The Stop Button
blogging by Andrew Wickliffe
Category: Ebooks
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A collection of film responses discussing the live action RESIDENT EVIL movies, based on the Capcom video game series, starring Milla Jovovich and produced–and often directed–by Paul W.S. Anderson.
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A collection of responses discussing Krzysztof Kieślowski’s DEKALOG, ten one-hour films for television inspired by the Ten Commandments. Also known as Dekalog: The Ten Commandments and The Decalogue. Discusses each film individually and has a single essay summing up the series.
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A critical episode guide discussing the all eight first season episodes of the Netflix streaming show, The Witcher, based on the novels by Andrzej Sapkowski. The show tells the story of monster hunter Geralt of Rivia (Henry Cavill), who struggles to find a place in a world where people are often more wicked than beasts.…
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A collection of film responses discussing the live action WONDER WOMAN movies, theatrical and television, starting with the three TV pilots–only one successful–the 2011 TV pilot, then the Gal Gadot series, including both the Patty Jenkins films and the Zach Snyder films Gadot appeared in.
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A collection of film responses discussing the live action BATMAN movies, starting with the forties serials, the Adam West TV spin-off, the two Michael Keaton and Tim Burton films, the Joel Schumacher films, the Christopher Nolan “Dark Knight” trilogy, and, finally, the two Zack Snyder films featuring Batman, including a “Snyder Cut” of the JUSTICE…
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A critical episode guide discussing the all thirteen season episodes of the 1972 BBC2 historical drama, “The Shadow of the Tower”, starring James Maxwell, Norma West, and Marigold Sharman. It is a prequel to the earlier serials “The Six Wives of Henry VIII” and “Elizabeth R,” focusing on the reign of Henry VII of England…
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A collection of film responses discussing the live action SUPERMAN movies, starting with the forties serial, the theatrical “Adventures of Superman” pilot film, the Christopher Reeve quartet, SUPERMAN RETURNS, and the MAN OF STEEL “trilogy.” Also includes a longer essay summarizing the film series, and responses covering multiple alternate cut versions of the films.
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A critical episode guide discussing the all thirteen first season episodes of the Australian television show, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, based on the novels by Kerry Greenwood. The show stars Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Ashleigh Cummings, Miriam Margolyes, and Tammy Macintosh.
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A collection of film responses discussing the career of “Master of Horror” John Carpenter, director of THEY LIVE, THE THING (1982), HALLOWEEN (1978), and BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA. Covers all Carpenter’s feature film credits and includes a four part essay summarizing his career.
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A collection of posts discussing each film in the MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE (MCU) INFINITY SAGA, including IRON MAN 1-3, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, the AVENGERS 1-4, BLACK PANTHER, and so on. Also includes posts discussing the Marvel One-Shot series, including AGENT CARTER and ALL HAIL THE KING.
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A critical episode guide discussing the all twenty-four first season episodes of the 1990s NBC hit, Frasier. The show, starring Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, Jane Leeves, John Mahoney, and Peri Gilpin, currently streams at Paramount+
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Undoubtedly some of the most witty and urbane films of Hollywood’s Golden Age, the six movies that composed MGM’s Thin Man series showcased a pair of wealthy, inebriated detectives who solve murders in their down time. Through the series’ run from 1934 to 1947, William Powell and Myrna Loy turned Nick and Nora Charles into…