all these years but Bat/Cat quickly moves past the impact of this surprise reunion and…

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22 Oct

Link Tank: How the Nintendo Power Glove Found a Second Life

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The Nintendo Power Glove may have been a commercial dud, but its technical innovations changed the gaming industry. “The Power Glove was not a failure. Sure, the licensed accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System from 1989 remains an infamous piece of retro tech — a game controller made into a right-hand glove, as if an Apple keyboard were stitched to an oven mitt — and was sold at retail for less than a year. But it still made money for those who invested in it, and its technical innovations paved the way for the next 30 years of gaming.” Read…

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25 Sep

Secret Society of Second Born Royals

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Secret Society of Second-Born Royals follows Sam, a teenage royal rebel second in line to the throne of the kingdom of Illyria. Just as Sam's disinterest in the royal way of life is at an all-time high, she discovers she has super-human abilities and is invited to join a secret society of similar extraordinary second-born royals charged with keeping the world safe. With guidance from their Secret Society instructor James, Sam and a new class of royal recruits must first learn to harness their new powers at a top-secret training camp before they can save the world.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date:…

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02 Jul

The 100 Season 7: Bill Cadogan & Second Dawn Explained

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This The 100 article contains major spoilers for Season 7, Episode 7. How the hell is Bill Cadogan on Bardo, you and Clarke (in the promo for next week’s The 100 prequel series backdoor pilot) may ask? Well, it’s no doubt a long story that we shall be told in next week’s episode, but it seems to involve a cryopod, the Disciples, and a trip through the Anomaly. But before we launch into theories around that, a quick recap: Who is William “Bill” Cadogan again? Who is Bill Cadogan? “From the ashes, through the Bridge, the shepherd will rise.” Bill…

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04 Feb

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part

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The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, reunites the heroes of Bricksburg in an all new action-packed adventure to save their beloved city. It?s been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are now facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO. invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than it can be rebuilt. The battle to defeat the invaders and restore harmony to the LEGO universe will take Emmet (Chris Pratt), Lucy (Elizabeth Banks), Batman (Will Arnett) and their friends to faraway, unexplored worlds, including a strange galaxy where everything is a musical. It will test their courage,…

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20 Dec

Second Act

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Second Act is a comedy in the vein of Working Girl and Maid In Manhattan. Jennifer Lopez stars as Maya, a 40-year-old woman struggling with frustrations from unfulfilled dreams. Until, that is, she gets the chance to prove to Madison Avenue that street smarts are as valuable as book smarts, and that it is never too late for a Second Act. Rated: PG-13Release Date: Dec 21, 2018

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09 Apr

Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In: The Complete Second Season

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Recommended The Show: Last year, Time-Life released a complete series box set of the classic neo-vaudeville comedy series, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (DVD Talk has a review right here). Now, Time-Life is breaking down the big box into season sets; seasons 1 through 3 are currently available, with season four due in May. Up for discussion currently is the show's second season, which originally ran from September 16, 1968, to March 31, 1969.Hosted by nightclub comics Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, Laugh-In is an unusual hybrid of old-style showbiz and (then-)modern sensibilities. Sort of a sketch show, sort of a…

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31 Dec

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: The Complete Second Season

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Recommended In 10 Words or LessRebecca got Josh--now what?Reviewer's Bias*Loves: musicals, surreal comedyLikes: Rachel BloomDislikes: girl dramaHates: How awful Rebecca is to her friendsThe Story So Far...Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom) saw her camp crush Josh Chan (Vincent Rodriguez III) on the streets of New York one day, and it was enough to prompt her to ditch her high-paying job as an attorney and fly across the country to re-settle in West Covina, California...which just so happened to be where Josh lives--with his yoga-teaching girlfriend Valencia (Gabrielle Ruiz.) Rebecca set down roots in this small city--much to the chagrin of her…

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16 Sep

IT Looks Like It’ll Have A Monster Second Weekend

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IT is about to dominate the box office for a second weekend. Go ahead, get excited. IT is about to dominate the box office for a second weekend. Go ahead, get excited. Source from..

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