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It was 20 years ago today :: The lights of my life hit the carpet, stage and press room at the Golden Globe Awards on 25 January, 2004. The Return of the King took home all four of its nominated awards, including Best Motion Picture (Drama); Best Director for Peter Jackson; Best Original Score for Howard Shore; and Best Original Song, for Howard Shore, Fran Walsh, and Annie Lennox. Cate Blanchett and Elijah Wood served as presenters during the awards ceremony, and the film's party also included Dominic Monaghan, John Rhys Davies, screenwriter Philippa Boyens, producer Barrie Osborne, and representing New Line Cinema, Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne.

[ The Wellington premiere of ROTK | Air Frodo from NZ to LA | Los Angeles | Berlin | London | New York (1) | New York (2) | Empire's LOTR Celebration booklet photography | Empire's outtakes | Critics Choice and People's Choice Awards | National Board of Review Awards | Producers Guild Awards | Tokyo (1) | Tokyo (2) ]

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Now showing on DuranDuranTulsa's Horror Show...A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #movie #movies #horror #anightmareonelmstreet #wescraven #RIPWesCraven #freddy #freddykrueger #robertenglund #heatherlangenkamp #johnsaxon #RIPJohnSaxon #amandawyss #jsugarcia #johnnydepp #LinShaye #josephwhipp #mimicraven #charlesfleischer #robertshaye #roneeblakley #joeunger #lesliehoffman #edcall #donhannah #sandylipton #jefflevine #donnawoodrum #vintage #vhs #80s #durandurantulsa #durandurantulsashorrorshow

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LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY’S ISLAND OF DR. MONROE

Making of the flop

Meant to be Stanley’s big break

When egos collide

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The Last Mimzy (2007)

I’ll give The Last Mimzy a mild recommendation, but only for young viewers. It contains tried-and-true elements that are sure to delight kids. It also features noticeably weak performances and a plot with some serious logical issues.

In the distant future, an ecological disaster has destroyed the world. Humanity's genetic code has become corrupted by pollutants. A desperate scientist has been sending probes to the past to obtain untainted genetic material and save the future. When Noah (Chris O’Neil) and Emma (Rhiannon Leigh Wryn) Wilder discover a stuffed rabbit, they have no idea “Mimzy” is much more than a toy. Soon, it causes them to develop genius-level intelligence, telekinesis, and telepathic abilities. Their parents aren’t the only ones who notice the changes in their behaviour.

When one actor is bad in a movie, it’s on them. In this case, both the kids are unconvincing but they’re kids. That’s fine. The young’ns in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone were rough around the edges once in a while too. The issue goes beyond them, however. Even the adults have at least one or two bad line deliveries. At that point, you don’t blame them; you blame the director. Robert Shaye is primarily known for his work as a producer and it shows.

There are many scenes where this movie gets its “kids befriend an alien/robot” plot right. Everyone freaks out at least once when they realize what the kids can powers Mimzy has granted them. Even Noah is taken aback when things get really crazy. Some adults, like Noah’s science teacher Mr. White (Rainn Wilson) is filled with a mixture of excitement and apprehension. These genuine reactions allow you to get immersed in the story. Perhaps enough to ignore some of the stuff that doesn’t make much sense.

When you think about it, the future scientist’s plan is terrible. It’s no wonder none of the drones have returned to the future with the information they need because Mimzy can’t talk. It can’t tell anyone what it needs. It can’t even move! All it can do is sit there and hope someone discovers it. Then, if all the stars align and it's a February 29th, they will also somehow figure out what it wants. If you can buy that this was the best way to restore humanity, then you can buy the very friendly and easy-going FBI agent (Michael Clarke Duncan) and the scene where the kids steal a car and go on an hours-long drive no trouble. I don't know why the climax had to be set so far away.

Ultimately, The Last Mimzy is a pale version of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. There is value in this gentle, family-friendly feature even with its numerous unpolished elements and overcomplicated story but my recommendation is more of an "if it's playing on TV or your kids point it out to you, then yes you should let them watch it" than a "seek it out". (September 18, 2020)

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Hollywood and Elm Part 6 - Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)

In today's review, I find dreams and nightmares lurk beyond the cinema screen. As I attempt a #positive review of Wes Craven's New Nightmare #HeatherLangenkamp #RobertEnglund #MikoHughes #JohnSaxon #TracyMiddendorf #DavidNewsom #FranBennett #WesCraven

With the act of creation, you’re letting yourself be exposed. Sometimes this can lead to para-social relationships, but in some cases, this can lead to tragedy as those who cannot discern between fiction and reality take matters into their own hands. In 1994, Heather herself had the veil broken, having to face the mythical killer that got the best of her, as the lines between fiction and reality…

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2001 MANIACS (2005)

Director: Tim Sullivan Cinematography: Steve Adcock

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Is it a coincidence that all well-known horror actors are attractive as hell?

I think not.

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eli roth rocking the ho1000c shirt on the 2001 maniacs set.

everything is a circle. everything that has ever happened is for me.

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Decided to start posting my Wallpapers in this blog, instead of my other one.

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2001 Maniacs 2005

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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

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It was 20 years ago today :: A pack of merry pranksters hits the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on 22 February, 2004. Representing The Return of the King from the cast were Billy Boyd, Sean Astin, Liv Tyler, Andy Serkis, Bernard Hill, John Rhys Davies, and John Noble. ROTK won Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (joining the cast onstage were producer Barrie Osborne and Robert Shaye from New Line Cinema), but the real winner here was clearly the kilt seen round the world, eye-catching enough even for Liv Tyler's helpful attention in the press room. Liv also presented the film's reel at the show. Following the awards, the cast tumbled into the post-show swag section for some happy exhausted hijinks. A lot of photos here, yes, but only to honour what was truly one of the silliest, most special evenings of ROTK's awards circuit.

[ The Wellington premiere of ROTK | Air Frodo from NZ to LA | Los Angeles | Berlin | London | New York (1) | New York (2) | Empire's LOTR Celebration booklet photography | Empire's outtakes | Critics Choice and People's Choice Awards | National Board of Review Awards | Producers Guild Awards | Tokyo (1) | Tokyo (2) | Golden Globes | Empire Awards | BAFTAs ]

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Now showing on DuranDuranTulsa's Horror Show...Freddy vs Jason (2003) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #movie #movies #horror #anightmareonelmstreet #fridaythe13th #wescraven #RIPWesCraven #seanscunningham #freddy #freddykrueger #robertenglund #jason #jasonvoorhees #KenKirzinger #monicakeena #JasonRitter #kellyrowland #katherineisabelle #lochlynmunro #brendanfletcher #kylelabine #jessehutch #zackward #davidkopp #ChrisGauthier #robertshaye #ChrisMarquette #newlinecinema #vintage #vhs #2000s #durandurantulsa #durandurantulsashorrorshow

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Bill Bramhall | Copyright 2021 Tribune Content Agency: "The Big Lie"

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Rudy recants the Big Lie.

ROBERT B. HUBBELL

JUL 27, 2023

On Wednesday, a small measure of accountability was achieved when Rudy Giuliani retracted a heinous lie promoted to overturn the 2020 election. The truth prevailed, as it always does (over time). The retraction provides vindication and validation to those who believe in the truth. That hard-won victory was achieved because of the courage and determination of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, two women who volunteered to count ballots in Georgia’s 2020 election. Their victory spotlights one of the most maddening aspects of the MAGA era: Watching politicians lie with impunity.

It is not just that MAGA politicians lie with impunity. It is the fact that they know they are lying, and they know you know they are lying. But they don’t care. The lie is the point. Once spoken, it is impossible to completely undo the damage caused by a lie. And the damage caused always exceeds the narrow point of the lie. In a culture where leading members of a major political party do not condemn lies but celebrate them, lies become a solvent that dissolves the sinew of truth that binds our nation.

Who benefits from a culture of lies? A party that believes it cannot fairly compete for control of a government grounded in principles, truth, and decency. A party that knows it has no future and nothing to lose by debasing itself in a cesspool of deceit. A party that has expelled its principled members to make way for grifters, narcissists, and criminals. The Republican Party.

In the GOP’s effort to overturn the 2020 election, Trump and his co-conspirators falsely accused two civic-minded election volunteers of being “vote scammers” who delivered “suitcases” of fraudulent votes for Biden into a Georgia election center. The lie was so transparently false that no one truly believed it. But the lie was the point.

The Georgia Secretary of State immediately disproved the lie with a careful explication of the video on which the lie was based. But the truth did not stop Trump or Rudy Giuliani from repeating the lie about Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. The lie, once uttered, took flight and gave permission to 80% of Republicans to claim that Joe Biden stole the 2020 election. And it destroyed the lives of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.

They had to flee their homes, disconnect their phones, and stop using their names because of death threats. Two private citizens were repeatedly and falsely attacked—by name—by the President of the United States and his mob lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. And leading Republicans did not merely stand by in silence. They supported the baseless lie by voting against the Congressional count of electoral ballots, demanding that the ballots be returned to the states for sham “investigations” of non-existent fraud to create an excuse for overriding the will of the people.

In the GOP culture of lies, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss were acceptable collateral damage, innocent victims whose lives did not matter to the Republican Party.

But Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss fought back. They sued Rudy Giuliani for defamation. They demanded that Giuliana turn over his phone so they could examine his text messages about the 2020 election to prove that Giuliani knew he was lying about Freeman and Moss.

Giuliani resisted their efforts to secure his phone, but they persisted. In desperation, Giuliani finally admitted that he lied about Freeman and Moss. He made the admission as part of a legal strategy to argue that the contents of his phone are no longer relevant to proving that he lied about Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. See CNN, Rudy Giuliani concedes he made defamatory statements about Georgia election workers.

In the stipulation, Giuliani says he “does not contest” the following:

That his statements about Freeman and Moss were “defamatory per se” [a concession that the statements were false and injured the reputation of Freeman and Moss].

That his statements about Freeman and Moss were false.

Freeman and Moss suffered damages because of Giuliani’s intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Those admissions gut the claims of Trump, Giuliani, and others that Joe Biden stole the 2020 election in Georgia. The admissions are a HUGE deal that are orders of magnitude more significant than the stories about Hunter Biden that are headlining every news source known to man. A key conspirator in the attempted coup has admitted that one of the central lies animating the coup is false.

That is big news, not merely because the truth prevailed. It is big news because, on the day the news broke, the GOP was unfazed that its “stolen election narrative” was gutted. It is big news because it demonstrates that Trump had no reasonable basis to believe his lies about Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.

And it is big news because finally, for once, there is blazing clarity in exposing the falsity of the Big Lie. Those occasions are rare. But when they occur, we should catch our breath and savor the moment of truth. And thank the two women who brought us to this point: Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.

[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]

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SCREAMBOX announces June Streaming Line-Up

SCREAMBOX has revealed the new films that are joining the horror streaming service in June, including Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Mangler, Day of the Dead, Rabid, The Collector, Jethica, and the Subspecies franchise. SCREAMBOX’s month-long celebration of horror icon Robert Englund kicks off today with the addition of Wes Craven‘s A…