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‘Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory’

In this 1971 musical jaunt through an inviting “world of pure imagination”—complete with lickable wallpaper, fizzy lifting drinks and golden egg-laying geese—kids will nonetheless see a warning for badly-behaved children. But the adults who told this tale (from author Roald Dahl to director Mel Stuart and star Gene Wilder) are actually chastising their own indulgent—and thus wicked—peers. Far superior to its detached and more sadistic 2005 remake.

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‘The Real Bros of Simi Valley: The Movie’

The Real Bros of Simi Valley came back kicking (...literally) in their new movie with the same name. A hilarious parody of The Real Housewives and Jersey Shore franchises, the Bros are back to take on their ten-year high school reunion. While *clearly* they have matured since graduation, it soon becomes obvious that old beef hasn’t yet been...

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‘How To Be Single’

When the world puts pressure on people to couple up, it can feel lonely and stressful to be single. However, How to be Single shows how that does not have to be the case. Alice (Dakota Johnson) decides to go on a break from her college boyfriend Josh (Nicholas Braun) so that she can learn about who she actually is alone. When Josh realizes he...

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‘Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants’

We're in the middle of the worst sports week of the year. Basketball and hockey have been over for weeks, baseball is taking its annual extended All-Star break, and football — either college or pro — doesn't start back up in earnest for well over a month. Enter HBO and Netflix, both of whom know that football fans are positively STARVING for...

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‘Reign’

Watching My Lady Jane renewed my desire to watch a long historical romance, and there is no better place to start than Reign (especially if you've already watched Outlander). The CW drama follows the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her new life in the French court where she is set to marry Prince Francis. After growing up in a convent for...

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Reign

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‘The Serpent Queen’ Season 2

Starz's best historic antiheroine is finally back! The Serpent Queen Season 2 takes us back into the Machiavellian mind of Catherine de' Medici (Samantha Morton) as she tackles one of the most tumultuous times in French history. Fans will remember that in Season 1, Catherine was able to seize power as Queen Regent, strategically keeping the...

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‘The Parent Trap’

I recently saw a trending post spotlighting the "Lindsay Lohan cinematic universe," which for many 2000s babies like myself, is considered formative filmography. Seeing pictures of Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis on the set of the confirmed Freaky Friday sequel certainly scratched a nostalgic itch, as well, and while I have already recommended the 2003 ...

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The Parent Trap (1998)

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