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Category: Rewatch Reviews
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How movies earn an A Grade at RunPee
We consider an A, any A, from – to +, to be the best a movie in its genre has to offer. And while we sometimes — especially in long-running franchises — grade on a curve, we believe an A movie fulfills our expectations of a feature film of its type. So while all movies…
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Contagion predictions eerily true about the pandemic…what about the next stage?
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Contagion has been scarily predicting the course of the world’s pandemic. It’s eerie. Have you watched Contagion? I rewatched the 2011 movie last night to see what might be next during our current global crisis, since the film’s been so accurate showing what happened so far. Here are my cursory Contagion notes, and one hopeful…
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How do the movies in Star Wars stand up to the Bechdel test?
Do the characters in Star Wars — movies ostensibly depicting future lives and worlds — pass the Bechdel test? I was up too late one night and decided to think this through. What is the Bechdel test, you ask? It’s generally accepted as whether a work of fiction features at least two named women who…
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5 Older Movies Weโd Love Remakes Of (And 5 That Are Perfect)
It is a truth universally acknowledged: a single movie in possession of a large following must be in want of a remake. At least, thatโs how Hollywood executives seem to see things! Love โem or hate โem, the real truth is that remakes arenโt going anywhere anytime soon. And thatโs even understandable, to some extent.…
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Passengers Rewatch Review
I assume you have already seen Passengers. Spoilers ahead. Rewatchingย Passengersย tonight I noticed a flaw in the plot. It was pointed out that the hibernation pods could keep them asleep, and wake them up when they arrived at Homestead II, but they didn’t have the equipment to put someone into hibernation. However, Aurora also mentioned she…
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Remembering James Bond — Seeing Goldfinger live in the theater
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So what do Pierce Brosnan and I have in common? Both voted “Sexiest Man Alive” by People Magazine in 2001? Both about 6โ2โ? Both have had a license to kill? Only one of those three is correct but there is something else that we have in commonโฆ the first film we saw in the cinema…
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My favorite Sean Connery role: Finding Forrester
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Sean Connery is a Hollywood icon. Beyond his role as the godfather of 007 — James Bond himself — he performed in hit movies such as The Untouchables, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Man Who Would Be King, The Rock (where his character is basically the 007 who got caught), The Hunt for…
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Top Astronaut Movies to Rewatch Right Now
Here at RunPee we lean heavily into covering science fiction movies, since we’re huge geeks. You’ve probably noticed. ๐ We especially love movies about scientists and space. There are many wonderful space movies featuring astronauts as heroes…which, of course in real life they are. Think of the training and deprivations these outstanding people undergo to…
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Watching Outbreak in the time of CoVid-19
I recently rewatched the 1994 disaster film Outbreak, because 1. I always loved that movie, 2. kind of dig diseases (I like science, okay?), and 3. there’s a real global pandemic happening right now. You’ve probably heard about that. Also, 4. I needed to get Peetimes for Outbreak, because I’m not the only person currently…
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Movie Review: A Star Wars Ewok Adventure – Caravan of Courage
Because I’m a masochist completist, I decided to watch everything Lucasfilm put out about Star Wars. Even if it sucks. I’ve got the atrocious yet fun Star Wars Holiday Special under my belt, plus The Battle for Endor (just bad bad bad), and now mockumentary Return of the Ewok (terrible production values, but enjoyable). RunPeep…