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  1. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Excellent analysis, Edward. The only other thing I'll say about B:TAS now, and which you alluded to, is that it was the first treatment of the character outside of the comics to take the approach that Batman is his real personality, and Bruce Wayne is the disguise. This revelatory take on...
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    I've been watching The Power of Film, a new documentary series on Turner Classic Movies. It's one of the best film docs I've seen in a long time, loaded with fascinating observations about movie storytelling... and storytelling in general. Unlike the last film documentary series I watched (The...
  3. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Of course, Worf. It had the advantage of having hours, whole seasons, to refine its characters, etc. in a way that even a series of films (like Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy) can't. But really, the thing that made the show special is that the entire production staff - Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, Eric...
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Of course, I've been on the B:TAS is the BEST EVER adaptation of Batman! team since it first aired. I've said so here dozens of times over the years. While there have been some darn good Bat-projects since it was made, none have understood the character and his world better.
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Broadway great Chita Rivera! https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/theater/chita-rivera-dead.html https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/chita-rivera-dead-showstopping-legend-broadway-musicals-1235810582/...
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    Flight jackets with leather (not knitted) cuffs/collar/waistband

    I'll go a step further in recommending Wested - many of their jackets, including the Indy styles, are available in custom versions for a mere $30 more. Custom sleeve and body lengths, choice of lining (go all cotton!), choice of leather type and hardware... If you're like me and no...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I must disagree, it IS Brideshead Revisited... crossed with The Talented Mr. Ripley and set in 2006. I thought it was okay, not great. But I loved that Emerald Fennell chose to shoot it in the classic 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I wanted to like See How They Run more, but I found Sam Rockwell's protagonist inspector character somewhat off-putting. Which is weird, because Rockwell is frequently the best thing in a film - he's sometimes the savior of a weak one. But as you observed, it does the period well. It's got...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    One of Woody's best - and best-natured - films. I've loved it since it first opened. And it seems even better now, because unlike when it appeared in the 80s, he isn't still making another impressive film every year. (Just in the four years before Radio Days - Zelig, Broadway Danny Rose, The...
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/theater/glynis-johns-dead.html https://www.avclub.com/rip-glynis-johns-mary-poppins-little-night-music-1851141293 https://variety.com/2024/film/obituaries-people-news/glynis-johns-dead-mary-poppins-mrs-banks-1235861986/...
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    Hats on TV

    I've been loving all the 1880s hats on HBO's The Gilded Age. Especially the rakish Homburg-evolving-into-fedora ones favored by Oscar. Dig that straw one! They inspired me to get my own custom homburg/fedora from Agnoulita:
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Wonderful British actor Tom Wilkinson... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/tom-wilkinson-dead-full-monty-michael-clayton-1235776939/ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/30/arts/tom-wilkinson-dead.html This one just hurts. Really hurts. Tom Wilkinson has been my absolute...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Excellent review, as always! But... Note that 3 Godfathers was remade by John Ford in 1948, in color, starring John Wayne. Interestingly, it was Ford's second pass at the story, he'd previously directed a lost silent version back in 1916! I've seen the 1948 Ford film - which is, of...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Briefly, some recent films I've caught on streaming/cable... Maestro - The new Leonard Bernstein biopic is pretty good, if far more focused on his marriage than his music. I have never been impressed with Bradley Cooper as an actor or director, but he does well here, and Carey Mulligan is a...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I just checked: it's available on Amazon, but no longer on Prime. It was included with Prime until recently.
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Re They Shall Not Grow Old, no, they didn't have film-sound recording in the Great War. Jackson had lip readers view the silent footage to determine what the men were probably saying, then had voice actors record it. It's the main thing that separates this documentary from the many in recent...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    An outstanding film in gorgeous (digital) b/w with fine performances. Branagh's a dependably good director even in his most commercial films, but in dealing with his own childhood, he's even better. I didn't have a problem with the Van Morrison soundtrack, but then I don't have any personal...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Seems like I've posted about Alastair Sim vs. George C. Scott here every December for 20 years now. I long ago decided that the Sim version was my favorite b/w adaptation and Scott my favorite color. (It used to be just Sim - I vividly recall when the Scott version originally premiered here...
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    [Help Needed] How to tell a fake schott apart?

    It looks very similar to mine, which I got in 2015. I can't speak to the end construction of the sleeves because I had mine taken up a couple of inches. My seam label is different, but not in any useful way. And there's a different Made In USA label that doesn't say anything about imported...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I went to a theater to see the new Miyazaki film, The Boy and the Heron (Japanese title: How Do You Live?) If you've enjoyed Miyazaki's earlier animated films, you'll definitely like it. The hand-drawn animation is as outrageously gorgeous and subtle as you expect, with powerful moments of...

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