Category: Classic Movie List
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The Top Six Richard Linklater Movies to See Before Where’d You Go Bernadette
Where’d You Go, Bernadette opens this week. While it’s not Richard Linklater’s first commercial film (Bad News Bears, School of Rock), it does appear to be wholly unlike anything else he’s ever done. I’ve been following Linklater for a while and he’s one of my favorite filmmakers. Below is a list of my favorite Linklater…
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Tears in the Rain – RIP to Icon Rutger Hauer
Rutger Hauer sadly passed away July 19th, 2019. Hauer was a character actor best known for genre films. His most famous and beloved role was the replicant (a type of cyborg) Roy Batty in the 1982 movie Blade Runner. If Hauer had done nothing else, he would still be fondly remembered for this performance. It…
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Lion King – Animated vs Broadway vs Live Action
The “live action” (actually CGI, folks) remake of The Lion King is hitting theaters. This new version of the Disney 1994 classic features significant differences. Now is a great time to return to Pride Rock — and revisit Simba, Nala, Timon, Pumbaa, Mufasa, Zazu, and Rafiki — as we compare the animated, Broadway, and the…
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Movie Review – The Lion King (2019)
If you’re not a Lion King fan, then I think you’ll find the 2019 live action (CGI, really) version more enjoyable than the animated one, based on more humor and the outstanding cinematography. For my part, I feel a little numb because I effectively watched the movie three times today working on the Peetimes. And,…
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The Lion King – Rewatch Review of the Animated Classic
This week the rebooted version of The Lion King arrives in theaters. But before that happens, I want to say a few things. To start with, the original 1994 Lion King is one of the best Disney movies EVER. For me, it’s right after The Little Mermaid, and that’s saying a lot. The Lion King…
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The Lion King – Can Disney Remake a Masterpiece?
My two cents worth as I anticipate The Lion King this week. I’m fascinated to see how Disney can remake a masterpiece. The original movie was amazing, and the stage musical was also, in an entirely different way. When my daughter, Destiny, and I saw the musical in Chicago, we were absolutely blown away by…
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Men In Black Theme Song – Forget Me Nots Remix – Will Smith Lyrics & Video
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So, on the eve of viewing and getting Peetimes for the new Men In Black International (Men in Black 4), we thought we’d revisit Will Smith’s song from the original 1997 MIB. The MIB theme song is a remix of the classic 1982 tune Forget Me Nots (a perfect song for this…think Neuralizer. Scroll down…
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The entire MCU Movie Order – Several Options for your pre-Avengers Endgame Watch or Rewatch
Want to watch, or rewatch, all the movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? (Aka, the MCU.) The first thing you have to figure out is what order you’re going to watch them in. There’s more than one way to go about this, and I’ll break down the list into a few options. Keep it simple:…
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The Matrix Trilogy After 20 Years – A Retrospective: Different Kind of Hero, New Kind of Science Fiction
The year was 1999 and all any sci-fi fan could think about was: finally, another Star Wars movie. Had Phantom Menace come out in the age of social media it would have been, well, pretty much what we’re seeing with Avengers: Endgame right now. But, I remember reading an article online — I don’t recall…
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Dumbo Review – The Original 1941 Animated Classic: High Time for a Remake
The original 1941 Dumbo is a strange little movie. Not only is only an hour long (it’s almost a long “short”, if you get my meaning), but has many weird scenes of mostly padding (which would make for great Peetimes, BTW). It’s also…um…wildly racist (there’s no other way to say this, and not in just…
