It was with the third film that the Karate Kid franchise really lost its way. The 1984 original is a classic underdog sports movie/coming-of-age tale about bullied teen Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) learning to defend himself with the help of wise old handyman Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita). The Karate Kid …
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Tensions are high in the new trailer for Cobra Kai Season Three, airing on Netflix in January. Occurring 30 years after the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, the trailer picks up with the high school fight between the dojos, as Miguel (Xolo Maridueña) takes a brutal fall and lands in …
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Netflix has released a mysterious teaser forDeath to 2020, a “comedy event” from the creators ofthe popular British dystopian sci-fi anthologyBlack Mirror. Although the trailer gives little info on the plot ofDeath to 2020 — other than it’s centered around how terrible this year was — the documentary-style special boasts …
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There have been few dramatic performances in an episode of television that are as good as what Glynn Turman did late in the first season of In Treatment. There has likely not been a better one. In a 2008 episode of the HBO psychiatry drama titled “Alex: Week Eight,” Turman …
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In an ordinary year, November would find both the movie awards season and TV’s fall premieres kicking into high gear. This, as you might have noticed, is no ordinary year. But that doesn’t mean there’s not a lot of stuff to check out over the next month, including two highly …
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A review of this week’s Fargo, “The Birthplace of Civilization,” coming up just as soon as I’m punctilious with my elocution… “Why would I fight for a country that wants me dead?” —Loy “The Birthplace of Civilization” gets its title from a conversation between Ethelrida Pearl Smutny and Deafy Wickware. …
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Last week on the TV’s Top 5 podcast, Star Trek producer Alex Kurtzman dropped some numbers that made hosts Lesley Goldberg and Dan Fienberg, two jaded, longtime television writers, stop in their tracks. As talk turned to the strange new world of Covid-19, Goldberg asked how much Kurtzman’s budget had …
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Animated caveman family the Croods return in an all-new film, The Croods: New Age, out in theaters November 25th. The all-star DreamWorks comedy features the voices of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke and Cloris Leachman, along with new cast members including Leslie Mann, Kelly Marie …
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Billie Unreleased interviews with the jazz icon, newly restored color pictures and videos, pus conversations with other musical greats like Tony Bennett, Charles Mingus, Sylvia Syms, and Count Basie – the new documentary examines the life and cultural legacy of Billie Holiday as it’s never been before. The film was …
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Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers ridiculed President Donald Trump on their respective late-night shows Tuesday over a damning Atlantic report that claimed he called fallen soldiers “losers” and “suckers.” Fallon threw out a litany of one-liners about the comments, which Trump has denied, even as several other news sources have …
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