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Goodbye Golden Arcs: Queens Restaurant From ‘Coming To America’ To Be Razed

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Queens Wendy’s fast food restaurant that stood in as “McDowell’s” in the movie “Coming to America” will soon be torn down, according to published reports.

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Most Memorable Movie Dads

Fact: Dads… love… movies. And being that it is Father’s Day, we’ve decided to take a look at a few memorable movie dads. Some tried too hard to make every family outing memorable, while others tried to murder their son and rule the galaxy with an iron, Force wielding fist. Either way, they are unforgettable.

2013/06/14

Blu-ray Release Of “Help!” Slated To Blow Fans’ Minds

Beatles fans: the long time coming Blu-ray version of the feature film “Help” is slated to debut later this month. And not just a film, but a whole stack of Beatles memorabilia and extra footage only meant for the most die-hard of fans. Can you handle it?

2013/06/05

Joe Causi’s Top 5 Movies From The 1980s

The 1980s is loaded with great movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard and Fast Times at Ridgemont High are just a small sampling. They’re also readily available […]

2013/05/17

5 Great Oscar-Winning Songs Through The Years

Introduced at the 7th annual Academy Awards in 1934, the category of Best Original Song has seen its share of high times and lean years. But for many people, it’s the song associated with a film that keeps the memory of the movie alive. Taking a look at all of the Academy Award-winning songs over the past 79 years, here are five of the best.

2013/02/22

David Bowie’s Berlin Years With Iggy Pop Inspire New Biopic

David Bowie’s time spent in Berlin, Germany in the late 1970s – during which time his roommate was Iggy Pop – is the stuff of sex, drugs and rock & roll myths. Now it seems these tales will come to life in a new biopic about Bowie and the Stooges frontman, tentatively titled (after the latter’s heroine-inspired hit) Lust for Life.

2013/02/07

Paul Dano To Portray Young Brian Wilson In Biopic ‘Love & Mercy’

For years, a biopic based on the troubled and triumphant life of the Beach Boys’ creative mastermind, Brian Wilson, has been in the works. Now the film, titled Love & Mercy, is charging full speed ahead, casting actor Paul Dano in the role of young Wilson, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

2013/01/18

13 Movie Theater Secrets Revealed

With awards season in full swing, many folks head out to theaters to check out the movies with the big nominations. A secret-spilling insider confessed all to Reader’s Digest, listing the “13 secrets a movie theater employee won’t tell you!

2013/01/18

How Dave Grohl Became BFFs With A Beatle

Rock ‘n’ roll workaholic Dave Grohl’s latest project is his new documentary Sound City, which tells the story of the storied L.A. recording studio of the same name. The project has brought him together with a long list of rock stars, both for interviews in the film and music-making for its soundtrack. And one of them happens to be a Beatle.

2013/01/17

‘Top Gun’ In IMAX 3D Coming This February

“Tower, this is Ghost rider requesting a flyby.” – “That’s a negative Ghost rider, the pattern is full.” | The highest-grossing film of 1986 is back to please theater-goers one more time.

2013/01/15