Category: Film & TV

Gene Autry: How ‘America’s Favorite Singing Cowboy’ Exemplified the Unique Entrepreneurial Spirit of America

January 19, 2023
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Gene Autry’s life story reads like a great American novel. Known as “America’s favorite singing cowboy,” the country star paired his entrepreneurial spirit with his love of entertaining audiences and became one of the country-western genre’s most unique and beloved figures. After amassing an audience with a slew of performances throughout the 1920s, he signed…

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Actor Julian Sands Missing in Southern California Mountains

January 19, 2023
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.—Actor Julian Sands, star of several Oscar-nominated films including “A Room With a View,” has been missing for five days in the Southern California mountains, where he was hiking, authorities said Wednesday. Sands, 65, was reported missing Friday on a trail on Mt. Baldy, San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokeswoman Gloria Huerta said. Search…

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Against All Odds: Surviving the Holocaust | Documentary

January 19, 2023
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This cinematic film focuses on Holocaust survivor stories outside the concentration camps and the living among the general population. Each day was uncertain, and Jews were hunted like animals. Discovery almost always meant death. …

Persepolis: The Persian Paradise | Arkeo Ep11 | Documentary

January 19, 2023
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Nestled in the Iranian highlands lies the cradle of the Persian Empire. Persians built the city of Persepolis, an architectural masterpiece. Recent discoveries are nevertheless shedding new light on Persepolis. …

My Secret Billionaire

January 19, 2023
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This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. To satisfy his father’s wish, an attractive and powerful billionaire travels alone, without money, and without using his real name to New York City. When the former playboy meets a perfect and down-to-earth real estate agent, the reason behind his…

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Film Review: ‘The Alpinist’: Like ‘Free Solo’ but Significantly More Insane

January 18, 2023
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PG-13 | 1h 32m | Sport, Documentary | 2021 Rock climbing and alpinism have exploded into the public consciousness since climbing’s Yosemite Valley golden era of the late 1960s. The groundbreaking climbers of those days were a peculiar type of long-haired, unwashed hippies, with killer abs, Popeye forearms, and Spiderman lats. And unlike their soft-male ’70s counterparts, they…

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Pachacamac: The Lourdes of the Pre-Columbian Era | Arkeo Ep10 | Documentary

January 18, 2023
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In Peru, an Inca city buried under the desert sands has intrigued archaeologists for almost a hundred years. This ancient city is known as “Pachacamac.” Archaeologist Peter Eeckhout has finally discovered the reason for this strange desertion. …

Before Everest | Documentary

January 18, 2023
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Edmund Hillary climbed Everest but Earle Riddiford, the filmmaker’s father, got him there in the first place. So when Hillary wrote damning remarks about him, Riddiford’s family was upset. …

The Healer

January 18, 2023
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This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. A young man discovers that he has the family gift of healing. As he struggles to understand his new reality, a teenage girl with cancer unexpectedly inspires him to believe in himself, and by helping others, he will find his…

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Online Series Review: ‘Stonehouse’: Wild Political Melodrama

January 17, 2023
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NR | 3 episodes | Drama, True Crime | Jan. 17, 2023 Apparently, we live at a time when politicians regularly mishandle classified information and inflate their resumes, but it is hard to top the reckless, unethical, and illegal behavior demonstrated by former UK Labour Party cabinet minister John Stonehouse in the 1960s. To escape mounting debts and pending investigations, Stonehouse notoriously…

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