Doctor Who has long been my favorite show, but it’s been a couple of years since I’ve actually watched anything but the newest episodes. Before that, I was making a respectable run at getting through the original series, most of which I haven’t seen for decades. For various reasons,…
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Doctor Who has long been my favorite show, but it’s been a couple of years since I’ve actually watched anything but the newest episodes. Before that, I was making a respectable run at getting through the original series, most of which I haven’t seen for decades. For various reasons,…
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Doctor Who has long been my favorite show, but it’s been a couple of years since I’ve actually watched anything but the newest episodes. Before that, I was making a respectable run at getting through the original series, most of which I haven’t seen for decades. For various reasons,…
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Spooks was a British espionage series that ran for ten series, from 2002-2011. It was a intense and sometimes brutal series about a group of officers working for “Section D” of MI5, and highlighted their efforts to deal with all manner of threats, both foreign and domestic, that…
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As mentioned previously, in “Impossible Voyages” I’m watching and writing about a run of new (to me) science fiction films to be watched over this year (and possibly beyond). You can read the rationale and ground rules here. In the meantime, we are advancing from 1929 to 1930 with…
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Sam leaps into a young Elvis Presley, on the brink of his big break. He finds he has to help a young would-be singer Sue Anne Winters pursue her dream and avoid an abusive marriage, all while avoiding anything that would jeopardize Elvis’ musical career. Written by Robin…
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I got to the cinema for the second time this year the other night, and saw the film Flow. Flow is a Latvian animated film directed by Gints Zilbalodis, which recently won the Oscar for best animated feature. It’s a beautiful film which I enjoyed a lot. Some…
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Today, April 4th, is the 94th day of the year, and given that that is two times my favorite number (see here for why), I thought it was a convenient time to review how I’m doing on my 2025 goals. Now, I actually have a bunch of real…
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As I was anticipating before the month launched out, March has been just crazy. A big part of that was because of my daughter’s wedding. She got married on March 16th, right in between the Ides and St. Patrick’s Day. It was a beautiful occasion that involved a…
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As mentioned previously, in “Impossible Voyages” I’m watching and writing about a run of new (to me) science fiction films to be watched over this year (and possibly beyond). You can read the rationale and ground rules here. In the meantime, we are advancing from 1928 to 1929 with…
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