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Hollywood Epics 2 – Cleopatra (1963)
Apart from this movie being recommended to me by a co-worker who’s got a very similar taste in movies to me, I came into this movie almost completely blind. Not only have I never seen this movie before, but I … Continue reading
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Ridley Scott Month 1 – Alien
This month, I’ll be looking at four movies from legendary film director Ridley Scott. Let’s start with the movie that put him on the map, Alien. I’ll also be looking at Gladiator, Blade Runner, and Kingdom of Heaven, most likely … Continue reading
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Home Alone movies 6 – Home Sweet Home Alone
Looking back at the previous Home Alone movies, the original is a great movie overall – no major complaints. Home Alone 2’s only real problem is that it borrows a bit too much from the first one, but it’s still … Continue reading
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Home Alone movies 5 – The Holiday Heist
After the complete disaster that was Home Alone 4, you think they’d put this series to rest. But no, there are still two more movies to get through. Home Alone: The Holiday Heist wisely drops the McCallister storyline though, seeing … Continue reading
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Home Alone movies 4 – Taking Back the House
Home Alone 3 was the first movie in the series to not star Kevin McCallister as the lead character, and it wasn’t all that well received. It was profitable, but barely, and certainly didn’t reek in the mega cash that … Continue reading
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Home Alone movies 3 – International Criminals
Since Home Alone 3 is the only sequel without a subtitle within its title, I’m including a major plot element in the title of this blog post. Home Alone 3 is the first sequel to not include any cast members … Continue reading
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Home Alone movies 1 – the original
The Home Alone series started back in the year 1990, and whether you’ve heard or not, they’re still making movies in this series now. The newest entry, Home Sweet Home Alone, released just a few weeks ago. There are 6 … Continue reading
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Classic Musical Month 3 – The Sound of Music
The original plan was to post this sometime between Sunday and Tuesday, but this week’s been crazy in more ways than one. My uncle died since my last blog post for one – the very uncle who was a major … Continue reading
X-Men Movies 14 – New Mutants
This post was unfortunately delayed due to my air conditioner breaking down last weekend. Thankfully it’s under warranty, but with my area under a heat wave, well … it was a significant distraction. Anyway, let’s get to it. The X-Men … Continue reading
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Sean Connery Month 4 – Zardoz
Apologies for the delay with this post. Long story short, I worked a lot of overtime in the last couple of weeks at work, and felt pretty drained. Anyway, to conclude my blog’s celebration of Sean Connery’s career, let’s look … Continue reading
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