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Atheism - A Rough History of Disbelief (2004) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429323/
(on pbs.org)

These are old notes from earlier short videos, which were removed and which I don’t have.

This will get updated if and when I re-watch the proper thing.



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hellboy-ii-the-golden-army-2008-poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411477/
https://www.uphe.com/movies/hellboy-ii-the-golden-army

The son of a demon king, destined to destroy the world and all humanity, is just an average guy in a difficult relationship trying to save the world. Or something.

A forgettable movie made all the more terrible because of its attachment to its parent. This movie lacks anywhere near that movie’s theme or mood. This is a joke semi-fantasy film.



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Van Helsing - (2004 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338526/
was vanhelsing.net

An unaged man without a memory is sent by a secret multifaith order of monster hunters as the last hope of a lineage doomed to purgatory unless they slay the lord of all vampires.

Not a great or bad movie, but still good enough to be worth watching. It’s mostly interesting because of its main character, and the rest of it is piecemeal and without particular substance.

I think this movie was my initial introduction to Kate Beckinsale, and it turns out she’s a lot hotter in my memory than in this actual movie. Maybe she was better-presented in the next movies of hers that I saw after this.



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One Night with the King - (2006 movie) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430431/

An interpretation of the story of Esther.

Fair at best. Seems horribly ‘biased’.



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