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Apocalypse Later brings you film, book and music reviews; a genre film festival in Phoenix, AZ; and books by Hal C. F. Astell.

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I'm remembering important film people on their 100th birthdays and the 20th was writer Richard Matheson's.

I remembered him with a cult time travelling romance for which he adapted his own novel to the screen.

Somewhere in Time (1980)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #15 is her final Disney movie and final film as a child actor. It's a fun hunt for pirate treasure in a country estate.

As always, comments are welcome.

Candleshoe (1977)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #14 is an Italian sex comedy set entirely inside a single casotto with characters coming, going and crossing plot strands

As always, comments are welcome.

Beach House (1977)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #13 is a French coming of age romance with a serious age difference and her acting in French.

As always, comments are welcome.

Stop Calling Me Baby! (1977)
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I'm remembering important film people on their 100th birthdays and the 11th was actor Leslie Nielsen's.

I remembered him with a pioneering occult detective movie, with him tracking down a Sumerian demon in 1890 San Francisco.

Dark Intruder (1965)
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I'm remembering important film people on their 100th birthdays and the 10th was actress Hazel Court's.

I remembered her with a British B-movie about a pimp shifting to blackmail after the knock-on effects of the Wolfenden Report.

The Shakedown (1960)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #12 is the original body swap Disney comedy, with two excellent leads despite one awful script.

As always, comments are welcome.

Freaky Friday (1976)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #11 is a dark gem, with her a 13 year old living on her own and facing off against powerful and dangerous adults.

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #10 is a real curiosity, a Prohibition era gangster movie musical with an all child cast and songs by Paul Williams.

As always, comments are welcome.

Bugsy Malone (1976)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #9 is a huge one, her controversial role as a child prostitute prompting her first Oscar nomination.

As always, comments are welcome.

Taxi Driver (1976)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #8 is a little seen movie that gifted her a powerful lead role for the first time.

As always, comments are welcome.

Echoes of a Summer (1976)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #7 is an early Martin Scorsese film that won Ellen Burstyn an Oscar and sparked a long-running TV sitcom.

As always, comments are welcome.

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
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I'm remembering important film people on their 100th birthdays and the 21st would have been actor Steve Reeves's.

I remembered him with a historical/mythological peplum epic in which he does a lot of running and fighting and some romancing.

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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #6 is a TV movie about detective Harry O, with her as a prominent homeless twelve year old waiting for her mum to get out of jail.

Smile Jenny, You're Dead (1974)
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This year I'm reviewing films from 1926 on their centennials and the 15th saw a very long and very loose adaptation of Moby Dick with John Barrymore.

As always, comments are welcome.

The Sea Beast (1926)
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I'm remembering important film people on their 100th birthdays and the 14th would have been actor Tom Tryon's.

I remembered him with his debut, a film noir in which he's talked into a crime by the married woman he loves.

The Scarlet Hour (1956)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #5 is another Disney movie with her in a tiny role. Then again, it's all about men, boys and camels.

As always, comments are welcome.

One Little Indian (1973)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #4 is a Reader's Digest musical adaptation of Twain's Tom Sawyer with her as Becky Thatcher.

As always, comments are welcome.

Tom Sawyer (1973)
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This year I'm reviewing films from 1926 on their centennials and the 7th saw an ethnographic Samoan docudrama. This Moana is male and the film sparked the first use of the word "documentary".

As always, comments are welcome.

Moana (1926)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #3 casts her as Raquel Welch's skating daughter. For fewer than two minutes.

As always, comments are welcome.

Kansas City Bomber (1972)
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