A Brief History On October 23, 2020, the comedy loving movie world was treated to the release (on Amazon Prime Video) of the second Borat movie, this one given the prodigious title of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. The sequel to the 2006 Sacha Baron Cohen blockbuster, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, the film features the Sacha Baron Cohen character Borat, a bumpkin from the glorious nation of Kazakhstan. While Kazakhstan is indeed a real place (the largest landlocked nation…
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A Brief History On October 12, 2020, we had the opportunity to watch a “movie” composite of the web streaming series, When the Streetlights Go On, a Quibi production consisting of 10 episodes, each running several minutes. Our screening was a continuous playing of the series in the form of a movie. As with previous Quibi productions, Streetlights is a top quality video with excellent actors, directing and cinematography. Breaking News: On October 21, 2020, news of an imminent shut down of Quibi was broken, and confirmed the next day. Despite raising a considerable amount of capital for investment (nearly…
A Brief History On October 31, 2020, we wish you all a Happy Halloween! Digging Deeper Below is a video of various images of Halloween over the years from the nineteenth through twenty-first centuries. Question for students (and subscribers) to ponder: What are you doing for Halloween this year? If you liked this article and would like to receive notification of new articles, please feel welcome to subscribe to History and Headlines by liking us on Facebook and becoming one of our patrons! Your readership is much appreciated! Historical Evidence For more information, please see… Rogers, Nicholas. Halloween: From Pagan…
A Brief History On October 26, 2020, we take a quick look at a Quibi horror series of which we recently watched a pair of episodes, namely 50 States of Fright, an anthology series with the excellent premise of giving us a terrifying tale from each of our (at least currently) 50 states. The episodes we watched were put together well and were entertaining, with quality acting and directing from notable film types. (Note: Quibi recently announced an end to operations. We do not yet know where its content will end up.) Digging Deeper The first episode, titled The Golden…
A Brief History On October 23, 2020, you have a chance to win a $1,000 Amazon Gift Card in a BORAT Look-A-Like Costume Contest Friday at the Blue Sky Drive-In in Wadsworth in celebration of the opening of BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM! Digging Deeper In celebration of Borat’s return to the big screen, Amazon Studios is hosting a Borat Look-A-Like Costume Contest on opening day, Friday, October 23rd at the Blue Sky Drive-In at 959 Broad Street, Wadsworth, OH 44281. Gates open at 6PM, the Borat Look-A-Like Costume Contest is at 6:45PM, and the movie starts at 7:30PM. Entrance fee is…