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Princess and the Lizard
Merry Christmas everyone. To the four of you who are reading this on Christmas day, I am posting something completely different. Instead of something music related I am posting a short children's story...
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Full BBC David Bowie schedule for January
The official David Bowie website lists the full BBC schedule commemorating his passing. There will be a wealth of radio and TV broadcasts, including the new documentary The Last Five...
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Black Mirror – Season 3 Episode 5 – Men Against Fire
Director: Jakob VerbruggenWriter: Charlie Brooker (Screenplay) Starring: Malachi Kirby, Madeline Brewer, Ariane Labed, Sarah Snook, Michael Kelly, Kola Bokinni Plot: Future soldiers Stripe (Malachi...
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2017 Anticipated Countdown #25 IT
2017 Anticipated CountdownThrough December I am going to look at 31 films I am looking to watch in 2017, some I am looking forward to and others I want to see where the film idea will go next.ITMain...
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Black Mirror – Season 3 Episode 6 Hated in the Nation
Director: James HawesWriter: Charlie Brooker (Screenplay) Starring: Kelly Macdonald, Faye Marsay, Benedict Wong, Jonas Karlsson, Joe Armstrong, Elizabeth Berrington Plot: In near-future London, police...
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About That One Time the FBI Accused It’s a Wonderful Life of Being “Communist...
What do you remember most about It's a Wonderful Life?Little Karolyn Grimes adorably telling Jimmy Stewart, "Look daddy, teacher says every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings"?The overly...
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Deck the Halls with Holly Golightly!
Holly Golightly, that beguiling creature Truman Capote created as the centerpiece for hisnovella, Breakfast at Tiffany's, captured the imaginations of readers the instant she appeared in print in 1958....
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Christmas Break Binge Report: Taking a Quantum Leap with Eric McCormack’s...
[SPOILERS FOR THE TRAVELERS PILOT FOLLOW]I'm not going to lie: The only reason I watched Travelers, a Canadian TV series which premiered on the Showcase channel in October and has now landed on Netflix...
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Short Film Review – VR
Short Film ReviewVRDirected by– Rob UlitskiStarring– Betty Waterhouse, Connor Knight, Matt Beaumont, Kyle Major, Mario Mortez, Emy LeePlot Synopsis– The latest virtual reality device is released Tom...
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‘Superman: The Movie’ (1978) — The Hero with a Heart
Christopher Reeve as the “reel” Man of Steel in Superman (1978)What’s the best superhero movie ever made? Why, it’s Superman: The Movie, of course. You can bet your loose chunk of Kryptonite it is! And...
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Preview: Warlords of Appalachia #3 by Johnson & Scharf (BOOM!)
Warlords of Appalachia #3 Preview (BOOM!) Here’s a short preview of Warlords of Appalachia #3, a 4-issue miniseries by writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson and artist Jonas Scharf, on sale December 28th,...
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Best Horror Authors of the Twentieth Century
Best Horror Authors of the Twentieth CenturyHorror has always been one of the most popular genres no matter which medium of entertainment there is. In the twentieth century readers were treated to an...
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Fraud for Fun and Profit
Film: The Fortune CookieFormat: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. When you think of classic screen duos, there are a lot that certainly come to mind. Limit your thoughts to comedy teams, and...
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How I helped create the character of the fake American comedian Lewis Schaffer
A very young Brian Simpson (left) in Edinburgh with genuine American comedian Erich McElroyBrownhills Town Entrance feature sculpture by John McKenna (Photo by Jpb1301 of Wikipedia)Brian Simpson, the...
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Best & Worst Books Read in 2016
Vice President Agnew with his literary masterpieceI've only done a book list once. This year seemed a good time to revisit the idea, considering that I read a staggering 256 books in 2016 - more books...
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Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Chloe Sevigny, Tom Bennett, Xavier Samuel, Emma Greenwell, Stephen Fry Directed By: Whit StillmanPlot: The recently widowed Lady Susan Vernon (Beckinsale) seeks refuge with...
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HCTF's best of 2016 (20-16)
Where's ... David Bowie, Radiohead, Nick Cave? Or that album that you liked so much? Simple. HCTF picked the 20 best albums that were actually reviewed on this blog.HCTF lists the 20 albums that will...
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Words about music (427): Peter Green
I think that every artist dreams of renewing the forms which came before, but I think very few can be considered to have achieved that. We are all dwarves standing upon the shoulders of the giants who...
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Backwoods Payback - Fire Not Reason
There was upheaval within the Backwoods camp, prompting the band to "vanish" for a while, much to my sadness. However, Mike Cummings and Jessica Baker stealthily regrouped bringing in Erik Larson -...
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Passengers: We Have to Talk About That Twist
[Spoilers for Passengers Follow]Maybe I'm only okay with this because I have a dick.Not to be crass, but that is one of the thoughts which occurred to me throughout Passengers, Chris Pratt and...
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