By I still don’t get how Christopher Lee was denied a lifetime Oscar for being the ultimate cinematic villain in so many films over seven decades. He played Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster and the Mummy for Hammer’s horror flicks. He nearly took out James Bond in Man With The Golden Gun. He
Superman (2025) Review
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Thanks to Shari Redstone of Paramount, the opening of this review was changed at the last minute. Why? Because Strangers With Candy stars and is co-written by Stephen Colbert. His name is in the headlines because Colbert dared to point out to Redstone that she paid off a certain resident
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