Evaluating Summer 2012's Big Sequels: What's Worth Seeing?

Source: Spin

Does "Give them the same, only more" still rule the day? Every year around this time you start to hear critics and bloggers complaining about the surfeit of Hollywood sequels and the industry's overall lac ...
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Next Season's Big Trends

Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer

Get those season passes ready. The networks have announced 39 new series for 2012-2013, spanning virtually every kind of drama (procedurals, serials, thrillers) and comedy (family, workplace, romantic). And while new X Factor judges Britney Spears and De ...
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Free Falling

Source: BlogHer

Here is who falls down flights of stairs: (Just so we're clear, I use "falls" in a general way to cover, "intentionally falling down a short flight of circus stairs in order to get laughs from children," "being thrown down dark stairway ...
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Summer's here, and so is Urban Dread

Source: Ventura County Star

The reggae band will perform 5:30-9 p.m. today at Padri's Martini Bar, 29002 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills (818-865-3700), and 6-9:30 p.m. Wednesday at Bogie's, 32001 Agoura Road, Westlake Village (818-889-2393) ...
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Original Ent. seeks passage to India

Source: Variety

CANNES -- A company looking to bridge the gap between Bollywood and Hollywood is being launched in Cannes by Canadian-Indian showbiz entrepreneur Daljit (DJ) Parmar who has teamed with U.S. producer Hunt Lowry ("Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood ...
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Thrills and chills

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Baby, it’s cold outside - but the city's entertainment is starting to heat up. Follow our guide to enjoy the best of it from June to August. Music If you thought winter was going to stop the finest artists on the planet ...
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Movie Review: The Avengers

Source: BlogHer

Crash, bang, boom. Ah, but crash, bang, boom in IMAX 3D. It is enough to bring a smile of wonderment and excitement to the inner comic clutching child in all of us. Nothing profound here, just the empty calori ...
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Superhero sagas lead huge summer lineup

Source: Lowell Sun Online

fairy tale, as the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods becomes her protector instead. Opens June 1. It's your summer at the movies, superhero fans. No less than three high-budget flicks starring your favorite comic book heroes blaze t ...
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Leisure Life: Coming to a theater near you this summer: action for all ages

Source: Abilene Reporter News

Iron Man, Spider-Man, Batman and the battleship from the 1960s board game are the summer's most prominent movie characters. Summer 2012, like all summers, will be filled with popcorn movies. But it also will ...
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