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If, somehow, neither of these titles is familiar to you then know we had radically different childhoods and that you are about to be blessed. Both of these films are directed by Savage Steve Holland whose most recent film is Malibu Rescue: The Next Wave (2020) and who is credited as animator on the show…
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Typically I write about older films in this category but in the case of the Fall Guy I am making an exception. Why? Because for some reason this film (supposedly) did not find an audience last year, which is absurd. So here I am trying to shine a little light on a wonderful movie. What…
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Not that long ago when I wanted to watch a movie or television show the first step in the process, usually, was to decide which I wanted to watch. If I reach back into my mind to the time when the video rental store was my main method of obtaining what I wanted, typically I…
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(This post contains spoilers) As someone who has watched and enjoyed all four seasons of True Detective it feels strange to only now write about the show. Where was the urge after watching the previous seasons? I think the desire may stem, in part, from the lack of attention season four received compared to the…
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(this post contains massive spoilers about the show Sunny) I spent ten years trying to write a novel without understanding how to tell the story. I had been reading a good deal of John Steinbeck and it influenced everything I wrote. I was young enough that I did not see this influence until I shared…
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I have been posting a fair number of reviews about television shows and movies of late. I struggle with calling what I write reviews as I purposely try and not comprehensively review anything. I suppose I take the coward’s way out, I try and write what I consider appreciations of things I think worthy of…
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(This post contains spoilers) How should a person judge a film adapted from a novel? Is it fair to compare the two given the audio/visual nature of the film? Frank Herbert most likely never imagined bagpipes in space while writing Dune, yet here we are and they are amazing. Part of why I’ve resisted writing…
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(This post contains spoilers) First things first, this image, which is the main one used for the show, is terrible. It makes Michael Fassbender look gaunt and scared. If you watch the show he does’t look like this (he looks like he always does and certainly never scared). That’s my main issue with this image,…
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A brief post about a current show – Mayor of Kingstown.
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A rant that becomes a comparison of how The Criterion Channel and Mubi designed their services.
The Writings of John Ryan Sullivan 