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The House of Fear - (1945 movie)

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037794/

A group of communists gentlemen live in fear of death, and Sherlock Holmes is curious about orange pits.

Kindof interesting I guess.



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The Scarlet Claw - (1944 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037248/

A mysterious spirit haunts a credulous town, and Sherlock Holmes gets interested when it starts killing people.

Quite an interesting classic.



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Notepad3 icon 150x150

Software > Text editors >

https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3
https://rizonesoft.com/downloads/notepad3/

A straightforward and capable Windows text editor which also has a portable version.

This seems like a nice daily driver for little things. I shouldn’t replace Geany with it though since I want something cross-platform.

It’s really stupid that it doesn’t have configurable shortcuts unless I want to compile it from source.

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Total Recall - (2012 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386703/
https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/totalrecall

A bored factory worker does drugs.

Merely adequate.



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WarGames - (1983 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086567/

A hacker screws around with a game company’s server, causing an artificial intelligence to stir up the military.

Both quaint and awesome. It doesn’t hold up over time, so it does have to be understood in the context of it’s era. Still recommended if you’re old enough to do so.

  • Trailer
  • was mgm.com/#/our-titles/2117/WarGames ( apparently abandoned by mgm )


Freejack - (1992 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104299/

A rich computer program pulls a race car driver into the future so he can date his ex girlfriend.

It’s so damned 90s but I like it a lot.

See also:



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Air - (2015 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2091478/
was skybound.com/titles/air/
https://air-movie.tumblr.com/

Two men are periodically awakened from suspended animation to maintain sleeping survivors of a ruined world.

A straightforward and mildly interesting movie. Recommended only for people who like ruined world science fiction.



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Attraction - (2017 movie) image1

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4731148/
https://studio.art-pictures.ru/en/proekty/attraction.html

A small research vessel is knocked down by a meteor shower, triggering a panicked military response and causing hundreds of civilian casualties.

An endearing and distracting movie. Recommended, even though the dubbing is exaggerated and loud.



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