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Continue reading →: Now Showing: American Gangster (2007)There are two sides to the American dream. Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark…
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Continue reading →: Now Showing: The Fisher King (1991)From the desk of The Dean of Cinema: Terry Gilliam’s powerful and emotional film about redemption, forgiveness and healing is the perfect entry into Gilliam’s illustrious filmography for those unfamiliar with his historic work with Monty Python or the numerous classics that he’s directed like Time Bandits, Brazil, 12 Monkeys,…
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Continue reading →: Now Showing: Withnail & I (1987)Bruce Robinson’s hilarious film about two out of work actors, Withnail & I, was highly touted by many of my favorite comedians and comic personalities so it had a high bar to clear, and does so with ease.
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Continue reading →: Now Showing: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)The galaxy awaits. Having thwarted Bowser’s previous plot to marry Princess Peach, Mario and Luigi now face a fresh threat in Bowser Jr., who is determined to liberate his father from captivity and restore the family legacy. Alongside companions new and old, the brothers travel across the stars to stop…
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Continue reading →: Now Showing: Lenny (1974)When one thinks of Bob Fosse movies, one thinks of Liza Minelli in All That Jazz or Cabaret. Big, boisterous, colorful, vibrant productions. Fosse strips all of that away in favor of one man standing on a stage in Lenny.
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Continue reading →: Now Showing: Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026)Double or nothing. Moments after surviving an all-out attack from the Le Domas family, Grace discovers she’s reached the next level of the nightmarish game — and this time with her estranged sister Faith at her side. Grace has one chance to survive, keep her sister alive, and claim the…
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Continue reading →: Now Showing: Big Fish (2003)An adventure as big as life itself. Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together…
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Continue reading →: Now Showing: The Apartment (1960)Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their…
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Continue reading →: Now Showing: Moneyball (2011)What are you really worth? The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane’s successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players. Written by Dean Zarbaugh II “How can you not be romantic about baseball?” It’s a great quote,…
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Continue reading →: Now Showing: Ray (2004)The extraordinary life story of Ray Charles. Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical…
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Continue reading →: Now Showing: Ran (1985)In a mad world, only the mad are sane. Shakespeare’s King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons. Written by Dean Zarbaugh II After spending the last couple of years trying to track down…
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Continue reading →: Now Showing: Blade Runner 2049 (2017)The key to the future is finally unearthed. Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick…
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