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Get the tissues ready. After a two month break, This Is Us is returning Tuesday, January 14th, and so many questions need to be answered – like what’s happening with Kate (Chrissy Metz) and Toby (Chris Sullivan)? Their seemingly happy marriage starts to take a wrong turn when Toby begins to pursue different interests and …

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The wait is over – fans can now see Lauren Graham return to her theater roots and belt out musical numbers like The Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” in the new NBC series Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. The show follows the story of Zoey (Jane Levy), a computer coder who has the ability to …

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Waaaayyyy back in what we call the Golden Age of Hollywood, it wouldn’t be unusual for studios to only release 50 or 60 films and maybe only a few more than 100 worldwide. Now that number is generally surpassed by the end of the first quarter each year. With that giant upswing in content comes …

Read More about Just Mercy Review: The Story of Walter McMillan

Deep in the Marianas Trench, a group of subsea workers are drilling into the Earth’s crust 7 miles underwater. However, catastrophe strikes when some unknown force destroys their facility. A small group of survivors is all that remains of the crew. Stranded with no hope of rescue, they come up with a desperate plan. They must make …

Read More about Underwater Review: Kristen Stewart Stars in the Sci-Fi Horror Film

Hopefully, you read the first part of our 2020 Oscar nominations predictions, so you already know they will be announced on the morning of Monday, January 13. Cut-off for Academy members to submit ballots was yesterday, Tuesday, January 7, so we should already be in the tabulation part of the Oscar process. But let’s get …

Read More about 2020 Oscar Nominations Predictions – Screenplay, Director & Best Picture

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the 2020 Oscar nominations on the morning of Monday, January 13, and it should be an exciting year with so many great movies of different sizes and varieties. Sure, there have been some mega-blockbusters and a few smaller mini-blockbusters, but there’s also been a lot …

Read More about 2020 Oscar Nominations Predictions – The Actors

Little Women has been both a marvel and a frustration since it was written. An immortal story of young women growing to adulthood shorn of cliché and romanticism and replacing it with simple humanism and the feel of a moment captured in time. It’s so powerful that it’s as compelling today as it was 150 …

Read More about Little Women Review: The Best Adaptation of the Book

Spies in Disguise opens in theaters on Christmas Day, and VitalThrills.com recently got a chance to attend a roundtable discussion with directors Troy Quane and Nick Bruno, as well as star Masi Oka (Heroes). We learned all about how this is a love letter to spy movies, the worst thing Oka’s character Kimura has ever …

Read More about Spies in Disguise: Masi Oka and the Directors on the Animated Film

In the run-up to the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and the end of the Skywalker Saga, we took a look back at all of the Saga films and re-evaluated them and their legacy as a whole. You can start at the beginning with A New Hope by clicking here. Star Wars: …

Read More about Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker – A Look Now

There are good movies. There are bad movies. There are a lot of mediocre movies. And sometimes, just sometimes, there are movies which reach the Nietzschean ideal of the Übermensch, existing beyond silly ideas like good and evil. I have looked into the abyss and Cats was staring back at me. If I were less …

Read More about Cats Review: The Film Adaptation of the Stage Musical

Jake Hoot may have only been a one-chair turn in Season 17 of NBC’s The Voice, but the 31-year-old artist just proved his talents by taking home the top prize. The coach of The Voice Season 17 winner, Kelly Clarkson, said she keeps making fun of the other coaches for not turning. “Other than the one …

Read More about Kelly Clarkson’s Advice to The Voice Season 17 Winner Jake Hoot

In the run-up to the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and the end of the Skywalker Saga, we will be taking a look back at all of the Saga films and re-evaluating them and their legacy as a whole. Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi Either a reaction to the creative …

Read More about Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi – A Look Back

As someone who was there at the beginning that fateful summer of 1977, I’ve rode the highs and the lows of the Star Wars saga over the years. During that time, there have been, shall we say, some truths I’ve clung to that depended greatly on my own point of view. I’ve reevaluated these films so …

Read More about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Review

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ends more than a franchise. It ends an era. Yes, we have The Mandalorian, and I love Baby Yoda (okay, The Child) with my entire heart, but this is bigger. A New Hope is my first conscious movie memory. Star Wars has literally changed my entire life and charted the course of …

Read More about Spoiler-Free Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Review

In the run-up to the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and the end of the Skywalker Saga, we will be taking a look back at all of the Saga films and re-evaluating them and their legacy as a whole. Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens Star Wars the series has long …

Read More about Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens – A Look Back

In the run-up to the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and the end of the Skywalker Saga, we will be taking a look back at all of the Saga films and re-evaluating them and their legacy as a whole. Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith In the look back on …

Read More about Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith – A Look Back

NBC‘s The Voice Season 17 finale is here and for the first time in seven seasons, every coach has a contestant still in the competition. Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani each have one singer in the finale. They all performed three times and sang one original song, a holiday duet with their coach, …

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If you are going on a movie nerd-cation this holiday season, Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort have all the must-do’s for your festive celebration at the park! We recently visited both Universal Studios parks to check out Grinchmas, Christmas in the Wizarding World, Islands of Adventure’s Hagrid’s Magical Creature Motorbike Adventure, and Orlando’s Universal …

Read More about Theme Park Thrills: Best of Both Coasts at Universal Studios Parks

In the run-up to the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and the end of the Skywalker Saga, we will be taking a look back at all of the Saga films and re-evaluating them and their legacy as a whole. Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones The transition film from the …

Read More about Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones – A Look Back

In the run-up to the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and the end of the Skywalker Saga, we will be taking a look back at all of the Saga films and re-evaluating them and their legacy as a whole. Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace Here’s where things get weird. As much …

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