Sean Stangland
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Widescreen: Five Emmy nominations to root forJul 11, 2016 6:00 am - The long trek to September's Emmy Awards honoring the past year's best television enters the home stretch at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 14, when the nominations will be a...
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Longer 'Batman v Superman' is better, but still frustratingJun 28, 2016 1:00 am - Most who saw Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill square off in theaters this spring didn't think their 152-minute film needed to be longer. Warner Bros. and director Zack Snyde...
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A 'Game of Thrones' Season 6 scorecardJun 22, 2016 6:00 am - Before the sixth season of HBO's "Game of Thrones" began two months ago, I wrote about the five things the show needed to give fans in the wake of the deeply depressing,...
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Blu-ray concert celebrates late 'Titanic' composer James HornerJun 20, 2016 6:00 am - The film world lost a master of emotional melody almost a year ago when James Horner's turboprop airplane crashed June 22, 2015, in California. His unforgettable themes ...
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Surprise billion-dollar hit 'Zootopia' comes homeJun 12, 2016 7:00 am - Not surprisingly, "Captain America: Civil War" is 2016's box office champ so far with worldwide receipts of $1.1 billion and counting. But you might be surprised to lear...
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Beyond 'Animal House': College movies worth further studyMay 31, 2016 11:00 pm - My alma mater, Wheeling High School, will celebrate its Class of 2016 at commencement Sunday, just as dozens of high schools across the suburbs will or already have. The...
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What's old continues to be new again on TVMay 21, 2016 7:00 am - As cable and streaming-service shows continue to dominate the national television conversation, the broadcast networks are increasingly relying on proven properties to a...
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A one-stop shop for cult classics, horror flicks and kiddie fareMay 13, 2016 6:00 am - Cult classics, horror flicks, rare TV shows and ... “Jem and the Holograms”? One specialty video outlet dabbles in all of these genres, and their most recent announcemen...
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20 years already? 'Independence Day' is back on Blu-rayMay 06, 2016 6:00 am - You've probably seen it on cable a hundred times. You may have bought the original VHS release and subsequently upgraded to DVD. And now, with a sequel on the way in Jun...
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Forget the NFL Draft - here's our Daily Herald TV character draftApr 28, 2016 11:00 pm - Two weeks ago I floated the idea that Mike Ehrmantraut, the enforcer played by Jonathan Banks on “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul,” had vaulted into the pantheon...