movies

  • I am not going to say that every movie sequel is bad, because there are some good ones out there. However in general most sequels are really money making vehicles especially when they are following a very successful movie. I could easily fill this page with hundreds of bad sequels but I am limiting it…

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  • This is more of a personal blog then factual although the facts are real, but when I say personal it is more a matter of taste. In 1978 Michael Cimino directed the classic movie “the Deer Hunter” Even though I was only 10 at the time I did recognize it to be a genuine masterpiece…

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  • The forgotten James Bond

    Everyone knows there have been 7 actors who played the illusive 007. Sean Connery,Roger Moore,George Lazenby,Timothy Dalton,Pierce Brosnan,Daniel Craig and David Niven(who played Bond in the parody Casino Royale) And when you exclude the parody Casino Royale there have been 24 movies and number 25 due out in the cinemas in April 2020. Well on…

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  • Who doesn’t remember the iconic car from Back to the Future? Or should I perhaps say the ironic car from Back to the Future,because although it couldn’t have  hoped for a better marketing tool then the movie franchise, the DeLorean DMC-12 completely failed. Despite it’s ultra-cool appearance  not many people actually bought a DeLorean car. They were…

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  • It is a well known fact that the  North Korean dictator Kim Jong -Un has “issues” (to keep it PC). But this has been running in the family for generations. In the late 1960s, Kim Jong-il, heir to the North Korean dictatorship at the time, became interested in making propaganda films. Kim was already deeply…

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  • In a galaxy far far away.

    Well actually it was not that far far away. It was actually on this planet all along. These are just some “behind the scene” images of Star wars. The above picture is lunch time on set. Filming Star Wars inside of the iconic “Millennium Falcon” spacecraft. Would you care for a dance your higness Getting…

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  • Harry Baur (12 April 1880 as Henri-Marie Baur in Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine – 8 April 1943 in Paris) was a French actor.. Thanks to his impressive performance and his melodic voice he became one of the most important French actors of his time. His father died in 1890 when his business was left ruined  after a…

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  • This is going to be a completely bias blog and I am not apologizing for it.For some reason I tend to watch the Rocky movies every time I am going to a bit of a rough time. Although the movies are really not of the standard I usually would watch, I can’t but help having…

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  • Gottschalk, the son of a physician, was born in the small town of Calau, in the Prussian province of Brandenburg, on April 10 1904. He attended the Gymnasium high school in Cottbus and from 1924 worked for four years on seagoing vessels. He later began an theatrical education in Cottbus and Berlin. During an engagement…

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