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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 53m

*clears throat*

Don't Trust the Bee Movie TV Juniors in Apartment 23-Movie TV Juniors

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 2d

From least-bad to worst:

Revenge of the Creature
House of Dracula
Son of Dracula
Abbott & Costello Meet Jekyll & Hyde
The Mummy’s Tomb

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 2d

Right, it's one of the greatest things ever made. It's the only one I watch annually.

Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 2d

Phantom of the Opera, because years of isolation turned America bitter and ugly

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 2d

Everything you've heard about the Spanish version being more effective is true! It's better in every way except the casting of Dracula!

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 2d

Werewolf of London (1935) is so much better than The Wolf-Man (1941)! It's moody, the makeup design is cooler, and it's a real bummer that they just took a mulligan and tried again six years later.

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 2d

I'm a Lon Chaney Sr. man every time. Phantom isn't even my favorite role of his - that would be The Unknown - but he made every character feel distinct.

Junior seems like Lennie from Of Mice and Men in every role, up to and including the time he played Dracula.

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, I feel like the answer is that James Whale didn't direct it.

I agree that it's an absolute gem. It's almost a half-hour than the first two, but it makes use of every second.

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 2d

Well, as of ten minutes ago, I've seen all 34 classic Universal Monster movies. Ask me anything!

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 6d

I'm going to finish John Carpenter’s filmography this month by watching the two I haven't seen on Criterion Channel, and I'm also going to read the Dark Star novelization by Alan Dean Foster.

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 6d

The Criterion Century #87:

Watership Down (dir. Martin Rosen, 1978)

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A ★★★½ review of Watership Down (1978)

The Criterion Century #87: Watership Down (dir. Martin Rosen, 1978) I've meant to read the novel Watership Down by Richard Adams for at least 25 years, and I still haven't. But my book report is due t...

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 8d

The Criterion Century #86:

Countdown (dir. Robert Altman, 1967)

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A ★★★ review of Countdown (1967)

The Criterion Century #86: Countdown (dir. Robert Altman, 1967) This isn't an especially interesting movie - it couldn't be slower, to be honest - but it's a fascinating look at the difference between...

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 9d

Mark Hamill, Christopher Reeve, and Lynda Carter are three in the row (S4 episodes 16-18).

This li'l trilogy keeping all the nerdy stuff contained so it doesn't infect Anne Murray or Kenny Rogers.

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 9d

So many of the classic Reading Rainbow segments are just things like "Levar goes sledding" or "We wander around a neighborhood from a dog's POV" or "A man explains his process as he sets up a complicated domino track and then we watch them all fall and it's so satisfying."

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 9d

I think this is a good idea, Mychal's an excellent choice to host, and I'm glad they're doing it. But I hope they remember that Reading Rainbow wasn't just about books - it was about discovering joy in the world around you.

Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 9d

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 11d

The Criterion Century #85:

This Happy Breed (dir. David Lean, 1944)

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A ★★★★ review of This Happy Breed (1944)

The Criterion Century #85: This Happy Breed (dir. David Lean, 1944) David Lean will always be best known for the second half of his career, when he directed epics like Bridge on the River Kwai and Law...

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 11d

Fake vintage TV Guide cover by Michael Bastraw

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 11d

Yeah, those giant biceps are unsettling.

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 11d

Issues are most recent volume of that title unless otherwise noted.

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 11d

I've reached 700 DC issues for the year. Which means I gotta pick up the pace a little bit, but I'm feeling pretty good about my chances of hitting 1000.

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DC Comics 2025

All In #1 Wonder Woman #1 Wonder Woman #2 Wonder Woman #3 Wonder Woman #4 Wonder Woman #5 Wonder Woman #6 Green Arrow #17 Shazam #16 Shazam #17 Shazam #18 DC’s Batman Smells, Robin Laid an Egg Green A...

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 12d

My brother once described the scene in every Restaurant Impossible episode where he creates a new menu as "a little salt, a little peppa - 12 dollas a plate!" and I think about that every time I see Irvine.

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 13d

The Criterion Century #84:

Henry Gamble's Birthday Party (dir. Stephen Cone, 2015)

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 14d

I mean, maybe! Some of what I've seen is funny. But it's always that same guy (Sam?) chained to a desk, laughing equally loudly at everything.

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Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 14d

Every Dropout clip I see is 90% the host laughing way too loudly. Is it all like that?

Is that what laugh tracks are now? Just some guy with a beard and glasses pretending everything is hilarious?

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