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Movie Review – Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
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DC doesn’t disappoint. By that, I mean DC has been so consistently disappointing that I’ve come to expect their movies to be disappointing, and in that way, they don’t disappoint. Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom is a fitting end to the DCU, since the DCU is now itself, the Lost Kingdom. This will be the…
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RunPee Weekly Newsletter #193 (November 22nd, 2023)
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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. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Mining the vein that is literature for film scripts is not a new phenomenon. Admittedly, the first known attempt was a 45 second adaptation of…
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Best Of British Biographies – Michael Gambon
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in BiographyThere are times when the events of the world overtake you. I had planned on writing a mini biography of the very wonderful and talented Michael Gambon. What I didn’t expect was for it to be pushed up the list as an obituary. Mind you, he was eighty two so it shouldn’t have been a…
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Short Movie Review – The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Oh my word, this brings back memories! Back in my first round of college days I was an avid reader of Roald Dahl’s short story collections. I can still remember reading Someone Like You, Kiss Kiss, and Switch Bitch whilst lying on the bed in my room. I can also remember the downside of a…
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Best Of British Biographies – Tilda Swinton
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in BiographyAh, Tilda Swinton! Where does one begin when talking about such a skilled and versatile actor? An actor who is simultaneously androgynous and feminine while epitomising the essence of enigmatic, ethereal, and mystical beings from any mythology or religion you care to mention. She can be otherworldly in one project and totally down to earth…
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Biography Should Be Written By An Acute Enemy
About five years ago I wouldn’t have been writing this. I’ve been an enthusiastic reader for as long as I can remember. My father was an avid reader and there were always books in the house. I was taught to read from an early age. I could read from, about, the age of three or…
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Iron Man – 15th Anniversary Rewatch Review
Yet again another reminder that, to quote Andrew Marvell, “But at my back I always hear, Time’s wingèd chariot hurrying near”. I was sitting with my grandson, Theo, and he had put on “an old film” which he quite liked. He’s only four and a half so his idea of what is “old” is somewhat…
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Best Of British Biographies – Julie Walters
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in BiographyThere’s an English joke…Someone from Manchester is asked what they think England’s second city is and they reply “Manchester”. Someone from Birmingham is asked what they think England’s second city is and they reply “Birmingham”. Someone from Newcastle is asked what they think England’s second city is and they reply “Newcastle”. Someone from Liverpool is…
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Best Of British Biographies – John Hurt
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in BiographyThere was a meme I saw recently which said “Which singer can you recognise from the first note?” If you are interested, my thoughts ran to Jon Anderson, Peter Gabriel, and Roger Hodgson. But then I wondered if there was something similar with actors; are there any actors you can recognise as soon as they…
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RunPee Weekly Newsletter #140 (November 16th , 2022)
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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. RIP Leslie Phillips CBE To British people of a certain age, simple phrases like “Ding Dong”, “Hello”, or “I Say” are invariably said in a very certain way. Such is the effect that Leslie Phillips…
