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Lon Chaney (1883-1930)

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    Lon Chaney Sr. (Birth Name: Leonidas Frank Chaney) Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado by his parents Frank H. Chaney and Emma Alice Kennedy. Leonidas grew up with deaf parents but Chaney entered his first stage in 1902 at the age of 19 in a play he cowrote with his brother, in 1905 Chaney met then married 16 year Cleva Creighton and had a child, their only son Lon Chaney Jr. who would pick up his fathers legacy in acting.    Lon Chaney's career almost went down after Cleva had a suicide attempt later the couple divorced which left scandal for Chaney by people. After the divorce Chaney later made his first appearance in motion picture which at the time was silent films, Chaney played his first supporting role in Hell Morgan's Girl (1917), but the role that made this man a legend was his role in The Miracle Man (1919).    Chaney became a big star during the 20's as he made his legacy becoming an extraordinary make-up artist. With these skills Chaney landed lots of unique

Batman: The Long Halloween (2021) Review

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     It's gonna be a long Halloween. Written and released between 1996 & 1997 Batman The Long Halloween became a legendary story in DC's Batman comics, this graphic novel would win among other novels New York's Times Best Selling Title.   It's Halloween night and Jonny Viti, a man willing to testify against head of "The Roman" crime family Carmine Falcone has been murdered. Batman must figure out the identity of the unknown killer the news is calling "Holiday" before the holidays are ruined on this killer's Spree of murders.   I first got this film's comic a week before the trailer hit online so I waited for this film's release. I preordered my own steel-book copy Wednesday a week before it's release, I'm glad to have it sit on my shelf.   First this movie was a great film, reasons are!   Jensen Ackles honestly took me in shock with his voice performance as Batman. I honestly have to say I'd love to see a live action TV se

George Reeves (1914-1959)

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    George Reeves (Birth name: George Keefer Brewer) was born January 5, 1914. George was born in Woolstock, Iowa to his parents Helen Roberta (Lescher) and Donald C. Brewster, after the divorce of his parents George was later raised in Pasadena, California and educated in Pasadena, Junior College.   George was a boxer and musician. Reeves started acting as an interned actor at the famous Pasadena, Playhouse where he built his acting in many plays leading him to be discovered by casting director Maxwell Arnow, Reeves was given the role of Stuart Tarleton in Gone With The Wind (1939). Over the course of ten years Reeves was a star and got signed with Warner Bros, MGM, and Paramount Pictures.   After the success of So Proudly We Hail (1943) and getting his stage name George Reeves, George paused his career to enlist in the army as he was part of a special theatrical unit for military training films.    Reeves would be known in film and his acting paid him a huge role in television. Reeve

Annabelle Creation (2017)

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    This movie was a very interesting story to Annabelle's origin and deeper look into the doll's connection to The Conjuring universe. I love that this film gave us at least a story to this doll since it's origins and backstory are unknown.   The only known thing about this doll and the presence residing in it as the Warrens state that a woman got the doll from a friend and the doll ended up writing things on the wall and leaving notes to the woman whenever she left her sight from the doll. later the woman learned and was tricked that the doll had the soul of a little girl, she soon learned from the warrens as they  told her that there was no little girl but a demon residing in the doll.   The films story tells that a man named Sam Mullins was a dollmaker and had suffered a tragic loss of his daughter. Sam and his wife end up seeing "the soul of their daughter" who ask that they let her transfer her soul into the doll so "she can be with them forever".

Venom (2018) Review

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  Failed reporter Eddie Brock loses his job and his girlfriend after an interview with Carlton Drake. Eddie gets bonded with an alien symbiote after looking for evidence against Drake, now it's up to Brock and his symbiote Venom to save the world.   Okay first off such a spectacular way of giving this beloved Marvel character a film treatment. Ruben Fleischer really executed this film as it's not connected to the Spider-Man films, Ruben did so well giving this character a brand new take with story and origin.   Tom Hardy was such an amazing choice to play this role. Hardy is really good at playing characters weather it's Hero or Villain, him playing Eddie Brock was well done as Brock can be either interpreted as either a total loser that loss his job or as a real jerk with other people. Hardy's take on Venom was executed as he made his Venom funny and scary Hardy didn't play the character using only his body movement's he used his voice as well as he used his vo