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Author: Nikolaas Verhulst

CIPC #251: Vogue cover

Posted on December 7, 2021December 7, 2021

Let’s continue our discussions of magazine covers. This time, we go all the way back to 1929. Vogue is already a well-established fashion magazine. Chess…

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CIPC #250: John Bull 16-12-1950

Posted on November 30, 2021

John Bull apparently started his existence — life seems too strong a word for a fictional character — in an eighteenth century pamphlet.1 Since then,…

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CIPC #249: Ogroff

Posted on November 23, 2021January 3, 2022

If you are an avid reader of this blog, you know that I have seen a fair amount of god awful movies. You have seen…

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CIPC #248: 8 out of 10 cats does countdown S20 E2

Posted on November 16, 2021

The origin of 8 out of 10 cats does countdown is a bit convoluted. The show Countdown, in which participants have to solve anagrams and…

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CIPC #247: House of Frankenstein

Posted on November 9, 2021January 3, 2022

By 1944, when House of Frankenstein was released, the Universal horror movies their monsters and their stars already had a reputation. And this movie had…

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CIPC #246: Endeavour S4 E1, Game

Posted on November 3, 2021

Long after Morse there was Endeavour. It deals with Endeavour who was there long before Morse. I realize that that’s a rather opaque introduction for…

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CIPC #245: Sporza article

Posted on October 27, 2021

Usually, I talk about classy, old movies, or vintage advertisements, or perhaps an episode for some widely popular detective series. But this is an emergency.…

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CIPC #244: Le château de verre

Posted on October 19, 2021January 3, 2022

Today’s subject, a French film from 1950, is a good example of how getting a bunch of talent together does not necessarily yield a great…

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CIPC #243: Luther S1E1

Posted on October 12, 2021

Luther sounds like it should be a documentary series about the eponymic theologist and his ninety-five theses, or perhaps about his royal namesake. But no.…

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CIPC #242: Lego chess sets box covers

Posted on October 6, 2021

I can imagine Nintendo disappearing. I can imagine Hot Wheels disappearing. But I can not image Lego disappearing. The ingenious connecting system, the sturdy material,…

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