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The One and Only Ivan Cast on the Disney Adaptation

With the movie launching on Disney+ on August 14, Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to The One and Only Ivan cast. The Walt Disney Studios film is based on the award-winning book by Katherine Applegate (buy at Amazon).  The One and Only Ivan tells the story of Ivan, a silverback gorilla who learns that …

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A New Star Wars Holiday Special, The Mandalorian Season 2 News & More!

The purpose of Star Wars Thrills is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of August 16, 2020 in one location. This week, we’ve got updates on the new LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special, updates on The Mandalorian Season 2, new merchandise, and much more! If you read this each week, you should be …

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The Secret Garden Review: The Adaptation Is a Delight

Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1911 novel The Secret Garden (check price at Amazon) has been adapted before. It’s been on the big screen a number of times, on television and on the stage, including a Tony Award-winning musical. There has always been something lovely about it, but sort of standoffish. In the story, the main character …

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Calm App Making Star-Studded HBO Max Series A World of Calm

Streaming service HBO Max announced today that it wants to help you relax with a ten-episode order of A World of Calm, a collaboration between the Calm app and Nutopia, the team behind National Geographic’s critically-acclaimed series One Strange Rock. A World of Calm is a totally new type of television experience that combines mesmeric …

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Star Wars Thrills: Mandalorian Updates, Empire Strikes Back & More

The purpose of Star Wars Thrills is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of July 10, 2020 in one location. This week, we’ve got updates on The Mandalorian, new The Empire Strikes Back books, Baby Yoda cereal, and much more! If you read this each week, you should be able to converse fluently …

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Star Wars Thrills: The Mandalorian Series, Baby Yoda Toys and More

The purpose of Star Wars Thrills is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of June 26, 2020 in one location. This week, we’ve got updates on The Mandalorian series, new Baby Yoda toys, a new Jedi Temple Challenge episode, and much more! If you read this each week, you should be able to …

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Star Wars Thrills: Star Wars Squadrons, Obi-Wan Series & More!

The purpose of Star Wars Thrills is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of June 19, 2020 in one location. This week, we’ve got updates on the Obi-Wan TV series, The Empire Strikes Back returns to theaters, new LEGO sets, the first Star Wars Squadrons gameplay, and much more! If you read this …

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Spike Lee, Delroy Lindo and Jonathan Majors on Da 5 Bloods

Da 5 Bloods is the story of four African-American Vets who battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen Squad Leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide. Recently, director Spike Lee and stars Delroy Lindo and Jonathan Majors got together for a Critics …

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Interview: You Should Have Left Director David Koepp

If you’ve been watching movies going back to the ’90s, you’re probably familiar with David Koepp’s writing from blockbusters like Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, its sequel The Lost World, the first Mission: Impossible or even the first Spider-Man movie in 2002. Every few years when he’s not being one of Hollywood’s most in-demand writers, David Koepp would direct a movie or …

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Star Wars Thrills: Squadrons Reveal, Mandalorian Season 2 & More!

The purpose of Star Wars Thrills is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of June 12, 2020 in one location. This week, we’ve got the Star Wars Squadrons video game reveal, The Mandalorian Season 2 director news, the debut of the Jedi Temple Challenge, new Baby Yoda merchandise, and much more! If you …

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The King of Staten Island Review

Judd Apatow has a long history of “Lovable Losers” in his work. All the way from Freaks and Geeks to The 40-Year-Old Virgin, even in films like This Is 40 and Trainwreck, Apatow tells stories about broken, juvenile characters who are dragged, kicking and screaming, into the real world. Apatow’s also been accused of glossing …

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Star Wars Thrills: Mandalorian Season Two Rumors and More!

The purpose of Star Wars Thrills is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of June 6, 2020 in one location. This week, we’ve got The Mandalorian Season Two rumors, updates on Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge, new collectables, John Boyega speaking out at protests, and much more! If you read this each week, …

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Star Wars Thrills: Jedi Temple Challenge, Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge, and More!

The purpose of Star Wars Thrills is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of May 29, 2020 in one location. This week, we’ve got the first look at the Jedi Temple Challenge, news about postponement of The High Republic event, details on the scrapped Underworld TV series, the Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge …

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The Mandalorian Season 2 Cast and More Star Wars Updates!

The purpose of Star Wars Thrills is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of May 15, 2020 in one location. This week, we’ve got more The Mandalorian Season 2 cast surprises, the origin of Leia’s lightsaber design, a new Star Wars manga series, and much more! If you read this each week, you …

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Star Wars News: Mandalorian Directors, Taika Waititi, and a New Disney+ Series

The purpose of Star Wars Thrills is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of May 8, 2020 in one location. This week, we’ve got news about new Mandalorian directors, Taika Waititi directing a new Star Wars film, a new Disney+ TV series, and much more! If you read this each week, you should …

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Star Wars Thrills: May the Fourth and More Updates!

The purpose of Star Wars Thrills is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of May 1, 2020 in one location. This week, we’ve got news about May the Fourth celebrations, Cassian TV series casting, new Star Wars LEGOs, a new look at Dark Rey, and much more! If you read this each week, …

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Shattered Review

Star Wars: The Clone Wars has returned for its seventh and final season on the Disney+ streaming service. In this review, we’re taking a look at the eleventh episode of the season, titled “Shattered.” After successfully capturing Maul on Mandalore, Ahsoka plans to deliver him to the Jedi Council on Coruscant. When Order 66 is …

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