Monthly Archives: May 2017

Random Warner Bros.: The Maltese Falcon

Watching all the movies on the Warner Bros. 50-movie box set that I bought for cheap. This week the random number generator hits the mean streets in search of The Maltese Falcon. Here’s what happens: Private eye Sam Spade takes … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Mantis, look out!

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #323 has the Fantastic Three — Ben, Johnny, and the Sharon Ventura Ms. Marvel — encountering demonic weirdness, time travel, and one writer’s favorite character. We’re still in the middle of … Continue reading

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Random Warner Bros. – Grand Hotel

Watching all the movies on the Warner Bros. 50-movie box set that I bought for cheap. This week the random number generator calls for room service after landing on 1932’s Grand Hotel, the oldest movie in the set. Here’s what … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Gettin’ hot in here

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. This era of the series is turning out not to be as weird and quirky as I remembered. Issue #322 finds our heroes caught up in an Inferno. We begin in space, … Continue reading

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Random Warner Bros. – The Shining

Watching all the movies on the Warner Bros. 50-movie box set that I bought for cheap. This week the random number generator asked where all the topiaries are as it landed on The Shining. Here’s what happens: Jack Torrance is … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Ladies’ night out

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. The previous issue gave us a decent-to-good Thing/Hulk fight. Well, Marvel now has a female Thing and a She-Hulk, so ladies get their go at it in issue #321. We begin with … Continue reading

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Random Warner Bros. – The Matrix

Watching all the movies on the Warner Bros. 50-movie box set that I bought for cheap. This week the random number generator made a whole bunch of Alice in Wonderland references during The Matrix. Here’s what happens: Mr. Anderson is … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: A real Fixit-er upper

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. One of the big deals about this “new” Fantastic Four is that the Thing, in his spikey form, is as strong as the Hulk now. That means in issue #320 it’s time … Continue reading

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Random Warner Bros. – Bullitt

Watching all the movies on the Warner Bros. 50-movie box set that I bought for cheap. This week the random number generator puts us behind the steering wheel with Bullitt. Here’s what happens: Lt. Frank Bullitt is a San Francisco … Continue reading

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