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Best of British Biographies – Ian McKellen
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Who’s the last actor to create a character written by Shakespeare? By that I mean who was the last person to get a part written by Shakespeare and be the first one to actually perform it. Edward Alleyn? David Garrick? William Kempe? You might be surprised to hear that it is none other than Magneto/Gandalf…
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Movie Franchise Rewatch Analysis – Star Trek: Nemesis
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I haven’t finished my Star Trek franchise rewatch yet, but I’m pretty sure this is the worst stinker in the 13 movie run. I was pleasantly surprised by most of The Final Frontier being better than I remembered. And while I need to rewatch Into Darkness to see how it fared over time in comparison,…
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Movie Analysis: A Deeper Look at Mortal Kombat
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Mortal Kombat… Need I Say More? Wow. I’ve gotta start off saying I thoroughly enjoyed it. The acting may not have been top notch. Cole specifically… But the storyline was decent. The nostalgia was there. The corny humor sprinkled throughout. The finishes and fatalities…it was all worthwhile. There are spoilers below. Proceed with caution… .…
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Golden Man’s Top 10 Movies of 2020
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in Action, Adventure, Blockbuster, Comedy, DC, Drama, Dystopian, Indie and vintage films, Limited release, List, Marvel not MCU, Movie of the Month, Movie Opinions and Lists, Movie Reviews, Movie summary, Musical, Ranking Movies, Remake, Remakes and Reboots, Romance, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Sequel, Sequels and Prequels, Shared Universe, Superhero, Superheroes, ThrillerHow do you choose the top 10 movies of 2020? I wish I knew an easy way to choose the top 10 movies of 2020. But the truth is it’s like trying to pick your favorite child: there are so precious few of them. Looking at the “Movies Seen 2020” list on my phone depresses…
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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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First View Movie Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
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Well now, wasn’t this a peculiar movie? Although that can be said for anything Director Tim Burton puts his hand to. Here he plies a Brit version of Professor Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. Call it a creepy Hogwarts with fewer kids and less lessons. Superpowered, but not X-Men These kids aren’t being groomed as…
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Movie Review – The New Mutants
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This was a nice welcome back to the theater movie. It was fun and pulled me in very quickly, especially since this isn’t usually my kind of film. The first thing that comes to mind about The New Mutants was the chemistry. When you have a group of five characters, it’s usually difficult to pull…
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Movie Review – About Time (2013)
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It’s not a Groundhog Day movie About Time has time travel in it. Let’s get that out of the way. And while on the surface it seems to feature a Groundhog temporal loop, it doesn’t. The young man in question (a sincere, naive Domhnall Gleeson) can go back in time and fix things as often…
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It’s official: COVID19 will affect movie releases for the next decade
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in Movie NewsDisney has announced that all scheduled Star Wars and Avatar films between 2021 and 2027 are being pushed back one year. That means there will be no “Avatar 2” in 2021 and no new Star Wars film in 2022. The plan all along has been for Disney to alternate releasing either a Star Wars or Avatar movie every Christmas…
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Join Comic Con for free online right now!
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in Geek stuffThe 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…