Category: Movies
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Movie Review: ‘Black Sunday’ (1977)
Black Sunday (1977) Written by: Ernest Lehman, Kenneth Ross, and Ivan Moffat Directed by: John Frankenheimer Starring: Bruce Dern, Martha Keller, Robert Shaw, Fritz Weaver On March 11, 1977, nearly a quarter of a century before Al Qaeda’s horrifying attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, a relatively small…
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Movie Review: ‘Oliver’s Story’
Oliver’s Story (1978) Written by: Erich Segal & John Korty Directed by: John Korty Starring: Ryan O’Neal, Candice Bergen, Ray Milland, Ed Binns With the popular and critical success of Arthur Hiller’s 1970 Love Story (it grossed over $100,000,000 at the box office), and perhaps taking some inspiration from Universal Studios’ tendency to make “let’s…
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Movie Review: ‘Glory’
Glory (1989) Written by: Kevin Jarré Directed by: Edward Zwick Starring: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Andre Braugher, Cary Elwes, Jihmi Kennedy, RonReaco Lee, JD Cullum, Ethan Philips, Jay O. Sanders Trip: I ain’t fightin’ this war for you, sir. Colonel Robert G. Shaw: I see. Trip: I mean, what’s the point? Ain’t nobody…
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Movie Review: ‘Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World’
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) Written by: Peter Weir & John Collee Based on: Master and Commander and The Far Side of the World, by Patrick O’Brian Directed by: Peter Weir Starring: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D’Arcy, Billy Boyd, Max Pirkis, Lee Ingleby, Edward Woodall, Richard McCabe Even though…
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TV Movie Review: ‘Fatherland’
Fatherland (1994) Written by: Stanley Weiser & Ron Hutchinson Based on: Fatherland: A Novel by Robert Harris Directed by: Christopher Menaul Starring: Rutger Hauer, Miranda Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Michael Kitchen, Jean Marsh, John Woodvine In 1992, Robert Harris, a British journalist and author of the non-fiction book Selling Hitler, became prominent as a first-time novelist…
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Movie Review: ‘The Hurt Locker’
The Hurt Locker (2008) Written by: Mark Boal Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow Starring: Jeremy Renner, Guy Pearce, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christopher Sayegh There is, apparently, a simple rule-of-thumb (at least for those folks who keep track of these things) that war movies, no matter how well-made they may be, simply do not attract huge…
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Movie Review: ‘Love Story’
Love Story (1970) Written by: Erich Segal Directed by: Arthur Hiller Starring: Ali McGraw, Ryan O’Neal, John Marley, Ray Milland, Russell Nype, Katharine Balfour, Sydney Walker, Tommy Lee Jones (credited as Tom Lee Jones) Whenever the topic of whether a movie adaptation of a popular book, be it fiction or non-fiction, is superior or inferior…
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Confessions of a ‘Star Wars’ Collector: Gathering the Endor Variants of Luke, Leia, and Han Together (& Other Observations)
Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s late afternoon here in New Hometown, Florida on Friday, April 23, 2021. Currently, the temperature is 82˚F (28˚C) under mostly cloudy skies. With humidity at 50% and the wind blowing from the east-southeast at 11 MPH (18 KM/H), the heat index is 83˚F (28˚C). It’s hotter than the forecast high…
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Book Review: ‘The Civil War: An Illustrated History’
The Civil War: An Illustrated History (1990) Published by: Alfred A. Knopf, New York Genre: American History/Documentary Series Tie-In Written By: Geoffrey C. Ward with Ric Burns and Ken Burns The most important programming public television offers, even in the 2020s, is a diverse range of historical documentaries that are never aired on the other…
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Star Wars Collectibles & Toys Review: Hasbro Star Wars The Black Series – Luke Skywalker (Endor) Action Figure
“I’m endangering the mission. I shouldn’t have come.” Utilizing stolen schematics, the Rebel Alliance formulated a plan to destroy the new Death Star. Luke Skywalker joined his friends for this mission to Endor. – Hasbro character blurb on the package, Luke Skywalker (Endor) On April 20, 2020, Hasbro released Star Wars The Black Series: Luke…
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