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Taking a Look at a Stranger Christmas Carol
This time of year my Dear Wife and I do our annual read aloud of Dicken’s A Christmas Carol, and we usually watch one or two movie versions of it as well. Some of the takes on it we’ve seen … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 7
Tagged A Carol for Another Christmas, A Christmas Carol, ch07Movies, Christmas Movies, movies, Peter Sellers, Rod Serling
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A Few More Christmas Movies
We are at the time of year when popular Christmas/holiday movies start their omnipresence. My community-run World Theatre, where I volunteer at frequently, will have their usual lineup of Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Home Alone, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, A Christmas Story … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 7
Tagged Christmas Movies, everyone's gone to the movies, favorite movies, movies
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How can it have been 24 years? Remembering 9/11
9/11/25 Editor’s note: Today is the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. I know better now than to try to show the “Welcome to the Rock” clip from the 9/11-themed musical Come From Away as my pre-class video in JMC … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, come from away, motorcycles, movies
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Everyone’s Gone To The Movies – Day 2 Clips for Media Literacy
Dear Basketball – Oscar for Best Animated Short 2018 Here is a link to a short documentary on the Disney animator who did the incredible hand-drawn animation in Dear Basketball https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=151995019413886 Gone With The Wind – Staircase Scene – 1939 … Continue reading
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Everyone’s gone to the movies – Midsummer ’24 edition
Remembering the genius that was Robert Towne Legendary screenwriter/script doctor Robert Towne died Tuesday, July 2, at the age of 89. He was most famous for writing the original screenplay for the neo-noir Chinatown (1974) as a movie for Jack … Continue reading
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Tagged A Quiet Place, ch07Movies, Chinatown, everyone's gone to the movies, Inside Out, movie box office, movies, Robert Towne, summer movies 2024
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Ralph’s Top 10 Favorite Movies Seen in 2023
Here are my 10 favorite movies I saw for the first time in 2023. This is in no way a 10-best list, particularly since half of them came out before, sometimes long before, this year. They are just the 10 … Continue reading
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Everyone’s Gone to the Movies – The Year Sequels Didn’t Rule
It is almost fall, but it still seems like the summer movie season has a little time yet to go before we jump into the doldrums that lie in between the blockbusters and the late-fall/early-winter Oscar bait. Oh, wait a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2023 Oscars, box office, everyone's gone to the movies, movies
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