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The Perfect Guide Book for Building Those Dungeons Where Dragons Dwell
If you’re a fan of epic-fantasy movies, you probably know that tomorrow marks the arrival of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves in theaters—the latest big-budget movie adapation of the bestselling roleplaying game franchise, this time with Chris Pine (Star Trek) … Continue reading
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Happy 90th Anniversary, King Kong!
Can you believe it? It was 90 years ago today, on March 3, 1933, that movie audiences in New York City met the Eighth Wonder of the World, at the world premiere of King Kong! The creation of movie producer Merian … Continue reading
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Halloween Movie Offerings Examined at Pandora Zwieback Blog
Looking for something to watch this Spooky Season? In the mood for a horror movie marathon? Over at the Pandora Zwieback blog, this week I’m taking a look at what some of the cable channels are running for their Halloween programming … Continue reading
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It Just Wouldn’t Be Halloween Without Michael Myers…
To celebrate today’s release of Halloween Ends—the highly anticipated conclusion to the Jamie Lee Curtis–starring trilogy that began with 2018’s Halloween and continued with 2021’s Halloween Kills—we’ve dipped into the Bob Larkin Archives to present this haunting image: an ad Bob painted for TV … Continue reading
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Prepare for the Rise of the Kong Multiverse With SWC’s King Kong the Illustrated Classic!
For a monster who’s preparing to celebrate his 90th anniversary in March 2023, the big boss of Skull Island, King Kong, shows no signs of slowing down these days—in fact, for a nonagenarian who died in his first screen appearance, he … Continue reading
Posted in e-books, Illustrated Classics, movies, Television Shows
Tagged delos w. lovelace, e-books, edgar wallace, illustrated classics, king kong, merian c. cooper, movies, shameless plugs, television shows
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The Headless Horseman to Ride Again
It’s Monday the 13th, which seems like the perfect time to pass along the recent announcement that writer Washington Irving’s classic tale of the Headless Horseman, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, is scheduled for an all-new screen adaptation courtesy of Paramount Pictures and writer/director … Continue reading
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Happy 100th Anniversary, Nosferatu!
This coming Friday marks a special occasion for horror fans, because it was on March 4, 1922 that the classic silent film Nosferatu made its cinematic debut at a special premiere held at Germany’s Berlin Zoological Garden. Directed by F.W. Murnau … Continue reading
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Happy New Year! Welcome to the Future!
It’s 2022 (in case you didn’t get the memo about it), and we’ve now reached the future—at least the future as seen through the dystopian lens of the 1973 sci-fi feature film Soylent Green. Based on the 1966 novel Make Room! Make … Continue reading
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Bob Larkin and Michael Myers: Now That’s Halloween!
To celebrate today’s release of Halloween Kills, the highly anticipated Jamie Lee Curtis–starring sequel to 2018’s Halloween, we’ve dipped into the Bob Larkin Archives to present this appropriately haunting image: an ad Bob painted for TV Guide in 1981, for the NBC broadcast … Continue reading
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King Kong: Back on the Big Scream!
It’s a rematch monster fans have been waiting decades for, and today’s the day it finally happens, when the often-delayed epic kaiju wrestling film Godzilla vs. Kong simultaneously debuts on streaming service HBOMax and in selected theaters! Originally scheduled for release … Continue reading
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