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Minority Report

FOX, Mondays 9/8 Central

Sep 21, 2015 TV Web Exclusive

It has been 10 years since the PreCrime division was shuttered in Minority Report, FOX’s serialized sequel to Steven Spielberg’s 2002 film of the same name. Prophetic twins Arthur and Dash, and their older and more powerful sister, Agatha, had been known as the Precogs, a trio of siblings able to predictand therefore help the police preventfuture murders.

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Vigilante Force

Studio: Kino Lorber Studio Classics

Sep 21, 2015 DVDs Web Exclusive

Imagine Road House, but on a smaller budget and more country-fried.

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Minority Report

FOX, Mondays 9/8 Central

Sep 21, 2015 TV Web Exclusive

Remember Minority Report? The 2002 Steven Spielberg-directed sci-fi film starring Tom Cruise, loosely based on Philip K. Dick’s novel? FOX certainly hasn’t, so they’ve put together a TV series intended as a sequel to the film. I know, it’s a story we’ve all been waiting for.

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7 Chinese Brothers

Studio: Screen Media Films
Robert Byington

Sep 19, 2015 Cinema Web Exclusive

The jokes throughout 7 Chinese Brothers are subtle, played off by Schwartzman with a casual nonchalance that elicits laughs hours after the film has ended, and that’s a key part of the its brilliance.

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Sep 19, 2015 Live CityFolk 2015

I left my house in Los Angeles at 4:30am and ended up listening to punk at The Unrefined Olive in Ottawa, Ontario at midnight. Welcome to Canada, where reality has gone a bit pear-shaped.

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The Color Wheel DVD

Studio: Factory 25

Sep 18, 2015 DVDs Web Exclusive

The Color Wheel isn’t an easy film to like, or watch even, but it sears its brazen imagery onto your subconscious, like the spots you see after staring into a bright light for too long. It may be shot in stark black and white, but its lingering impressions burn as intensely and vividly as a fireworks display.

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Sep 18, 2015 Live Eagles of Death Metal

On a Monday night in Philadelphia, Eagles of Death Metal threw a party to end all parties.

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Sep 18, 2015 Comic Books Issue #54 - August/September 2015 - CHVRCHES

The “new” Suicide Squad feels a little tired, but gets enough right that fans looking for exactly this shouldn’t be disappointed. This collection comprises New Suicide Squad issues 1-8. Short premise: captured villains go on government missions for reduced prison terms.

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Sep 18, 2015 Music Mercury Rev

We’ve been here before, countless times. A band whose heyday was a generation ago returns, sounding just as they did 15-20 years ago and dropping an evocation of just how wonderful that music we always loved was. This though, proves a double-edged sword as we realize that their music proved too influential and that every B-list indie band today has caught them up and made a career out of sounding like them. And we lament.

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