RIP Christopher Lee
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RIP Christopher Lee

The last of the Great Five is gone. Mr. Lee was a man rescued from obscurity by Hammer. Although the movie business of the time was not designed to make a fellow of Mr. Lee's literal statue a leading man, the roaring return of gothic horror precipitated by Hammer Studios quickly transformed Mr. Lee…
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Monster of the Day #1161
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Monster of the Day #1161

Jurassic World comes out this week (I think). I'm an old fart who hates anything new, and the whole genetically engineered dinos makes me tired, like something from a SyFy original movie. At least its only two hours and change, which is fairly short these days. For the record, I do like Chris Pratt,…
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DVD piracy warning…

So I'm watching a DVD and after each episode we get the piracy boilerplate. To wit: "The copyright license proprietor has licensed this film (including its soundtrack) comprised in this video device for home use only. All other rights are reserved. The definition of home use excludes the use of this video device at…
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Monster of the Day #1159
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Monster of the Day #1159

Yet another cover for the book. Since I'm having trouble getting an Internet connection in the morning, I'll jump ahead and post tomorrow's tonight. So consider this Thursday's.
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