You Know Who

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  1. To Kill A Mockingbird. I tend to enjoy Marvel movies more than you do but I’ve been too wild about the first Guardians film. The villain is one of dullest, most-afterthought antagonists in the franchise (which is saying something) and at times I think it only gets by its 80s nostalgia. But To Kill A Mockingbird is timeless.
     

     

  2. My publishing guru (for lack of a better word) convinced me to a write a short conclusion/epilogue to my book. After a bitter month's struggle, that conclusion is now in a presentable form and after four years, the book is finally being submitted to publishers.

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    I'm sure it'll be a while before it's on shelves and there'll be a lot of to-ing and fro-ing with the publishers before then. In the meantime, I'm glad to finally be at this point and am already working on the next one.

  3. Favorite

    2010: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1

    2011: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

    2012: Blancanieves

    2013: Philomena

    2014: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

    2015: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    2016: Moana

    2017: The Death of Stalin

    2018: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    2019*: Avengers: Endgame

     

    Best

    2010: The King's Speech

    2011: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

    2012: Blancanieves

    2013: Philomena

    2014: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

    2015: Spotlight

    2016: Moana

    2017: Get Out

    2018: BlacKkKlansman

    2019*: Avengers: Endgame

     

    Honorable Mentions: Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Wreck-It Ralph, The Martian, Zootopia, Arrival, Logan, War for the Planet of the Apes, Paddington 2, The Shape of Water, Sorry To Bother You, The Favourite

     

    *Subject to change; I haven't seen Knives Out, Us, or any non-genre films from this year yet, and over the past few years in particular, I've become a much more of TV watcher than a cinema-goer.

  4. 20 minutes ago, Stavros said:

    Bridesmaids.

    That's all there is right?

    Bridemaids and Ghostbusters.

    I'm tempted to say The Martian or Walk Hard but in each she's part of a large ensemble and each film would probably be better for episodes devoted to their respective main stars (Matt Damon and John C. Reilly).

  5. Great episode gents! This was the first and only Mummy movie I saw in cinemas fresh off learning about

    Two contextless notes:

    -Cleopatra (Cleopatra VII, to be precise) actually wasn't a native Egyptian; her family, the Ptolemies, were from Macedonia (having came down to Egypt with Alexander the Great and ruling  the country after he died) and they were almost certainly Caucasian (not to mention super-inbred and mostly horrible). That's not a defense of Rachel Weisz being cast as an Egyptian, though, and Queen Nefertiti (who was a native Egyptian) wouldn't have been white.

    -We do have foxes in the United States. My parents live in New Jersey and they occasionally see them outside their house.

  6. 3 hours ago, The Master said:

    Next year, how about showcasing two or three actors who were mega-famous in a particular era / decade, then faded from lead roles. (Maybe they still act, but they're not the star they once were.) For example:

    Alicia Silverstone: The Crush, Clueless, The Babysitter

    Macaulay Culkin: Uncle Buck, Home Alone, My Girl or maybe Ri¢hie Ri¢h

    Cameron Diaz: The Mask, A Life Less Ordinary, There's Something About Mary

    I’ll add Jennifer Lopez to that list, in part because she’s making a comeback.