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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 12h

A FREE Substack post - my Richard Harris obituary.

In Memoriam - Richard Harris

Celebrating an actor who lived life to the very last drop.

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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 12h

Nic Cage, The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent, Channel4, 9pm.

Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 1d

With it being Black History Month, here's my piece on the world's first black heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson. www.thenewworld.co.uk/richard-luck...

Jack Johnson, the boxer who thrived as the world exploded around him

His life took him from the blood-stained cellars of Texas to a place in the sporting pantheon

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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 1d

Orson Welles died on this day in 1985. Here's the introduction he recorded for the Moonlighting episode 'The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice' shortly before his death. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRC1...

Orson Welles "Moonlighting" intro 1985

YouTube video by Ray Kelly / WELLESNET

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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 1d

Orson Welles died on this day in 1985. Here's the introduction he recorded for the Moonlighting episode 'The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice' shortly before his death. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRC1...

Orson Welles "Moonlighting" intro 1985

YouTube video by Ray Kelly / WELLESNET

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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 2d

Another FREE Substack post - when LA Confidential received the Classic Scene treatment... richardluck.substack.com/p/classic-sc...

Classic Scene - L.A. Confidential (1997)

"The department needs smart men like Exley..."

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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 2d

It's Robert Redford Night on BBC Four - Butch Cassidy kicks things off at 8pm, followed by a Talking Picture compilation at 9.45pm, and then All The President's Men from 10.25pm...

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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 3d

A FREE Substack post, showcasing my review of Focus, Neal Slavin's adaptation of Arthur Miller's only novel, a superb study of anti-Semitism. Here's the link... richardluck.substack.com/p/focus-unde...

Focus - Under Review

Bringing Arthur Miller's only novel to the big screen

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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 3d

Many happy returns, Hoges!

Fosters - Paul Hogan Art Gallery (UK Advert 1987)

YouTube video by Mali Yojez

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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 4d

A FREE Spooky Season Substack post - for back when I worked for Empire (Australia) I compiled 'Classic Scene' entries for, among many other films, John Landis' An American Werewolf In London... richardluck.substack.com/p/classic-sc...

Classic Scene - An American Werewolf In London (1981)

"You're all so thoughtful..."

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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 4d

Another Premium Substack post! And today I run the rule over the incomplete Pink Panther DVD Collection... richardluck.substack.com/p/the-pink-p...

The Pink Panther Collection - Under Review

An incomplete selection makes for a mixed viewing experience.

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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 5d

For National Poetry Day:

I think that I could never spy
A poem as lovely as a pie.
A banquet in a single course
Blushing with red tomato sauce.

- Barry Humphries

Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 6d

Samuel Fuller's The Naked Kiss, @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social, 2.30am.

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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 6d

I think I speak for everybody when I say that, as the leaves fall from the trees and the nights start to draw in, my thoughts turn to the Kennedy assassination...

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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 8d

Another FREE Substack post for Spooky Season - part one of my survey of the scariest moments in cinema... richardluck.substack.com/p/aaaaarrrrg...

AAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!! - The Scariest Movie Moments, Part One

Commencing 'Operation Brown Cords'...

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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 7d

Walter Matthau, The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three, 5Action, from 9pm.

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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 8d

Another FREE Substack post for Spooky Season - part one of my survey of the scariest moments in cinema... richardluck.substack.com/p/aaaaarrrrg...

AAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!! - The Scariest Movie Moments, Part One

Commencing 'Operation Brown Cords'...

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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 8d

Another Premium Substack post, so if you want to see whether or not Jason Isaacs uses the c-word again, get ready to subscribe! richardluck.substack.com/p/once-upon-...

Once Upon A Time..., Cont.

Back to Never Never Land

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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 8d

It was 11 years ago today that I saw the world's greatest lost animal poster:

"Point 1 - His name is Winston. Point 2 - He does not answer to his name."

Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 10d

Remembering Richard Harris who was born on this day in 1930.

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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 10d

With the Naismith expedition yielding a huge cache of my old reviews, here's a freebie to kick off 'Spooky Season', whatever that is - Larry Cohen's Q: The Winged Serpent! richardluck.substack.com/p/q-the-wing...

Q: The Winged Serpent - Under Review

A cult monster movie courtesy of Larry 'King' Cohen.

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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 10d

Thoroughly enjoyed watching Slade In Flame for the first time in a long time. Had forgotten what good actors the chaps are, and what superb musicians. Then again, I suppose if Dave Hill's the looker in the group, you better be bloody well acquainted with your instrument.

Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 10d

Remembering British filmmaker John Guillermin on the tenth anniversary of his death. It's thanks to him that Shaft In Africa will remain the high point of many a game of charades.

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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 11d

Terrific to find that The Lost Language Of Cranes is still available on the BBC iPlayer. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Screen Two - The Lost Language of Cranes

When his son confesses he is gay, Owen realises that he too can no longer live a lie. Starring Brian Cox.

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Richard Luck @rmgluck2017.bsky.social · 11d

My survey of essential DVD extras concludes with this Premium Substack piece. The best of the best includes Oliver Stone's JFK, David Fincher's Fight Club and these magnificent bastards... richardluck.substack.com/p/the-greate...

The Greatest Ever DVD Extras, Part Four

The best of the best

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