Tag Archives: Robin Williams

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

One of the hazards of maintaining a “to see” list as long as mine is that one often forgets just why a film was put on there to begin with. I’ve been wanting to see FernGully: The Last Rainforest since … Continue reading

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News Bites: Trolls and Tomorrow

Good morning folks, it’s Friday, time for the News Bites. For my regular readers, a quick update on when I’m getting back to regular content: very soon. The bad tooth was pulled out Tuesday, and while I’m still catching up … Continue reading

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MMV: Don’t Worry, Be Happy

I’m still working on compiling some lists of top songs and videos to use as random fodder for the Monday Music Video, and I was a bit stuck on inspiration for today. (This is probably something I’ll get better at … Continue reading

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News Bites: Toys, Turtles, and Teachers

It’s Friday morning, and that means it’s time for another weekly pile of news, with just a bit of snarky commentary from myself. This week there’s still more television news — this is the time of year when the big … Continue reading

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News Bites: Star Lords and Wars

It’s Friday morning, time for the weekly dose of news bites. Now, normally I’d just list the few tidbits straight in the post without using a jump cut, but this week the press releases have been coming out in abundance. … Continue reading

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The Animated Annoying Comic Actor Conundrum

As I was coming home from watching Wreck-It Ralph the other day, something crossed my mind that has crossed it a few times before. I’m not a big fan of John C. Reilly, or at least not of his comedies. … Continue reading

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Weekly Weblinks: Generals and Generations

It’s the last day of August, the summer movie season is essentially over, and the new releases are gradually shifting over from action-packed blockbusters to dramatic fare and the occasional horror movie, such as The Oogieloves. It’s also Friday, and … Continue reading

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The Best of Times

I don’t watch a lot of sports movies. In fact, the more the movie is about a particular sport or particular game, as opposed to being about the people who participate (as with the Rocky films), the less likely I … Continue reading

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News: Jones, Gilliam, Cleese, Palin, Idle… and Williams?

From Variety comes an interesting report for fans of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. It seems a new film, Absolutely Anything is re-uniting the surviving cast. Terry Jones is directing the film, which is a Live-action/CGI science-fiction comedy about aliens who … Continue reading

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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Released in 1988, Terry Gilliam’s The Adventures of Baron Munchausen very nearly wasn’t released at all. Behind schedule, far over budget, more than a little bit off of the mainstream, it wasn’t exactly the darling of the studio’s eye — … Continue reading

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