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Eddie Redmayne Becomes Stephen Hawking in 'The Theory of Everything' Trailer
Next stop on the biopic express: Stephen Hawking. "The Theory of Everything" is set to be released on November 7. The film was directed by Academy Award-winning documentarian James Marsh ("Man on Wire") and stars...
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Steven Soderbergh's 'The Knick' Premieres Friday on Cinemax
Director/writer/producer/Dean Pelton lookalike Steven Soderbergh's last foray into television, HBO's TV movie Behind the Candelabra , went well. Like, 11-Emmys-and-two-Golden Globes well. So it was both unsurprising and glee-inducing when he announced in May of...
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'Chef' Review: Jon Favreau's Delicious Return to the Small Movie
J on Favreau’s Chef is something of a unicorn: a very modern, non-sci-fi, small(ish) movie. That last bit takes the director-writer-producer-star back to the earliest days of his popular career, when his low-budget flicks Swingers...
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Game of Thrones - ‘The Watchers on the Wall’: Not a bleedin’ poet
Brought to you by our friends at Talk Thrones . What did “The Watchers on the Wall”, the ninth and penultimate installment of this fourth season of Game of Thrones, give its viewers? Some obvious...
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Game of Thrones - ‘The Mountain and the Viper’: A smashing success
Brought to you by our friends at Talk Thrones . When any kind of scuffle goes down in Westeros, it’s safest to bet that everyone involved is going to die. Last night, Game of Thrones’...
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Game of Thrones - ‘Mockingbird’: This is the story of a champion
Brought to you by our friends at Talk Thrones . When Game of Thrones first took over our DVRs, it was marked by its gleefully impatient execution of the story’s plot, an intolerance for putting...
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Game of Thrones - ‘The Laws of Gods and Men’ : The monster you think I am
Brought to you by our friends at Talk Thrones . What Westerosi cultural and karmic lesson was most reinforced in “The Laws of Gods and Men”, the sixth episode of this fourth season of Game...
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Game of Thrones: ‘First of His Name’ Recap: Hodor SMASH!
Brought to you by our friends at Talk Thrones . “First of His Name” featured two big breaks: one of some shocking news that rewrites the audience’s understanding of the actions that set the series’...
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Game of Thrones - ‘Oathkeeper’ Recap: Loyal to death
Brought to you by our friends at Talk Thrones . There are so many forms of capital in Game of Thrones. Whether it be the traditional form, of which the Lannisters have plenty, or certain...
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Game of Thrones - ‘Breaker of Chains’ Recap: We’re All Liars Here
Brought to you by our friends at Talk Thrones . At the core of Game of Thrones, behind the dragons, the sex, the violence, the cruelty, the accents, the sex again, and CGI, the series...
