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Why Horror Is Having a Moment | Resident Evil (opens the original)
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This week on WVIA Pop Shop , Allan Austin and Patrick Hamilton enter Raccoon City for the newest Resident Evil movie—the eighth film in the franchise and its second reboot. The story follows Brian, an ordinary medical courier whose last-minute delivery sends him straight into a viral outbreak filled with monsters, terrible decisions and increasingly deadly obstacles. But rather than only asking whether Resident Evil successfully translates the video games to the big screen, Allan and Patrick use
Practical Magic 2: Why Fans and Critics Disagree (opens the original)
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This week on WVIA Pop Shop , Allan Austin and Patrick Hamilton take on Practical Magic 2 , the long-awaited sequel to the 1998 cult favorite starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. Sally and Gillian Owens are back, but so is a familiar problem: a family curse they thought they'd broken decades ago. As a new generation of the Owens family confronts its consequences, Allan and Patrick ask whether the sequel successfully recaptures the magic of the original—or simply repeats it. Along the way, t
Why Americans Fell in Love With The Godfather (opens the original)
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Why are Americans still fascinated by The Godfather more than 50 years after its release?
Coyote vs. Acme Has Something to Say About Corporate America (opens the original)
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In this episode of WVIA Pop Shop, Allan Austin and Patrick Hamilton take on Coyote vs. Acme, the live-action/animated Looney Tunes movie that finally lets Wile E. Coyote take the Acme Corporation to court over decades of defective—and frequently disastrous—products.
Lanterns Doesn't Feel Like a Superhero Show — That's Why It Works (opens the original)
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What happens when the most powerful lawmen in the universe come down to Earth?
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