And I look forward to catching up on the months of stories I have missed.

The subtle brilliance that is the alley scene.

This user review on IMDB says it best.

I have read that James Stewart considered Elwood P. Dowd his most personally significant role. In a career that spanned decades and included such great works at It's a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, choosing Harvey's friend, Elwood, as his personal favorite says something about rather powerful about Mr. Stewart and Mr. Dowd.

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From horror site "Bloody Disgusting"

Special effects master John Carl Buechler has lost his battle with cancer, according to various sources on social media. He was 66.

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If you're sitting there thinking "I've never heard any Dick Dale music" then if you've seen "Pulp Fiction" you've heard Dick Dale. The opening song in that film is "Miserlou" by Dick Dale.

I'm depressed. The final season (season 9) of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic starts in April. I feel like I did going through the last Wheel Of Time book. The end is in sight. No idea what the final season holds.

Anyway, I'll be fine. But this show, fandom, and fanfiction community have become huge to me in these last two years and well it's closing soon. Maybe G5 will be great. I dunno.

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Status of pretty much everything in 2019. The bar has sunk so low that it is in the Earth's molten core.

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All formations on Saturn's moon Titan must be named for places in Lord of the Rings or Dune. Everything on Jupiter's moon Io must be fire-themed (or related to Dante's Inferno). Places on Pluto's moon Charon must be named for fictional space expeditions.

All movie synopses are copied from IMDB.

The Phantom Carriage (1921 Swedish film) -
On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.

The Phantom Of The Opera (1925 Universal adaptation with Lon Chaney Sr) -
A mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.

The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse (1933 German film directed by Fritz Lang) -

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