Category: Entertainment News
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Ta-dum! Netflix has a new extended theme composed by Hans Zimmer
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The Netflix “Ta-dum” theme is short and to the point. I like it. But they couldn’t leave well enough alone so Netflix convinced (and I’m sure paid) Hans Zimmer a handsome amount, to make an extended version of their theme. You can watch/listen below. What do you think? Better, worse, indifferent? Let us know in…
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Best of British Biographies – Timothy Spall
“There’s the funny-looking character actor who plays the same role every time. But I’m the funny-looking character actor who plays many different kinds.” – Timothy Spall Tim Spall is one of those brilliant, chameleonic actors who can turn his hand to any role but — probably because he isn’t classically handsome — isn’t a top…
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Here Are The Foreign Movies You Should Watch On Netflix
When Parasite won four Oscars (can you believe that was this year?), director Bong Joon-ho said that you open yourself up to a whole world of content if you can just accept the couple of inches of subtitles. Anyone who has watched non-English movies and series can attest to this. The thing is, it is…
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Sunday’s Panels at Comic Con San Diego 2020 – Free, Online Edition
The last day! I’ll miss getting up and wandering over to my laptop to be a part of this each day. And I didn’t even have to figure out costumes this year! I did wear geeky fan tees.) Sundays tend to be full of the How To of being a part of the TV, film,…
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Saturday’s Panels at Comic Con San Diego 2020 – Free, Online Edition
Saturday! The top day of every annual Comic Con. Here are the online panels for the biggest of San Diego Comic Con@ Home. You can find all these on You Tube now, for free, although I’m not sure how long they will be available. Not all these all panels are in hour order. That’s what’s…
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Thursday’s Panels at Comic Con San Diego 2020 – Online Edition
Today’s running notes on CC@Home…Thursday July 23, 2020: 10am PST – Star Trek Universe Panel They just announced Star Trek: Prodigy on Nickleodeon for kids. I’m not hopeful, but will wait and see. There’s announcement about NAACPLDF.org/StarTrekUnited — Sign up to help promote tolerance and a better life for all (and marginalized people, especially). It’s…
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San Diego Comic Con 2020 – My geeky T-shirts during the online convention
Comic Con is online this week, and free this year (due to the pandemic cancelling the real thing). Anyone can join anywhere in the world, with no need to sign in or wait in line. :- ) Here’s the entire schedule of thousands of panels and exhibits, starting today (Wed the 22nd and running through…
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Best of British Biographies – Patrick Stewart
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Sir Patrick Stewart turns 80 this year. Happy Picard Day Birthday! The man’s been around the world of entertainment for over sixty years. Film and TV mind you, not just theatre, but it wasn’t until towards the end of the last millennium that he ‘appeared’. Making it so Surprised that Star Trek was still popular…
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There’s an E.T. sequel and it’s awesome
I just finished watching E.T. for basically the first time. I only saw it one time in 1982, and 38 years later didn’t remember anything beyond the “Phone Home” shtick. I wrote this grand review about the symbolism in E.T. with a lot of thoughts tending towards the introspective. I had to rewatch E.T. to…
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The validity of movie rating systems
I hope everyone knows you can’t trust any statistics someone gives you if they’re trying to sell you something. Whether it’s the criminally inaccurate graphs that frequent a FOX News story or “4 out of 5 dentists” recommend Brand X toothpaste. Numbers don’t lie, but people… They lie all the time by manipulating those numbers.…
