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Sad news that the brilliant director Richard Donner has passed away.  Mr. Donner directed some of my very favorite films, including Superman: The Movie and The Goonies.  He also directed the iconic “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” episode of The Twilight Zone, starring a young William Shatner, as well as all four Lethal Weapon movies, Scrooged, The Omen, and so many more wonderful movies.  He was an enormous talent.  Click here to read more about his life and career.  Click here for some reactions to his passing.  Click here for a very funny story Gene Hackman had to tell about filming Superman: The Movie.

This looks interesting: a documentary called Val, exploring the life of Val Kilmer:

I’m sad to learn that Mr. Kilmer has throat cancer and can no longer speak.  Mr. Kilmer was a magnificent actor and in a ton of terrific movies.  He also apparently behaved rather shabbily behind the scenes on several of those movies.  But I’m very curious to see this documentary…!

So far these early trailers for the Apple TV+ adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s beloved Foundation series don’t look much like the books… but they do look cool.  I’m very excited and really hope this is good:

I enjoyed this latest trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings:

This is fun: Nathan Lane wanders through the Criterion Collection’s closet of DVDs/blu-rays and waxes poetic about some movies he loves.  Gotta love his pitch for a musical based on Being There.

23 years after the show ended, a Seinfeld soundtrack collection is being released!  I am a huge Seinfeld fan, though I must confess I’ve never felt this was a show whose soundtrack I desperately needed to own.  But I must admit, I’m curious…

I have been a Conan O’Brien fan for decades, ever since I first noticed his name as a writer on some of my favorite episodes of The Simpsons.  I’m still a fan today; his podcast Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend is one of my favorites.  It’s a momentous event that he’s ended his talk show.  I can’t wait to see what else he does next.

This is cool: apparently, Professor Stefan Klein has invented a flying car.  Move over Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.!!!

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