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Maybe UC Davis started taking this Causeway Classic thing for granted. And who could blame the Aggies? They'd beaten Sacramento State eight consecutive times. But then the Hornets strolled into Aggie Stadium last season and claimed a 29-19 victory to wake up a slumbering rivalry. "I think they had more passion," UC Davis football coach Bob Biggs said. "They wanted it more. The fact that Sac State took it to us has really put more...  

There are few people that are aware of the growing movie market overseas. Thailand is emerging as a serious threat in the marital arts action genre with the help of Tony Jaa (Ong Bak); Russia is proving they can make a slick and entertaining film thanks to studios like Disney (Black Lightning); and, of course, [...]  

Sad to say, I’ve never seen 1967’s “The Prisoner,” the British TV series that became a cult classic. And so I came to this weekend’s remake from AMC with no preconceived notions. I did, however, have some high hopes. AMC, after all, has given us “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad.” The new series arrived drenched in [...]  

Some call it the AMC murder. Some call it the armored car murder. Either way, five years later police are still searching for the man who in 2004 executed an armored car courier as he walked out of the AMC Ahwatukee 24 Theatres with a bag containing...  

It has been noted that all political careers end in failure. So too must all show biz careers end in bombs. A shame AMC can't just quit while they're ahead, but then, that wouldn't be show biz. • The Wrap writes of the challenges facing AMC in following up on the success of its two original shows, Mad Men and Breaking Bad. Since the pair of critical darlings launched, the network's development team has changed and this weekend's debut of The...  

This weekend, AMC debuts a reinterpretation of the British 1960s cult hit series The Prisoner. The miniseries starts on Sunday, November 15, at 8 PM and airs its 6 episodes, each based on an episode from the original series, over three consecutive nights (2 per night). The Premise: A man, known as Six (played by Jim Caviezel), finds himself inexplicably trapped in The Village with no memory of how he arrived. As he explores his environment...  

Fact No. 1: A remake of the 1960s TV series “The Prisoner” arrives 7 p.m. Central Sunday on AMC. Fact No. 2: The new “Prisoner” miniseries is six hours long and airs on three consecutive nights. Fact No. 3: The new “Prisoner” stars Jim Caviezel as No. Six, who has been transported (maybe?) to an oppressively cheerful place called The Village, where the residents, who have numbers instead of names, deny that the outside world even exists. Fact...