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Greetings from The Humungus! The Lord Humungus! The Warrior of the Wasteland! The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla!

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By: Max Phipps
Characters: The Toadie
From: Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Genres: Action | Adventure | Cult Cinema | Thrillers

Context:
Max Phipps (as Toadie) announces the presence of The Humungus (played by Kjell Nilsson), leader of a band of brutal drivers and motorcyclists, as the gang pulls up to the entrance of a community of survivors that live at a gasoline refinery. The gang has just caught and murdered 2 members of the community that were scouting for a vehicle to depart the Wasteland with the gasoline they have pumped.

Toadie's announcement over a loudspeaker is a part of an ongoing terror campaign the gang is committing on the community in an effort take their gasoline and the infrastructure to refine it.

Tribeca Film Fest to premiere documentary on 80’s pop group A-Ha; check out the trailer

Variety reports that a documentary on 1980’s Norwegian pop band A-ha will have its world premiere at the 2021 edition of the Tribeca Film Fest on June 12th. The group’s iconic hit song Take On Me, which featured a groundbreaking animation/live-action video by Steve Barron, is one of the most played songs of the last ….

Regina King to produce and direct Bitter Root comic book film adaptation for Legendary Pictures

Image Comics recently announced that Legendary Pictures has closed a deal with DGA and NAACP Image Award winner Regina King to direct and produce the upcoming film adaptation of Chuck Brown, David F. Walker and Sanford Greene’s Eisner and Ringo Award winning series Bitter Root. King found recent success for her directorial debut One Night ….

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I decided it was time to make a movie where people felt better coming out of the theater than when they went in. It had become depressing to go to the movies.

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By: George Lucas
Genres: Drama

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George Lucas said this as part of a speech at the time he made the film American Graffiti. Journalist Maureen Dowd used the quote as an example of how filmmakers of the 1970's and 80's rebelled against the heavy themes of movies made during the 1960's with lighter, grander cinema.

source: www.nytimes.com,  

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I don’t have to leave the theater whistling, but would it kill you once in a while to make a movie that doesn’t make me want to take a bath with the toaster. Academy nominations used to say, 'Look what great movies we make.' Now they say, 'Look what good people we are.' It’s not about entertainment, it’s about suffering, specifically yours.

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By: Bill Maher
From: Real Time with Bill Maher
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Parody

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Bill Maher made the point on his show Real Time with Bill Maher, that we could use more escapism in movies during this year of plague and tumult. The statement was discussed in an article about cultural shifts in the art of moviemaking and the shrinking audience of The Academy Awards by Maureen Dowd.

source: www.nytimes.com,