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NOVEMBER 6 |
TIME BANDITS Turns 41
It was the ostensible "Monty Python" movie no studio wanted to make...
... until someone else made it as a low budget indie...
... and it shot to #1, crushing all the big studios who "went with someone else".
It not only became the best performing children's movie of the year, it was one of the top ten movies of 1981.
But that was 41 years ago! Why does this movie remain a fan favorite among people whose parents weren't even born at that time? To start, every single movie is its own business. An actual business with its own business license, investors, employees, and so on. Read about the enduring appeal of one of the most convoluted movies in history in a business filled with convoluted movie histories. Terry Gilliam's TIME BANDITS.
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THE FOURTH KIND Turns 15
Have you ever waited for the release of a movie you want to enjoy? It's all Spooky UFOs, alien abduction, and the trailer appears to be as CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND-y, X-FILES-ie, and FRINGE as it wants to be, DAMN, do you ever want to See This Movie?
That's how I felt going into theaters to watch THE FOURTH KIND.
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HAPPY HORROR BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor, Writer Trace Beaulieu (MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 [TV], MSTK3: THIS ISLAND EARTH) doesn't look a day over 65, but he'll be a day over 66 tomorrow.
Producer Susan Downey (GHOST SHIP, GOTHIKA, HOUSE OF WAX, THE REAPING, THE INVASION, ROCKNROLLA, ORPHAN, WHITEOUT, SHERLOCK HOLMES [2009], THE BOOK OF ELI, IRON MAN 2, UNKNOWN, SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS, THE FACTORY, SWEET TOOTH [TV]) is 51.
Actor Thandiwe Newton (INTERVIEW WITH THE
VAMPIRE, LOADED, BELOVED, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II, THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE,
SHADE, THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, CRASH, ROCKnROLLA, 2012, VANISHING ON 7th STREET, RETREAT, WESTWORLD [TV], REMINISCENCE, ALL THE OLD KNIVES, GOD'S COUNTRY) is 52.
Actor Rebecca Romijn (X-MEN, ROLLERBALL, FEMME FATALE, X2, THE PUNISHER, GODSEND, X3: The Last Gasp, EASTWICK, SATANIC PANIC, ENDANGERED SPECIES) is 52.
Rebecca shares a November birthday with fellow X-MEN alumni, Famke Janssen.
Actor Theresa Tilly (THE EVIL DEAD, BRUTAL MASSACRE: A COMEDY, OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL, STOMPING GROUND, THE PROTOTYPE, ABIGAIL) is 71.
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NOVEMBER 5 |
Over a Quarter Century of THE BONE COLLECTOR
Thomas Harris is far from the only author writing Horrific and twisted detective novels, he was only fortunate enough to have two great movies that also did great at the theater box office, based on his novels.
Jeffery Deaver is another bestselling author, but movie adaptions to his Lincoln Rhyme novels, while good to great, didn't garner big box office. Still, it's easy to see why actors at the top of their game like Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, and Michael Rooker were eager to get onboard with screenwriter, Jeremy Iacone's adaption.
If you've never seen it, this is why THE BONE COLLECTOR is worth the hunt.
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THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS Is Old Enough to Legally Drink
Right after the encyclopedic ANIMATRIX one off, the Warchowski's franchise stumbled with the first sequel, then crawled to a stop with the second sequel. Practically a textbook of what Not to do, this is what went wrong with THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS.
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THE INCREDIBLES Is 20
Brad Bird (THE IRON GIANT) sold Disney a Fantastic Four entry into the Superhero era before 20th Century Fox had the opportunity to churn out their craptastic Fantastic Four a year later. 4 years before Marvel finally hit their stride with 2008's IRON MAN and long before Disney bought into Marvel. Read about Pixar Disney's gateway drug into the Superhero universe, THE INCREDIBLES.
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HAPPY HORROR BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Famke Janssen (LORD OF ILLUSIONS, GOLDENEYE, DEEP RISING, THE FACULTY, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, X-MEN, X2, X3: Death of a Franchise, TAKEN [all], 100 FEET, THE CHAMELEON, HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS, HEMLOCK GROVE [TV], THE WOLVERINE, THE BEING, X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER [TV], THE BLACKLIST [TV], THE BLACKLIST: REDEMPTION [TV], THE POISON ROSE, THE CAPTURE [TV], PRIMAL, THE POSTCARD KILLINGS, THE VAULT, DANGEROUS, KNIGHTS OF THE ZODIAC, BOY KILLS WORLD, LOCKED IN [TV]) who is 59.
Look for Famke in the 2023, 2024, 2025 Horror, THE EXPERIMENT.
Famke shares a birthday with fellow THE FACULTY and THE POISON ROSE alumni,
Actor Robert Patrick (DIE HARD 2, TERMINATOR 2, FIRE IN THE SKY, ZERO TOLERANCE, LAST GASP, ASYLUM, THE FACULTY, FROM DUSK
TILL DAWN 2, THE X-FILES [TV], SPY KIDS, FIREWALL, LONELY STREET, AUTOPSY, ALIEN TRESPASS, THE BLACK WATERS OF ECHO'S POND, RED FACTION: ORIGIN, TRUE BLOOD, SAFE HOUSE, KILL THE MESSENGER, HELLIONS, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN: The Series [TV], HELLIONS, LOST AFTER DARK, EDGE OF FEAR, THE POISON ROSE, A PLACE AMONG THE DEAD, WHAT JOSIAH SAW, RUSHED, PEACEMAKER [TV], DARK ASSET, and more) is 66.
Writer, Director, Producer, Jason Stephenson (OFF THE BEATEN PATH, DOOMED TO CONSUME, TERROR OVERLOAD, STRIP CLUB SLASHER, SUBURBAN MADNESS, HORRORATHON Volume 1 & 2) is 61.
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