Let's Talk About Doctor Who Part 2: Collecting Who (DVDs, Blu-rays, Books, Toys)
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Welcome to Part 2 of Cereal At Midnight's look at all things Doctor Who! In this video, we'll focus on collecting Who: the novels and books, records, and most importantly, the DVDs and Blu-rays! We'll compare the U.S. releases of classic Doctor Who to the British ones and I'll even give some tips for completing your own Doctor Who DVD collection! Of course, we could never touch on all the aspects of collecting in a single video, so that's where YOU come in! Comment and share your favorite Doctor Who collectibles! Do you read the comics? Do you have a favorite novel? Are you into the Funko Pops? Get involved in the conversation, because Cereal At Midnight is all about YOU!
Here's the link to the opening theme of K-9 and Company:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu7OiJpnlUs
You couldn't ask for a movie with a higher pedigree of talent in front of the camera and behind the scenes. 1963's The Great Escape is populated wall-to-wall with actors that I enjoy: Steve McQueen ( Bullit ), James Garner ( Support Your Local Sheriff ), Charles Bronson ( Mr. Majestyk ), Donald Pleasance ( Halloween ), James Coburn ( In Like Flint ) and Richard Attenborough ( Jurassic Park ) lead an all-star cast of current A-listers (and some that would be). Handling directing duties is John Sturges, a director who helmed more than his fair share of classics, including Last Train from Gun Hill (1959), The Magnificent Seven (1960), and The Eagle Has Landed (1976) . So it's with something close to guilt that I admit in this review that I don't love The Great Escape. I know I should. All the elements for success are there, from real-life heroism, underdogs that the audience can (and should) root for, even triumphs and tragedies as played out agains...
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It's a rare and beautiful thing when a movie transcends genre and defies classification, succeeding so completely at the perfection that is often pursued by filmmakers, but rarely achieved. For me, Billy Wilder's The Apartment (1960) is flawless. I also realize that my unvarnished praise may well be setting the bar of expectation too high for those who haven't yet seen the movie, and reviews can be a dangerous thing; after all, the goal is to tell just enough to pique the reader's interest without changing their experience. But I can't maintain a cool, casual distance from this movie. I adore The Apartment . Every character in the story is so human . The 1950s had ushered in a new level of nuance and honesty to filmmaking as Hollywood continued to struggle against the chains of the Production Code to tell real stories that audiences could relate to. 1960 is--in many ways--the last year of the 1950s, though the fifties dream of idealism would continue briefly until ...
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