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I run into this regularly since Peter Jackson provided an excuse for people to upscale and colorize their silents.
"But but but, THE KIDS CAN'T BE EXPECTED TO WATCH OLD THINGS WITHOUT COLOR!!!"
Plenty of kids have. Plenty of kids will. Make the originals more available.
"But but but, THE KIDS CAN'T BE EXPECTED TO WATCH OLD THINGS WITHOUT COLOR!!!"
Plenty of kids have. Plenty of kids will. Make the originals more available.
Cinemax aired colorized films in the 1980s to introduce “a new, younger audience to Hollywood’s classics."
This argument has been used to digitally desecrate old movies for 40+ years. #TheWizardOfOz #FilmSky
This argument has been used to digitally desecrate old movies for 40+ years. #TheWizardOfOz #FilmSky
August 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I run into this regularly since Peter Jackson provided an excuse for people to upscale and colorize their silents.
"But but but, THE KIDS CAN'T BE EXPECTED TO WATCH OLD THINGS WITHOUT COLOR!!!"
Plenty of kids have. Plenty of kids will. Make the originals more available.
"But but but, THE KIDS CAN'T BE EXPECTED TO WATCH OLD THINGS WITHOUT COLOR!!!"
Plenty of kids have. Plenty of kids will. Make the originals more available.
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The Essential Top 20 spaghetti westerns and where to get them on home video www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Es... share the love! #filmsky
Essential Top 20 Films - The Spaghetti Western Database
www.spaghetti-western.net
July 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
The Essential Top 20 spaghetti westerns and where to get them on home video www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Es... share the love! #filmsky
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"I saw Free Willy when it came out. A coworker asked how it was. I said I was surprised how much I loved it, and that Madsen was the best thing in it. "Michael Madsen is in Free Willy?” he asked. “What does he do, tie the whale to a chair and cut its ear off?”
www.vulture.com/article/mich...
www.vulture.com/article/mich...
Michael Madsen Was More Than a Tough Guy
He was a great villain, but he shone when showing his softer side
www.vulture.com
July 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"I saw Free Willy when it came out. A coworker asked how it was. I said I was surprised how much I loved it, and that Madsen was the best thing in it. "Michael Madsen is in Free Willy?” he asked. “What does he do, tie the whale to a chair and cut its ear off?”
www.vulture.com/article/mich...
www.vulture.com/article/mich...
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My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.
May 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.
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Here's a story from 1921 about how Hollywood producers were opposed to increasing tariffs on foreign films because they feared other countries would respond with their own tariffs on American movies
May 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Here's a story from 1921 about how Hollywood producers were opposed to increasing tariffs on foreign films because they feared other countries would respond with their own tariffs on American movies
I only need two dolls.
May 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I only need two dolls.
Sounds like a whale of a time.
having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little
May 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Sounds like a whale of a time.
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[at a job interview]
INTERVIEWER: quick question about your cover letter
ME: of course
INTERVIEWER: all it says is “I have dedicated my life to the destruction of my enemies. If you hire me, your enemies will become mine and will also be destroyed.”
ME: that’s correct
INTERVIEWER: quick question about your cover letter
ME: of course
INTERVIEWER: all it says is “I have dedicated my life to the destruction of my enemies. If you hire me, your enemies will become mine and will also be destroyed.”
ME: that’s correct
May 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
[at a job interview]
INTERVIEWER: quick question about your cover letter
ME: of course
INTERVIEWER: all it says is “I have dedicated my life to the destruction of my enemies. If you hire me, your enemies will become mine and will also be destroyed.”
ME: that’s correct
INTERVIEWER: quick question about your cover letter
ME: of course
INTERVIEWER: all it says is “I have dedicated my life to the destruction of my enemies. If you hire me, your enemies will become mine and will also be destroyed.”
ME: that’s correct
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Steve Mcqueen on the set of The Great Escape by John Sturges (1962)
April 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Steve Mcqueen on the set of The Great Escape by John Sturges (1962)
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I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1497
April 15, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1497
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I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1490
April 8, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1490
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I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1483
April 1, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1483
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"An ultraportable device this light does not come without sacrifices, and Mead has opted for the unusual choice of not including a keyboard. Instead, it's operated entirely by a stylus."
Review: The Mead Spiral 100 College-Ruled Notebook
Releasing the same month as the latest iPad, Mead has taken a big risk with its new 100 Notebook series. Built around a minimal feature set and a l...
www.mcsweeneys.net
March 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"An ultraportable device this light does not come without sacrifices, and Mead has opted for the unusual choice of not including a keyboard. Instead, it's operated entirely by a stylus."
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This is important watching because it scales all the way across up and down the entertainment industry, make some time for it. 🎥
How Capitalism Killed the Movie Star
YouTube video by Adam Conover
youtu.be
March 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This is important watching because it scales all the way across up and down the entertainment industry, make some time for it. 🎥
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Millions of you, around the world, have put the lessons I wrote in #OnTyranny in late 2016 to good use. It has been humbling to learn how from courageous and creative dissenters, protestors, and oppositionists. I was honored when John Lithgow volunteered to read them aloud.
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Millions of you, around the world, have put the lessons I wrote in #OnTyranny in late 2016 to good use. It has been humbling to learn how from courageous and creative dissenters, protestors, and oppositionists. I was honored when John Lithgow volunteered to read them aloud.
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Happy 95th to John Astin!
March 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Happy 95th to John Astin!
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Excellent, thoughtful piece, which, judging from the comments, not enough people actually bothered to read
I recently watched the same movie twice in one week; once at home and once in a packed theater. The film was exactly the same, but the different venues elicited very different responses.
That led to this piece. I suppose the headline speaks for itself.
That led to this piece. I suppose the headline speaks for itself.
Go to the Movie Theater
It’s still the best way to see a film.
screencrush.com
March 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Excellent, thoughtful piece, which, judging from the comments, not enough people actually bothered to read
Travis Bickle must of had a few stops around here.
This is a shot of where we used to live and rehearse on the Bowery by Kate Simon. Blondie was over the liquor store.
March 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Travis Bickle must of had a few stops around here.
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On March 27, 1955, Steve McQueen made his network TV debut in an episode of "The Goodyear Playhouse" titled "The Chivington Raid.”
March 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
On March 27, 1955, Steve McQueen made his network TV debut in an episode of "The Goodyear Playhouse" titled "The Chivington Raid.”
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I haven't been able to follow the classified Signal chat debacle without thinking of Airplane.
March 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I haven't been able to follow the classified Signal chat debacle without thinking of Airplane.
"We are currently clean on OPSEC."
March 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
"We are currently clean on OPSEC."
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Exclusive Interview: Martine Beswicke
Exclusive Interview: Martine Beswicke
In his fan letter published in The Hollywood Reporter last year, screenwriter John Logan (Gladiator, Penny Dreadful) said of Martine Beswicke, “In the long parade of horror cinema’s virginal ingenues, wan heroines, willowy victims, and helpless damsels-in-distress, Martine Beswicke stands apart. She is the most modern Scream Queen of them all — because she never...
dlvr.it
March 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Exclusive Interview: Martine Beswicke
Dress for the job you want...
March 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Dress for the job you want...
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I for one am shocked and appalled at this archaeological discovery. ;)
From The Armstrong & Miller Show.
From The Armstrong & Miller Show.
March 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I for one am shocked and appalled at this archaeological discovery. ;)
From The Armstrong & Miller Show.
From The Armstrong & Miller Show.
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Older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid is The South Zeal Menhir Standing Stone at The Oxenham Arms.
Carved from Dartmoor granite by Neolithic people 5000 years ago
Carved from Dartmoor granite by Neolithic people 5000 years ago
March 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid is The South Zeal Menhir Standing Stone at The Oxenham Arms.
Carved from Dartmoor granite by Neolithic people 5000 years ago
Carved from Dartmoor granite by Neolithic people 5000 years ago