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Cimorelli, a group of sisters from California (previously mentioned here) dropped their first full-length album last week, entitled Up At Night. While the album has a few good plays, including the title song Up At Night and Make It Stronger, it lacks that “finishing punch” that will put it over the top. Which isn’t a bad thing on …

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I recently purchased the Microsoft/Nokia Lumia 640, for the sole purpose of trying out Windows Mobile. The phone layout looks similar to your “Start” menu on Windows 8, with lots of live tiles constantly updating with information. These can range from weather to Tweets, YouTube videos to emails. While Windows computers generally run smoothly, the phone …

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Captain America: Civil War is the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movie installment, and the Third movie in the “Captain America” series. The fight and premise of the movie is not necessarily good vs. evil, but rather opinion based, as most political arguments are, and Iron Man thinks sanctions and rules are the best course …

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Netflix dropped another Original last week, this time a French show entitled “Marseille”, and is similar to House of Cards only this time it’s a mayoral race. The show was created by Carlos creator Dan Franck. The current mayor, Robert Taro (played by Gerard Depardieu) is aging, and not running for reelection, instead passing on the torch …

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Begin Again is a 2013 movie about Dan, a struggling music-label-head played by Mark Ruffalo, who is having trouble connecting with his daughter (Violet, played by Hailee Steinfeld), struggles with alcohol issues, and just can’t seem to find the new artist to help resuscitate his career. After a night of binge drinking, he stumbles into …

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A Spark Ignites by Michael Lachman (of the fellow blog http://www.michaellachmanwrites.com, and previously of this guest post) is a superhero adventure and a the first step in a journey on Lachman’s writing career. Matt Stone is your standard teenager, facing high school troubles and a typical family life, including an annoying brother. But when Matt …

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Special Correspondents is a Netflix movie, written and directed by Ricky Gervais. Ian Finch (Gervais) works for Q365 News in New York City as a chief sound engineer, alongside the stations star rule bending lead journalist Frank Bonneville (Eric Bana). When Bonneville gets sent to Ecuador, to cover a rebel coup, Finch mistakenly throws out their …

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