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Best of British Biographies – Ian Holm
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Sir Ian Holm has died as of June 19th, 2020, at the age of 88, due to complications with Parkinson’s. This versatile actor will not be forgotten, through the epic roles in epic tales he’s left behind. There’s an old theatrical trope that says if you want to get on you’ll take any part however…
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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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Director Paul Verhoeven & the Woeful Reboots of Robocop, Total Recall, and Starship Troopers
What have the following all got in common: Robocop, Total Recall, and Starship Troopers? All three are cracking — if a bit O.T.T. — films by Dutch director Paul Verhoeven. Usually a term like ‘maverick’ is thrown in at some point but, as the only other Dutch director I’m aware of is Jan de Bont,…
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Is there anything extra during the end credits of Scoob!?
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Yes, there are extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of Scoob!. View details and movie information…
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Movie Review – Scoob!
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I grew up watching Scooby Doo as a kid, so I was looking forward to taking a trip down memory lane. But that trip didn’t start off good. The first half of this movie was hard to watch. Fortunately it got a little better toward the end. I would give the first half of this…
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Friday’s Panels at Comic Con San Diego 2020 – Free, Online Edition
Today’s running notes on San Diego’s Comic Con@Home…Friday July 24, 2020. It’s online and free this year due to the pandemic, so the world gets to enjoy unlimited panels with no lines. 10am PST — Charlize Theron: Evolution of a Badass – An Action Hero Career Retrospective A really worthwhile serious one on one hour…
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Movie Review – Artemis Fowl, from a novel novice
Honestly, I have to ask: What WAS this? I’m told the Artemis Fowl books are top shelf, but the origin film is merely…meh. So I watched the movie with low expectations: usually that means I can walk out feeling somewhat sated. In this case, I was infuriated. How hard could it be for Disney to…
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Is there anything extra during the end credits of Palm Springs?
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Yes, there are extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of Palm Springs. View details and movie information…
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Groundhog Day Movie – Palm Springs (2020)
Palm Springs: this year’s entry in the Groundhog Day genre is a deft, satirical comedy with paradoxical hints of darkness and transcendence. There’s an unforced whimsy, with unheroic but likable characters. Everything unfolds at a languid rate, lobbing in more symbolic images than you can shake a can of beer at. Palm Springs is deeply…
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Is there anything extra during the end credits of Jaws (1975)?
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No, there are not any extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of Jaws (1975). View details and movie information…
