Franchises are not always obvious. Who knew that taking the framework of 1958’s It: The Terror Beyond Space while mixing in some HR Giger artwork and then coating everything with KY jelly would result in such a hit with audiences? But there was 20th Century Fox, suddenly sitting pretty with Alien’s sizeable box office returns …
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What’s A Mother’s Movies To Do?: Stalag 17
Time to continue the journey down the rabbit hole, exploring of some of my late mother’s favorite films. Her tastes leaned more towards the classic rather than the modern, and I’m completely fine with that. Far too often we jump into the new and flashy thing with both feet and then dispose of it three minutes later …
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Almost Equal Sequels Part XII: 2010: The Year We Make Contact
Ye gods, it has been a terrifically long time, hasn’t it? I feel like I’ve finally awoken from hibernation as I make the long journey to Jupiter’s moons, I tell you! Now that I coincidentally on purpose mentioned Jupiter’s moons, I think the time has come to talk about a sequel to an acclaimed and …
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Through The Decades With Dear Boris: The Raven (1963)
As we come screaming into All Hallows Eve, allow me to wish you and yours the very best of the season! May the weather favor your trick-or-treating or, if you have/are weak-in-the-knees parents, your trunk-or-treating. (Insert my sad eyeroll here.) Which reminds me: Parental Trick-Or-Treating ProTip #4: To allay any fears regarding wackos placing poisonous razor-bladed lightbulbs in the children’s …
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Lincoln & Spielberg: Close Encounters on a House Divided
My father was a huge Civil War history enthusiast. And by using the term “Civil War”, of course I mean the American Civil War. I mean, like who cares about the inner conflicts that like occurred in other nations anyway, right? Okay fine, when Ken Burns gets around to making documentaries on all those other conflicts, maybe I’ll check them …
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