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TO A NEW ERA, TO NEW BEGINNINGS, AND TO OLD FAMILIARS!   You’ve been cordially invited for a royal visit” was the film tagline for 2019’s Downton Abbey, a theatrical motion picture continuation of the popular British drama Downton Abbey. Directed by Michael Engler, the film, which is set in 1927, depicts a royal visit to the Crawley’s family stately

This Westworld review contains spoilers. Westworld Season 4 Episode 2 One of the biggest strengths of the first season of Westworld was its massive ensemble cast. Some of them were known performers taking on new characters, with established actors like Ed Harris as the mysterious Man in Black and Anthony

The post Run Hide Fight: Two-Toned, by Tyler Smith appeared first on Battleship Pretension. At the core of Run Hide Fight is an experiment. Not one of form, but of concept. In it, director Kyle Rankin combines the sleek, pulse-pounding action of Die Hard with the gritty, disturbing violence of

The post The One Where I Met Your Mother: Season Three, Episode Eight: “The One with the Giant Poking Device”/”Spoiler Alert” appeared first on Battleship Pretension. Natalie and David try to hide a mistake from Ross with Monica in “The One with the Giant Poking Device” and fail to hide

OF SECRETS, MAGIC, POLITICS, AND AN IMPERFECT ADVENTURE   In 2016, five years after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 concluded the “boy who lived” cinematic adventure saga of witches and wizards, J.K. Rowling returned to her magical “Wizarding World” for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a prequel / spin-off endeavor to the eight-part Potter films. The feature, which