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Four Play

Jake Brunger

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A comic play about sex and commitment in the 21st century. Rafe and Pete have hit a rut. After...

Weekend at Bernie's (1989)

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When two friends show up at their boss Bernie's beachhouse for a weekend getaway, they find Bernie...

The Viking Queen (1967)

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Hammer exploitation movie, really, really loosely based on historical events. The burgeoning romance...

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)

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Second film in Hammer's series of Dracula movies. A group of English tourists unwittingly bring...

vampire Hammer horror Dracula

Scott Morse recommended The Third Man (1949) in Movies (curated)

The Third Man (1949)

1949 | Thriller

8.0

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"While working in story on an early version of Wall-E, I boarded a sequence featuring a chase through a cityscape. Andrew Stanton, the film’s director, called me on it: “This is so Third Man!” He had a big smile on his face, and why wouldn’t he? I’ve learned where to find tough guys who cast long shadows. And I’ve also learned where to milk a character reveal: Carol Reed plus Anton Karas plus Robert Krasker equals Harry Lime, and cinematic perfection"

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Phantom's Apprentice in Books

Oct 5, 2020

In Heather Webb’s latest novel, she re-envisions Gaston Leroux’s story from 1910 about Christine Daaé, the soprano haunted by the Paris Opera’s “phantom.” This original dramatic work is now best known from its adaptation as a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Webb, however, has new ideas about who Christine and her phantom were. You can read more about what I thought of this novel in my review of “The Phantom’s Apprentice,”

https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2018/01/28/mystifying-masquerade/