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In the year of our Lord, One thousand, Nine hundred, and Eighty, the world was presented with a marvelous gift: Airplane! A monster hit upon release, the film still resonates today, with a bit of a timeless quality. David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker wrote and directed Airplane! and I don’t think we’ve collectively …
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Ah, the 1950s! The true glory days of the hard scrabble slightly financed sci-fi extravaganzas! Giant bugs and atomic beasts! Flying saucers and underwater creatures! Infinitesimal amounts of money were spent on a huge catalog of films that were unleashed onto the unwitting public. There were great posters, intriguing titles, and the promise of something unique and entertaining. And mothers across the …
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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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