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Hobbitses – A Tolkien history – Behind the Lord of the Rings in epic fantasy films
Typical! Wait decades for a film with hobbits in, and six come along at the same time! At least, that’s how it felt. Like many teens of the time, I had my copy of the single volume paperback edition of The Lord Of The Rings, shortly after it was first published in 1968, having…
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Back To the Movies We Go: Once more unto the breach!
I don’t know if anyone’s noticed, but there’s been a bit of a hiccough vis-à-vis watching films in the cinema for the last five months or so in that, well, there haven’t been any! Once COVID-19 started getting serious, the cinemas were closed down for the good of public health and safety, along with anything…
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RunPee Weekly Newsletter 20th edition (July 29th, 2020)
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in NewsletterThe app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie without missing the best scenes. Movie Review – Artemis Fowl, from a novel novice Does the movie make any sense if you haven’t read the book? Well, let’s give that a resounding no. Here’s why Artemis Fowl is a…
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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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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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The 2020 San Diego Comic Con is online this year due to Co-Vid, and free to everyone around the world. Here’s my live report from Wednesday July 22, the first day of the big four day event. The first day (Wednesdays) are usually low key, with less hype, and more introspective panels. This year is…
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RunPee Weekly Newsletter 17th edition (July 8st, 2020)
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in NewsletterThe app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie without missing the best scenes. Classic movie review: Blade Runner We may be short on new movie releases these days, but there’s a lot to watch, or rewatch, from the past. None better than Blade Runner. RunPee…
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Ranking the X-Men Movies
Superhero ensemble films owe a huge debt to the X-Men franchise. Without the thoughtful world-building, frequent levity, and sparkling dialog characterizing the best of the X-Men films, we’d have no Marvel Cinematic Universe. No Avengers, no Endgame, no Iron Man!…just somber Batmen parading by in rubber suits. X-Men blew jaded audiences away, until the franchise…
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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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Movies are back in production again! What we know now…
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Movie lovers rejoice! The California state governor approved a move for Hollywood to resume movie production — but only with proper coronavirus prevention conditions. This new announcement covers the creation of movies, TV shows, and music. However, if Los Angeles County proves it can’t handle making entertainment safely — without a significant rise in hospitalized…
