RunPee Weekly Newsletter #132 (September 21th, 2022)

Ian Holm 1931-2020

Last week would have seen the 91^st birthday of Ian Holm rolling around. Sadly, he died due to complications of Parkinson’s disease. He had a string of iconic film roles during his working life: Bilbo Baggins, Father Cornelius, Sam Mussabini, Ash, and many others. Let’s take another look at the life of a very fine actor.

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I remember fondly the Wesley Snipes era Blade films. I wasn’t aware of the Marvel connection as I hadn’t read a Marvel comic since 1971. Still, it did prove the concept and produce the seed money which would, eventually, lead to the foundation of the MCU.

I do like Mahershala Ali and I can’t wait to see what they make of the stories.

I think we’ve all heard of twins making up their own private language and only speaking it between themselves. This is a true story based on a pair of Welsh twins. A quick look at their real story does make you see why it would be a candidate for being turned into a film!
Grade: C+

The everyday story of the development of a vicious killer!

Grade: A

A good, old fashioned whodunnit. A Hollywood mystery set when people start dying while a popular play is being made into a film.

Grade: A

Confession time…I’ve never seen the original Check Chase versions of Fletch so I can’t tell if this is a re-launch, re-boot, re-imagining, or a re-make. Fortunately someone better informed got to review it!
Grade: B

When you think of a 19^th century historical epic it tends to be centred on either the Napoleonic or American civil wars. Instead, we have a saga from the kingdom of Dahomey which was in modern day Benin, Western Africa.

Grade: A-