Author: Dan Gardner
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Is there anything extra during the end credits of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim?
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No, there are not any extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. View details and movie information…
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Movie Review – Kraven the Hunter
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The good news: it could be worse. The bad news: not by much. The Action Some of the action choreography is good. Kraven at least has his own animalistic style. That’s something to enjoy. My only problem would be that the character is a little too over the top. It would seem that he has…
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Movie Review – The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
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It’s sad to say, but true: I couldn’t wait for this movie to end. Where it goes wrong Where to start? There are so many options. Let’s start with the low-hanging fruit: the runtime. Excluding the 13 minutes of end credits, this movie was 2-hour 01-minute long. I don’t think it would be a challenge…
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Movie review – Robot Dreams
So… This was different, in a good way. How to describe this? It’s a little like Bojack Horseman meets Issac Asimov. Coincidentally, or not, Issac Asimov has a short story titled Robot Dreams, but the story in this animation is not remotely related beyond the dreaming part. The animation is based on a graphic novel…
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Revisiting “The Expanse”: one of the great science fiction series
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If you are a science fiction fan then you’ve almost certainly watched The Expanse already. But if not, boy do I have a Christmas present for you. I have watched most of the iconic science fiction series and I can say this is as good as any of them, and better than most. Having said that,…
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How do I decide which new movies to add to the RunPee database?
This is one of the hardest management decisions I have to make for RunPee. It’s hard because I have incomplete information. I can’t know how popular a movie will be before it’s released. Here are the general guidelines I follow when making the decision. The Ease Choice If it’s a well-known wide-release movie, then it’s…
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Data Analysis of Tom Hank’s filmography
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in InfographicTom Hanks has had an illustrious career, and it’s still going strong. He has starred in, by my count, 59 movies over a 40-year career (1984-2024). That’s about 1.5 movies/year. But as much as he’s done, a few things stick out. For instance, he is the definition of A-list movie-star, yet he’s never been in…