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A man (Corey Sevier as Ethan King) and a woman (Mishael Morgan as Nadine Brooks) sit closely together in a large pumpkin on a calm lake, with vibrant autumn foliage in the background. The man wears a plaid shirt and blue jeans, while the woman wears a mustard-yellow cable-knit sweater. Overlaid on the image is the text "PUMPKIN REGATTA Romance".

Movie Review :: Hallmark Channel’s Pumpkin Regatta Romance

Hallmark Channel delivers another 'Fall into Love' romance that works overtime to make you believe it was filmed during an Autumn month, but most of the Fall foliage looks as artificial as Christmas movie snow, and the seemingly absurd event ...

TV by the Decade :: Sept 27•Oct 3

Coming at the tail end of the new Fall season, this week across the decade had several classic and notable series launches. 1976 saw the debut of a long running medical drama starring an actor formerly known as a slob ...
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Movie Review :: Streaming Tubi Original – Buzzkill

'Spooky Season' is upon us and Tubi is getting out of the gate first with a new horror-comedy that's equal parts The House on Sorority Row, Happy Death Day, Black Christmas and ... The House Bunny. In brief, Buzzkill begins ...
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Movie Review :: Babystar

In our current world, influencers are one of the most common career goals for young people, and parasocial relationships run rampant. We can consider the early takes on this -- The Real World is one of the first non-competition reality ...
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Movie Review :: Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

I find it interesting when movies intersect grief and camp -- it feels like a protective mechanism of sorts, not in a bad way, but can come off poorly or distasteful if it doesn't strike the right balance. Still though, ...
A weathered rope and wooden plank suspension bridge stretches across a dark, misty chasm, with the words "THE WEIGHT" displayed in bold, distressed, orange text in the foreground.

Movie Review :: The Weight

There are some ideas that mirror throughout film history, and ‘fighting nature’ is one that’s never gone out of style. Of course, filming that effectively can be a tricky thing to avoid inauthentic feelings, and it’s often quite rough on ...
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TV by the Decade :: September 20•26

It was a very big week acorss the decades for new series premieres Check out the list of TV programs that made their debuts this week across the decades, really beginning with 1976 where a variety show with puppets became ...
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Movie Review :: This is Buzz

When we look back and try to remember Gen-X culture, what will be the main memory of the 'MTV Generation'? Nihilism? Defeatism? Escapism? Solipsism? Honestly I don’t know, but it’s sort of slipped through the cracks of the derided 'Boomers' ...
A vibrant blue Braille writer is centered against a plain white background. Below the machine, the text "BRAILLED IT" appears in bold, white, capital letters, with the corresponding Braille characters positioned directly underneath the text.

Movie Review :: Brailled It

Every year the ‘Braille Challenge’ is held at different regional places, with the global (UK, US, Canada) contest typically in Los Angeles. This challenge is designed specifically for kids and teenagers at various levels of proficiency, with levels from ‘Apprentice’ ...
A student wearing a burgundy school blazer rests their head on a desk in a wood-paneled classroom, with a second student visible in the blurred background. A torn piece of lined paper is overlaid in the upper right, featuring the text, "LEMONADE BLESSING," written in a decorative, gothic-style script.

Movie Review :: Lemonade Blessing

Although I never went Catholic high school, I know the type and have experienced enough similar situations to grasp the concept -- many people can identify with the conflict inherent in being a teenager in the modern world while trying ...