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The book Dune starts with an old woman. The first sentence reads: “In the week before their departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy, and old crone came to visit the mother of the boy, Paul.”...
by agoldnyc
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on Tue Feb 20, 2024 at 07:23 PM PST
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This is not normally a site to look for film recommendations, but I thought I’d make one anyway. Last weekend, my girlfriend and I rewatched “Lone Star,” a 1996 film written and directed by John Sayles. Starring Chris Cooper, it also has supporting...
by jab70
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on Wed Oct 04, 2023 at 11:21 AM PDT
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I wasn't into dolls. It's not like I had some aversion to them; I just found other things more interesting. When I was about five or six, my maternal grandmother gave me a beautiful Madame Alexander ...
by A Pagan in Arizona
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on Tue Aug 08, 2023 at 02:00 PM PDT
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I don’t watch movies. Action movies — don’t like them. Superheroes, comic book figures — no interest. Comedies often just embarrass me. I have enjoyed the occasional rom-com — do they still exist? It’s not so much that I dislike movies as that I’m...
by this is only a test
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on Mon Jul 31, 2023 at 05:43 AM PDT
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This is a humorous video pitting Oppenheimer versus Thanos in an epic rap battle. Watch it, it’s fun and filled with Easter eggs for both Oppy and Thanos. Let us know what you think in the ...
by jtg
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on Sat Jul 22, 2023 at 08:11 AM PDT
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I am a mostly 80s child. with some 70s thrown in. But no other movie does the best job of summarizing up my High School years as does “The Breakfast Club” I remember when the movie came out and I saw it over 30 plus years ago and it touched me like no...
by CameronProf
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on Wed May 24, 2023 at 06:49 PM PDT
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Oy...at least it is not the 1970s when too many movies and shows focused on the mafia. I just never could get into any that I saw, from 1 whole film on the family, or a network cable series. My dislike started while watching the formulaic drama shows...
by CameronProf
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on Wed May 10, 2023 at 09:25 PM PDT
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In the genre of parody movies I include pictures such as Airplane, Scream, Police Squad, etc. Far and away my favorite such movie is Student Bodies. Imagine if Airplane met a horror movie and you have Student Bodies. It gets a mandatory R rating not...
by CameronProf
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on Sun Jan 08, 2023 at 07:13 PM PST
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I love musicals.
There, I said it.
Most of my favorites come from the 50s and 60s, I was blessed to experience them from my best friend/second family. We would watch them endlessly
The ...
by CameronProf
124 comments
on Wed Jan 04, 2023 at 10:03 PM PST
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After reading a DK article on Ukraine that mentioned the Holodomor, frustrated by my ignorance, I decided to watch Mr Jones, a 2019 historical movie thriller on Prime Video (also free on Hulu, etc.). Gareth Jones is a Welsh linguist, journalist and UK...
by CorpFlunky
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on Sun Sep 25, 2022 at 03:55 PM PDT
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There are so many classic lines from movies, it is often hard to list just one favorite. I have several and right now I guess my favorite is mostly…. But far and away my favorite word that appeared in a movie comes from a movie with so many great lines...
by CameronProf
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on Thu Aug 25, 2022 at 10:21 PM PDT
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Gotta say, in the new Netflix streaming movie “Prey,” they did a lot of things right. It is a horror movie genre gem. (If you eschew spoilers, read no further). I’m going to defer to professional movie reviewers to tell you how good the casting,...
by Mitch D
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on Sun Aug 07, 2022 at 06:08 PM PDT
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This is the 1st National 3D Day ever in America. 👓 3/22/22 it's the 3rd day of the 3rd week of the 3rd month. Just like the Simpson's held their Parents Teacher conference on the 13th hour of the 13th day of the 13th month. Lousy Smarch weather...
by Kaizar
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on Tue Mar 22, 2022 at 09:55 AM PDT
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On Batman v. Superman (Warner Bros. name, not Snyder nor Terrio's idea) Chris Terrio wrote an actually good script (like he always does. See movie: Argo) he toned down the excessive unnecessary darkness and put his foot down; so Batman would stop...
by Kaizar
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on Sun Mar 20, 2022 at 11:18 AM PDT
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Without looking it up, can you guess what movie the quote was in? If, get it right and leave a new 1 Time to play a simple game. You just have to guess and write down the movie that I supply a quote came from. When someone gets it right, it is their turn to be in charge, and supply. Please provide some balance….not too obvious a line since people will...
by CameronProf
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on Fri Mar 04, 2022 at 05:41 PM PST
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First, we have to eliminate 2 Myths: (1). 3D is dead Myth: Well here are the movies that released in 3D in 2K21: Godzilla VS. Kong $468 million (90+% from 3D Screenings) Fast & Furious 9 $726 million (about $500+ million from 3D screenings) Black Widow...
by Kaizar
59 comments
on Sat Feb 19, 2022 at 11:37 AM PST
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If you enjoyed Avatar back in 2K9 or Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over or Mission Impossible or James Bond or The Great Gatsby or Hugo (Martin Scorsese) or Terminator or Titanic (1996) or Top Gun or Jurassic Park/World or Harry Potter or Hobbit movies or Planet...
by Kaizar
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on Fri Feb 04, 2022 at 12:06 PM PST
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First it was movie Studios trying to train us consumers (specifically movie goers) to watch movies in Monoscopic 2D. Then Warner Bros. and Paramount became the last 2 studios still trying to do that. Luckily all of them have learn their lesson after...
by Kaizar
59 comments
on Thu Jan 20, 2022 at 11:59 AM PST
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Hey all. I just want to share a movie I watched yesterday. TCM had it on at Jan 1 but we saved it and finally watched it. Wow wow wow! This was break out performance for Andy Griffith. I had seen it long ago. But now it really resonates. ShelterBox USA...
by TexMex
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on Mon Jan 10, 2022 at 06:41 AM PST
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Title sequences can help you get into a movie even before it actually starts. Think of the introductions to Star Wars films, or the almost cartoonish introductions to the titles of Grant’s Charade or Catch Me if you can or the famous introductory...
by CameronProf
36 comments
on Thu Dec 30, 2021 at 08:53 PM PST
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