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28 Mar

The Irregulars: the Real History of The Golden Dawn and the Ipsissimus

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Warning: contains plot spoilers for The Irregulars episode three Tooth fairy: not real. Baby-stealing bird man: not real. Group of middle class oddballs who dress up in ceremonial robes and practise occult rituals: surprisingly, real. While most of the supernatural cases featured in Netflix’s The Irregulars are drawn from myth and legend, one involves a real-life organisation that started life in 1887: the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. In episode three of the Sherlock Holmes-adjacent Netflix series, the Baker Street gang is enlisted by Mycroft Holmes to investigate a murder linked to the Golden Dawn, an occult organisation of…

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01 Mar

Golden Globes: Bill Murray Knows EXACTLY How Seriously to Take These Awards

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There were some remarkable moments during last night’s 78th annual Golden Globes awards. How could one not smile when Chloé Zhao won the Globe for Best Director due to her sterling work on Nomadland? Similarly, I doubt there was a dry eye in your living room when Chadwick Boseman’s wife Taylor Simone Ledward accepted her late husband’s award for Best Actor in a Drama. Still, if one moment captured the zeitgeist of the evening, it was probably Bill Murray showing up in a Hawaiian shirt—holding a martini. Just one in a slew of familiar faces Zooming in to 2021’s first…

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01 Mar

Chadwick Boseman’s Wife Gave The Golden Globes’ Most Powerful Speech

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Amidst Sunday night’s half-virtual/half-physical Golden Globes awards ceremony–which was riddled with technical glitches and overshadowed by controversy over the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s lack of Black representation in its cloistered ranks–one moment stood out as possibly the most powerful and clearly the most moving of the evening. That was when Taylor Simone Ledward, the widow of late actor Chadwick Boseman, accepted a posthumous award on her husband’s behalf when he won Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama for his work in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Boseman was widely favored to win even with formidable competition from Anthony Hopkins (The…

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01 Mar

Golden Globes 2021: Complete Winners List

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The 78th Annual Golden Globes Awards are in the history books. It was a weird ceremony for a weird year, occasionally marked as much by the technical difficulties that came from using Zoom and telecommunications for awards speeches as it was by the winners. And yet, what a remarkable year for the winners it was. After the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been roundly (and rightly) criticized for snubbing women filmmakers for year after year in the Best Director category, Chinese helmer Chloé Zhao won the Director prize for her riveting and raw Nomadland, a film which blends documentary filmmaking…

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03 Feb

Golden Globes 2021 Snubs Include Da 5 Bloods, Bridgerton, and Lovecraft Country

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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has had its say, at least in terms of what it thinks is worthy of consideration for the best in film and television in 2020. Coming later in the year than normal due to COVID-19, it was after Groundhog Day when the full list of Golden Globes nominees was announced. And among them there were some happy surprises… and some significant snubs. At a glance, the most surprising omission is the absence of Delroy Lindo’s name in the “Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama” category. Lindo, who’s done sterling character work his whole…

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11 Nov

AEW Game Could Take Us Back to the Golden Age of Wrestling Games

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WWF No Mercy‘s generally accepted status as the greatest wrestling game ever made has always been a pleasant curiosity in a world that’s often defined by our divisiveness and desire to argue for the sake of arguing. WWF No Mercy is so beloved that it’s often hard to get someone to analytically break it down without eventually succumbing to wistful ramblings. Yet, the qualities that made the game so special really aren’t that complicated. In fact, much of the game’s success can be attributed to how uncomplicated it was. Essentially an evolution of developer AKI Corporation’s previous N64 wrestling games…

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07 Nov

Why The Golden Age Of Stephen King Adaptations Could End

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Almost since he became a best-selling author, Stephen King has seen his work adapted for the movies and television. Just two years after his first novel, 1974’s Carrie, was published, a film version directed by Brian De Palma was a massive hit, earning Oscar nominations for stars Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie. The floodgates opened after that, with a TV miniseries based on his second novel, ‘Salem’s Lot (1979), Stanley Kubrick’s high-profile film of The Shining (1980), Creepshow (1982), Cujo (1983), The Dead Zone (1983), Christine (1983), Children of the Corn (1984), Firestarter (1984), Silver Bullet (1985), and many more…

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24 Aug

Wonder Woman Costume Details: Golden Eagle Armor Explained

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Since early promotion for Wonder Woman 1984, one look has captured everyone’s attention: Diana’s golden suit of armor, with its fantastical set of wings. The Gal Gadot incarnation of Wonder Woman has broken the grimdark doom-and-gloom black leather superhero look from her very first appearance in Batman v. Supermam: Dawn of Justice, and she’s only become more colorful and bright with each successive movie, including Wonder Woman 1984’s rainbow poster aesthetic that showed off the wing-less version of the armor. Dubbed her Golden Eagle Armor, this look originated in the comics and it’s exciting to see it come to life…

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17 Jul

Link Tank: The Original Golden Girls House Is Up For Sale

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The original Golden Girls house is now on the market for the first time ever with an asking price of just under $3 million. “The perfect retirement home for a group of close friends is up for sale. As Variety reports, the house where Rose, Blanche, Dorothy, and Sophia live together in The Golden Girls has hit the market for the first time ever for an asking price of just under $3 million.” Read more at Mental Floss. Despite multiple attempts, Disney has not been handling the re-opening of their theme parks and attractions well. “From Disneyland in Hong Kong…

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23 Jun

Batman, Spider-Man and the Golden Opportunity of a Multiverse

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In certain geek circles, the news of the week (or month) came early Monday when it leaked that Warner Bros. is approaching Michael Keaton to reprise the role of Batman, or at least Bruce Wayne, in their upcoming Flash movie. If he agrees, the actor whom ‘90s kids will insist is the best Dark Knight will wear the cowl for the first time in 30 years. It’s an obvious play toward nostalgia, but it could also be only the tip of the iceberg. The plot device that would allow Keaton to brood once more in the Batcave is nothing new.…

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24 Sep

The Golden Glove

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Based on the novel of the same name, The Golden Glove follows notorious German serial killer Fritz Honkaa as he frequents his favorite bar, the Golden Glove, where schmaltzy German songs move the boozy bar hounds to tears and drinking is a reflex against pain and longing. There, Honka, a pitiful loser chasing after lonely women, keeps more than just secrets in the attic.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Sep 27, 2019

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05 Feb

Golden Exits

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Nick (Adam Horovitz) has settled into a safe existence in a small pocket of Brooklyn, where he currently toils on an archival project for his father-in-law. Soon, 20-something Naomi (Emily Browning) arrives from Australia to assist Nick for the semester. She has no acquaintances in the city beyond a loose family connection to Buddy (Jason Schwartzman), a music producer who lives in the same neighborhood. For the few months she spends around Nick, Buddy, and their families, Naomi's presence upsets the precarious balance holding these two households.Rated: RRelease Date: Feb 09, 2018

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