Category: Movies
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, November 3, 2022, or: Movies, Moods, and Aspirations
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in Amazon, Books, Disney+, Emmanuelle (1974), Emmanuelle 2 (1975), Emmanuelle 3/Goodbye Emmanuelle (1977), Erotic Movies, Films by Steven Spielberg, Hell to Pay: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947, Military History, Movies, Movies & Television, Operation Downfall, Star Trek: The Original 6-Movie Collection, Star Trek: The Original Motion Picture 6-Movie Collection, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, The Color Purple, The Mist (2007), To Be Read (TBR) Stack, World War II (1939-1945)From Books to Movies Since yesterday I posted about my infamous To Be Read (TBR) list and how I tend to read different books about the same topic (for instance, the invasion of Japan that mercifully did not take place), today’s installment of A Certain Point of View, Too will be about the To Be…
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On Blu-ray Discs and Blu-ray Collecting: My Collection Gets a Bit Spicy with the Addition of the 1970s-era ‘Emmanuelle’ Trilogy
On Movies & Collecting – An Update on My Blu-ray Collection I love movies. After reading, which was – and always will be – my “first love” where pastimes are concerned and is the main reason why I’ve always wanted to write, movies rank a close second. So much so, in fact, that when I…
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‘Star Wars’ Collectibles & Toys Review: Star Wars The Black Series George Lucas (in Stormtrooper Disguise) 6-Inch-Scale Collectible Action Figure
“The Maker” Gets a Tribute Figure! The 6-inch-scale Black Series figure is detailed to look like George Lucas if he was wearing a Stormtrooper Disguise, featuring premium detail and multiple points of articulation. – Hasbro’s product description in the George Lucas (in Stormtrooper Disguise) page on Hasbro.com On June 28, 2022 (45 years after the…
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On Books & Reading: The Joy of Reading (and Rereading) Books…It’s in My DNA!
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in Blogging, Books, Emmanuelle (1974), Erotic Movies, Family History, Ian Doescher, Life in Florida, Life in Miami (1972-2016), Life in South Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Life in the United States, Military History, Movies, Personal Thoughts, Rick Atkinson, Star Wars: A New Hope, The Liberation Trilogy, William Shakespeare's Star WarsOn Books and Reading “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”― Oscar Wilde Over the years, as I have grown older, grayer, and more set in my ways, I’ve noticed how many habits I have that are like those of my mom…
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‘Star Wars’ Collectibles & Toys Review: Star Wars The Black Series Figrin D’an Toy 6-Inch-Scale Collectible Action Figure
“Fiery” Figrin D’an On July 16, 2022, Pawtucket (Rhode Island) based Hasbro released Figrin D’an, a 6-inch scale action figure of the bandleader and kloo horn player who “fronts” Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes, aka “the Cantina Band” seen in 1977’s Star Wars,[1] as part of the Summer 2022 wave in its ongoing Star…
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Reflections on America and Its History: Takeaways from the First Part of ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,With conquering limbs astride from land to land;Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall standA mighty woman with a torch, whose flameIs the imprisoned lightning, and her nameMother of Exiles. From her beacon-handGlows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes commandThe air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. “Keep, ancient lands,…
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Tempus Fugit: Where Were You in October of ’72?
Where I Was in October of ’72…. (A Tempus Fugit Gig) “Seasons change, people grow together and apart, life moves on. You will be OK, embrace it.” ― Alexandra Elle, Words from a Wanderer Author’s Note: In less than three days (as I write this, at any rate) it will be my late mother’s 94th…
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On Books & Reading, or: Reading Habits, the TBR Stack Got Bigger, and a Quick Life Update
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in Adults-Only Games, Amazon, Beatriz Diaz-Granados, Books, Computer and Video Games, Family History, Fire & Steel: The End of World War Two in the West, James D. Hornfischer, Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad, MicroProse Software, Movie Magic Screenwriter 6, Popcorn Sky Productions, Regiments (2022), Screenwriting, Screenwriting & Producing, Star Wars Books, Star Wars: Brotherhood, The Life and Times of Le Bronco von der Löwenhöhle: Stories and Tips from Thirteen Years with a Leonberger, The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11, Thomas Wikman, Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960I cannot live without books. – Thomas Jefferson I love books. I love to read. I learned to read at an early age. I don’t remember when I started to read, but my mom used to tell me (and anyone else, for that matter) that Tata, my maternal grandmother, taught me to read before…
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