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East of Eden is the tip of the iceberg.
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 Set well before George Lucas' galaxy became rife with scoundrels, rebels, and despots, Leslye Headland'sThe Acolyte is uniquely positioned to crack open a whole new age for the dauntless (or ceaseless?) Star Wars franchise. Throughout its eight-episode run (the show's season-one finale dropped July 16), the Disney …
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There are a lot of female comedians and comic actors working today on stage, in movies and on television, and one would imagine if they had to put together a Mount Rushmore of influences on their work, Gilda Radner would easily make the list. The Second City alum and member of Saturday Night Live's Not Ready for Prime Time players initial cast held her own and some of her male cohorts at times with characters like Roseanne Roseannadanna before moving on from the weekly grind of late night sketch comedy, ultimately to be taken from the world much too soon at the age of 42 due to ovarian cancer. Lisa D'Apolito combined with Radner's estate teamed up to make Love, Gilda, using a wealth of audio tapes, journals, pictures and home movies of Radner throughout her life.
The film also includes interviews with many of those who Radner worked with, including Martin Sho...Read the entire review
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 Here at The A.V. Club, we try not to get worked up over the personal lives of celebrities, because it's harder to make fun of their acting performances or movie choices when we think of them as real people with real feelings. That being said, even stone-hearted cynics like us can sometimes fall into the trap of—blegh—…
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