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The 71st Annual Primetime Emmys have just concluded, with plenty of surprises throughtout the night as usual. However, what wasn't a surprise at all was seeing "Game of Thrones" come out the big winner of the evening by claiming its fourth straight Outstanding Drama Series title. The series also received Supporting Actor in a Drama for Peter Dinklage's brilliant performance. Combining these two with the ten it won at the Creative Arts Emmys last week, it once again ties the r

The Film: When last we left the current “X-Men” series, we had been made to suffer through what is arguably the worst entry in the entire franchise, “X-Men: Apocalypse.” With its meandering storyline and one-dimensional villain, it was a major disappointment to the fans, especially after the first two entries of the rebooted saga (“First Class” and “Days of Future Past”) resulted in the two best films in the “X-Men” universe to date. However, this has not stopped the studio f

The Creative Arts Emmys for Drama, Comedy, and Miniseries were handed out this evening, and once again, in what came as a surprise to absolutely no one, HBO's "Game of Thrones" completely dominated the evening, winning a whopping ten awards. This included Best Cast of a Drama, Picture Editing, Visual Effects, Music Composition, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Stunt Coordination. It would certainly seem as though the record-breaking show is set to break yet another record by

Just two years ago, director Andy Muschietti delivered the remarkable first half of his adaptation of Stephen King’s “IT.” It was a box office phenomenon and opened to wide acclaim from critics and audiences, who praised it for its thrilling storytelling and exceptional young cast. With its major success, the pressure was on to deliver a second half worthy of going right alongside the first in terms of the epic scope of the narrative, the cast, and, of course, the scares. Two