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Happy 75th Birthday, Robert De Niro!
Happy birthday to one of my favorite goodfellas, Robert De Niro, who turns 75 on August 17. Although he's best known for his gangster roles, De Niro's career has run the gamut from drama to comedy and...
View ArticleQuiz: How Well Do You Know The X-Files?
The X-Files had it all: a haunting soundtrack, aliens, conspiracies, monsters, shapeshifters, miracle babies, betrayals and bad guys you loved to hate. Over nine seasons, we followed Fox Mulder and...
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Top Picks: Will Smith Movies
I never get tired of seeing actor Will Smith, who turns 50 on September 25, play optimistic, good-natured heroes. The Philadelphia native is equally satisfying in action-adventure blockbusters and...
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Frankenstein’s Legacy: 5 Books and Movies
The name "Frankenstein" conjures up images of a green, grunting monster stomping about with bolts in its neck. The monster was most notably portrayed by Boris Karloff in the Universal Classic Monster...
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Top Picks: Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve in 1995 at Cannes, opens a new window by Georges Biard / CC BY-SA 3.0, opens a new window Actress Catherine Deneuve will hit a milestone birthday this month, turning 75 on October 22,...
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Rocky Balboa and Creed Fandom
Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, and Michael B. Jordan promoting the movie Creed at the Philadelphia Art Museum in November 2015. This is immediately adjacent to the "Rocky Steps" made famous in the...
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Top Picks: Music Biopics
Queen - Freddie Mercury, opens a new window by Carl Lender, opens a new window / CC BY 2.0, opens a new window / Cropped from originalIn the new hit film Bohemian Rhapsody, legendary rock star Freddie...
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Quiz: How Well Do You Know Sci-Fi Movies & TV?
Dragon_Con_Parade00462, opens a new window by rogerchang, opens a new window / CC 2.0, opens a new window / cropped from original This season of One Book, One Chicago, featuring Philip K. Dick’s...
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Top Picks: Samuel L. Jackson
Kong: Skull Island Japan Premiere Red Carpet: Samuel L. Jackson, opens a new window by Dick Thomas Johnson, opens a new window / CC BY 2.0, opens a new window / Cropped from original Quick: think of...
View ArticleNovel Adaptations Available on Streaming Services
There are those who hold that we are in a new golden age of television, heralded by The Sopranos and now dominated by streaming services like Amazon and Netflix. In order to meet audiences' nearly...
View ArticleWonderful Women in Westerns
I fell in love with the Western genre after reading Larry McMurtry’s masterpiece Lonesome Dove. I especially loved reading about Lorena Wood, the strong-willed heroine of the novel. Up until that...
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Top Picks: Bernadette Peters
Pennies from Heaven (1981) - Peters, Bernadette, opens a new windowopens a new window by Britannica ImageQuestBernadette Peters turns 75 in February, although you'd never know it to look at her. One of...
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