By Veteran actor David Soul has died at the age of 80. Millions of men of a certain age who, as little boys, pushed a toy 1976 Ford Grand Torino with a distinctive white strip around their living room carpets, making “woo-woo” police siren noises and screechy tire squeals, stand silent
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Ryan Reynolds is a charming Mister Falcon…even when he plays a serial killer. Ryan Reynolds was in a weird place in 2014. One could tell the guy had something special when he appeared on Two Guys, A Girl and a Pizza Place (1998). He finally proved his worth to genre
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Take a look at any of the movies coming out this year and there will be a number of familiar themes. This is always the case, of course. When a particular genre has a breakout hit, there is surprisingly little time before the rest of the studios and distributors get
