Category: Movies
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Movies That Foment Primal Fear (Part Seven): Demons
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Read more: Movies That Foment Primal Fear (Part Seven): DemonsSatan loves you. You see, the thing is, with demonic possession, it’s internal. Therein lies the real horror.
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Three Guesses as To Why the Most Successful Movie Franchise is the Least Culturally Impactful: -or- Why Avatar Fire and Ash will make a lot of money and leave no legacy.
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Read more: Three Guesses as To Why the Most Successful Movie Franchise is the Least Culturally Impactful: -or- Why Avatar Fire and Ash will make a lot of money and leave no legacy.I spent 3 and a half hours, over an eighth of my day, in a theater watching this. And less than an hour later the details are already running like water out of my mind and memory
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Broads Who Mattered: The Great Women of Cinema, Volume I
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Read more: Broads Who Mattered: The Great Women of Cinema, Volume IThe key to stardom, in any age, is all about that first impression. It can be full of fireworks, yes, but for that top tier of talent – the rarefied air of classic Hollywood glamour – it’s just as easily achieved in the prone position.
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Movies That Foment Primal Fear (Part Six): Aliens -or- The ABC’s of Alien Movies
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Read more: Movies That Foment Primal Fear (Part Six): Aliens -or- The ABC’s of Alien MoviesJules Verne provided us with the technology and the initial curiosity: “I wonder what’s out there? Let’s build a spaceship and find out!”
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Movies That Foment Primal Fear (Part Five): Evil Nature
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Read more: Movies That Foment Primal Fear (Part Five): Evil NatureAs a creature, I am as old as the Earth itself. I’ve seen it all, from the very first amoeba frolicking around in a rockpool right up through every one of the extinction-level events: I was there.
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Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)
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Read more: Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)The greatest comedy ever made. A low-budget masterpiece of goofiness.
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Movies That Foment Primal Fear (Part Four): Serial Killers
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Read more: Movies That Foment Primal Fear (Part Four): Serial KillersBeing smart and self-aware (in general, that is…) has given us monkeys a lot of advantages: we were able to get out of our caves and into nice, comfortable homes with central heating, running water, and, preferably, a high-speed internet connection.
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The Unsung: Abraham Lincoln, Of Human Hearts (1938)
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Read more: The Unsung: Abraham Lincoln, Of Human Hearts (1938)Second only to Jesus, Abraham Lincoln has had more books published about him than any other historical figure.
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My Year in Movies (2025 Edition): Oh The Horror
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Read more: My Year in Movies (2025 Edition): Oh The Horror2025 was quite the year for horror. If Billy Joel or Fallout Boy wanted to add more verses to “We Didn’t Start the Fire” covering all of the horrid shit that happened in the world in 2025, the song would be longer than Gone With the Wind.
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Movies That Foment Primal Fear (Part Three): Vampires
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Read more: Movies That Foment Primal Fear (Part Three): VampiresSo, vampires! Are they cool, or aren’t they? Yeah, they are! And although some are much cooler than others, as we’ll see, vampires, like zombies and werewolves, are here to stay.