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Sometimes, the Western is a family affair, and that's exactly the case with Harts of the West. The comedy-western series followed Beau Bridges as David Hart, a Chicago-based salesman who, after a massive heart attack and a midlife crisis, wants to live out his life-long dream of becoming a cowboy. To that end, he packs up his family and moves them across the country to the Flying Tumbleweed Ranch, where they meet an old foreman named Jake Tyrell, played by Bridges' own father, Lloyd Bridges. If you're looking for a fun Western-themed binge to dive into, enjoy the time with the Bridges father-son duo as they fight for family, friends, and the open range.

B-Movies get a lot of criticism, and most of the time, it's well-deserved. While their measly budgets and low quality are sometimes quite charming, these movies often flop because they fail to stick to a substantial plot. Yet, these movies also get a lot of traction from die-hard film buffs.

While Hollywood continues to follow the same tropes and reuse the same set of actors time and time again, B Movies offers fans something very different. As such, B-Movies have a collection of loyal fans, making them successful in their own right. So, even when fans believe they have seen every B Movie known to man, there's always a hidden gem lurking in the depths of cinema history.

Michael Caine Shines in This Pirate Thriller The Island

First released in 1980, The Island tells the story of a journalist named Blair Maynard and his young son, Justin. The pair start off...

Whoopi Goldberg in Clara’S Heart (1988) is available on Blu-ray From Warner Archive. Ordering information can be found Here

David Hart (Neil Patrick Harris) is a preteen as disillusioned as a 40-year-old and as vulnerable as a 5-year-old. The death of his baby sister and his parents’ subsequent separation have left him despairing and lonely. But he’s about to discover all the love he needs in Clara’s Heart.

Whoopi Goldberg recaptures the triumph and joy of her award-winning portrayal of Celie in The Color Purple, starring as savvy Jamaican housekeeper Clara Mayfield. When Clara first enters the Harts’ luxurious suburban Baltimore home, David views her as an interloper and a threat. But Clara’s unshakable dignity and bounteous humor act like sunshine on the tight bud of David’s soul.

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Brandon Victor Dixon, who starred as Tom Collins III in Fox’s live version of “Rent,” feels the power of the musical is in how love “transforms the disease of prejudice, xenophobia, religious zealotry, fear, the body, mind or spirit.” He explains, “Love doesn’t cure or eliminate everything, but it can transform it.” What Dixon’s been transforming is his wardrobe. “Symone Marie has been styling me [for] the last year and it’s changed how I look at myself and how people see me.”

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After originating the role of Harpo in 2005 Broadway musical “The Color Purple” — and scoring a Tony nom — Dixon played Motown record label founder Berry Gordy Jr. in “Motown: The Musical.” The 2013 production, based on Gordy’s autobiography, received a Grammy nomination for musical theater album. “This was early in my ‘fashion career’ so I just went to Bloomingdale’s,” says Dixon. “A gentleman from the...

The story of Jack Parsons — the very real rocket scientist upon which “Strange Angel” is based — is a bizarre combination of ego and ambition that quite literally blew up in his face, when a chemical experiment exploded and killed him in 1952 when he was just 37 years old. Parsons was fascinated by all things considered fantastical, whether that be traveling to the moon or the Los Angeles occult scene that eventually became his stomping grounds. His life intersected in weird and fascinating ways with legendary figures like famed occultist Aleister Crowley and Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. As his biographer George Pendle puts it, “By day he built rockets for the government, by night he emerged from a coffin to perform sex magic with his followers.”

A TV show about this man’s life should be fascinating. So why, then, does “Strange Angel” take so long to get to the good stuff?...