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Game of Thrones Explained: Welcome to the Main Event
HBO There’s a moment in “Hardhome,” the electric eighth episode of Game of Thrones season 5, in which the usually silky score by composer Ramin…
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33 Things We Learned From Benson & Moorhead’s Spring Commentary
2012’s Resolution caught the attention of genre fans with its smartly layered script and story that evolves in darkly curious directions, and it marked the…
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‘Limelight’ and the Exile of Charlie Chaplin
In honor of The Criterion Collection’s special edition Blu-ray of ‘Limelight,’ we look back at the 1952 film and how its initial release coincided with Chaplin’s banishment from America.
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12 Movies to Watch After You See San Andreas
This week’s big movie pits The Rock against an earthquake, which sounds like a WWE match that never happened between Dwayne Johnson and John Tenta…
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26 New Movies to Watch at Home on Blu-ray/DVD This Week
Welcome back to This Week In Discs! If you see something you like, click on the title to buy it from Amazon. Island of Death Christopher and Celia…
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6 Filmmaking Tips From Brad Bird
Brad Bird cares about character development. He sets and specifies narrative stakes. He’s dedicated to meticulous world-building. He is amongst a steadily diminishing class of…
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Game of Thrones Explained: It Seemed Like a Good Plan at the Time
HBO After last week’s controversial and clunky episode, Game of Thrones returned this week for “The Gift,” an episode that reminded us that sometimes every…
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50 Things We Learned From The Rundown Commentary With Peter Berg and The Rock
Universal Pictures Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s latest film hits theaters this Friday, but before we see him punch an earthquake into submission I decided to…
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12 Movies to Watch After You See Tomorrowland
Disney Enterprises This week I want to assume you’ve already seen Back to the Future Part II. Given the year that we’re living in and…