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Baldywood: Ranking "The Odyssey" among Nolan's films // "What Should I Stream Tonight?" // "Reddit? Did It!" // Actor Redundancy of the Week // Reader feedback (opens the original)
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Hello! And welcome to “Hooray for Baldywood.” Maybe I’m naive, but I was not prepared for - or even really aware of - the rote and tiresome “woke” controversy surrounding “The Odyssey.” Apparently some people were so upset at the casting of minor characters that they went so far as to predict commercial disaster for the film, which of course went on to …
Baldywood: RIP Sam Neill // "What Should I Stream Tonight?" // "Reddit? Did It!" // Actor Redundancy of the Week // Reader feedback (opens the original)
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Hello! And welcome to “Hooray for Baldywood.” Veteran actor Sam Neill died this week in Australia at the age of 78. Neill, who was born in Northern Ireland and raised in New Zealand, is best known for his role in the “Jurassic Park” films. But as you’ll see in “What should I stream tonight?” below, Neill was a versatile actor with other great films.On t…
Baldywood: PROTEST! // "What Should I Stream Tonight?" // "Reddit? Did It!" // Actor Redundancy of the Week // Reader feedback (opens the original)
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Hello! And welcome to “Hooray for Baldywood.” It’s a long story, but I somehow ended up on the mailing list for some religious weirdos folks. Their emails, which arrive multiple times per week, breathlessly urge their subscribers to PROTEST some relatively-minor transgression. I typically delete these without a second thought, but the other day, one cau… Read more
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