The nightmare came true for Disney at the start of 2022. After decades of having lawyers and lobbyists getting copyright controls extended, they’d lost hold of one of their most profitable characters. Winnie-The-Pooh was now considered part of the Public Domain. A.A. Milne’s original book from 1926 was now anyone’s
Patreon: Scott’s Movie Journal April 2024
The post Patreon: Scott’s Movie Journal April 2024 appeared first on Battleship Pretension. This week on the Patreon, David and Scott Nye run down Scott’s Movie Journal April 2024. This episode is available to Patreon subscribers only. Tiers start as low as $2 per month. Become a Patron! Scott’s Movie Journal
The First Omen: Symphonic Terror, by Scott Nye
The post The First Omen: Symphonic Terror, by Scott Nye appeared first on Battleship Pretension. The First Omen, the sixth film in a nearly-fifty-year-old film series, on the face of things, has no reason to be exceptional. All the objective things you can read about it lead to the easy
The Fall Guy Official Trailer 2
He’s only a stuntman, but he’s ready to steal the show as Universal Pictures releases the second official trailer for the upcoming action-comedy film The Fall Guy. View trailer below. Colt Seavers, a battered and past-his-prime action choreographer, finds himself working on a film set with Tom Ryder, a famous actor for
Coup de Chance: Write Your Ending, by Scott Nye
The post Coup de Chance: Write Your Ending, by Scott Nye appeared first on Battleship Pretension. Coup de Chance is Woody Allen’s 50th, and potentially final, theatrical film, and one would hardly say his most original. Revisiting themes of luck, misfortune, guilt, and violence, comparisons to Crimes and Misdemeanors, Irrational