Browsing: Cinema & TV

A Brief History Psychological thriller fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see After the Hunt on Monday, October 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM at Cinemark Valley View 24 + XD, at 6001 Canal RD in Valley View, Ohio 44125!  For your chance to get a pair of passes, please go to https://mgmscreenings.com/HUNTHISTORYVV14.  Passes are first-come, first-serve.  The theater is overbooked slightly to ensure a full audience.  Therefore, seating is not guaranteed.  So, please arrive early!  Saving seats for other parties is prohibited. Digging Deeper From visionary filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, After the Hunt is…

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A Brief History On August 21, 2025, Australian science fiction action horror film Primitive War was released in theaters in the United States by Fathom Entertainment. The film features fearsome dinosaurs in the 20th Century, but definitely not part of the Jurassic Park film franchise Digging Deeper The film finds our heroes, US Army long range recon soldiers, in the jungles of Viet Nam during the war, fighting not only the communist enemy, but murderous reptiles from millions of years ago that have unexpectedly appeared.  In the interest of not providing a spoiler, we will let you find out why the…

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A Brief History On August 18, 2014, Dominick George “Don” Pardo, Jr. died at the age of 96. His voice was so excellent for announcing, deep and mellow, that he was the Saturday Night Live announcer from its start in 1975 right up until he died. Digging Deeper He had worked for NBC for an incredible 70 years, starting as a radio announcer in 1944.  Pardo started a long run as a television game show announcer in 1952 on Winner Take All and soon took over the microphone for The Price is Right and then for Jeopardy! His stint at…

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A Brief History This article showcases a table featuring some of Dr. Zar’s favorite movies and documentaries for teaching history. Digging Deeper For more about the historical accuracy of the films listed above, check https://www.historyvshollywood.com/ and https://web.archive.org/web/20190330124144/https://www.stfrancis.edu/content/historyinthemovies/. The list below features notable historical people named in my favorite documentaries in chronological order.  You can click on their names to be taken to Wikipedia articles about each of them.  NOTE: Some people on this list may be legendary or even mythological rather than historical. Khufu (died 26th century BC) Hemiunu (fl. 2570 BC) Noah Ham (Genesis) Abraham (1948 AM – 2123 AM) Thutmose…

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A Brief History On August 2, 2022, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas by Shea Ernshaw was published by Disney Press, a sort of sequel to the popular Tim Burton movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Digging Deeper The story is told from the perspective of Sally, a rag doll that marries Jack Skellington, aka The Pumpkin King, thus becoming the queen of Halloween Town, a title and job she is not too sure she either wants or can handle. The story takes Sally out of what she believes is her native Halloween Town to other…

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