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The post Excavating the Past: All of Us Strangers, The Summer with Carmen, Memory (AFI Fest 2023) appeared first on Battleship Pretension. I remember writing, many years ago, “film is a memory.” It’s a nice, snappy, very broad statement to make, even if I no longer agree with it. Nevertheless,

A VISUAL FUN, YET FORGETTABLE HAUNT OF A MOVIE   In 2003, Walt Disney Studios struck cinematic gold with the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, a live-action movie that took the premise of one of their popular park attractions and made it into a

The post Holding Over and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week appeared first on Battleship Pretension. This week, we’re holding over. Here’s what else we’re doing. We’re holding over, delinquenting, othering, droming and goggling. Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week:

CAN YOU SEE THE WOLF IN THE PICTURE?   Legendary and famed director Martin Scorsese as always had a special “affinity” towards crime dramas; making his mark in Hollywood by the ways and means of directing narratives mobsters and gangsters. Tales of intrigue, powerful men, violence, turf wars, and family

The post Patreon: A Fun Game with Scott Nye – Horror Edition appeared first on Battleship Pretension. This week on the Patreon, David plays a fun game with Scott Nye – Horror Edition. This episode is available to Patreon subscribers only. Tiers start as low as $2 per month. Become a