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The Daily Mail ran a picture portraying the shooting of the new Dan Brown movie, Inferno.


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It's hard for me to imagine how it could be entertaining to watch the Avengers sit around for two hours guessing how old Ultron is.

If you are a filmgoer who enjoyed the Irish animated feature The Secret of Kells as much as I did, it will please you to hear that Tomm Moore is directing a new film, which is nearly completed: Song of the Sea.

For dyed-in-the-wool animation buffs,* I have further news. Just as he did with the previous film, Mr. Moore has been keeping a blog ( Read more... )

Frederick I. Ordway III has passed away. My condolences to his family and friends. I met him a few times, and was always impressed with his efforts to share his considerable knowledge.

He was a prolific author of books and articles on spaceflight and its history. Among his articles, my favorite is "2001: A Space Odyssey in Retrospect," p. 47- ( Read more... )

As is his habit, lsanderson has today rounded up links to film reviews in the New York Times.

One of these is If Only Orson Welles Had Starred: ‘Jodorowsky’s Dune,’ From Frank PavichIt's a documentary about Alejandro Jodorowsky's effort, ultimately unsuccessful, to film Frank Herbert's epic science fiction novel in the 1970s. (Other directors have since ( Read more... )

These days we have been making many trips back and forth to repair the house of my late mother-in-law. It's in the vicinity of Henry, about two hours from where we live. We go on to stay with family in Peoria, about 45 minutes beyond that ( Read more... )

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In the latest issue of MT VOID (volume 31, number 48, whole number 1756*), in the context of a discussion about "spoilers," Mark Leeper offers advice on film reviewing. I love reading Mark's reviews, so this caught my attention.

One can see that Mark has been influenced by a combination of Hippocrates and Isaac Asimov.
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Want to see a movie with us?

My wife K was fortunate enough, in the month of her birthday, to receive a number of free passes from the Hollywood Blvd (that's how they spell it, "Blvd") restaurant-theater over in Woodridge, Illinois, on 75th Street just east of Interstate 355. We're allowed to bring up to six friends.

We're planning to see Star ( Read more... )