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Time constraints prevent from taking an in-depth look at this hefty new set from the Criterion Collection, but even the basic details should pique the interest of most film buffs. The early days of B
Hello Wisconsin! I can’t vouch for the other seven seasons, but “That ‘70s Show: Season 1” is the best TV show I’ve seen that didn’t crack the Nielsen Top 30. It’s laugh-out-loud funny, the charact
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“I expected it to be more about animals.” My wife said it, but we were all thinking it. Though the family agreed that “We Bought a Zoo” was a solid film, it also felt like a California version of “Th
“Nobody’s been through what we’ve been through . . . not since the San Francisco earthquake.” “Everyone in this frickin’ city is on painkillers or booze.” “Depressed? Angry? Anxious? Aren’t we all.”
No, it's not a music video of the old Steppenwolf song. "Born to Be Wild" is a brief (forty-one minute), 2011 nature study, primarily intended for youngsters and originally shot and released for theat
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