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     Authors' Note: This article contains spoilers for the Season Four premiere of "Only Murders In The Building". Do not read any further if you have not seen it yet.      Today, August 27, the fourth season of the hit murder mystery series "Only Murders In The Building", premiered on Hulu. Titled "Once Upon A Time In The West", the  premiere sees Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short) and Mabel (Selena Gomez) invited to Los Angeles to discuss possible having their podcast adapted into a movie by Paramount Studios. At the same time, Howard (Michael Cyril Creighton) wants Mabel to do a podcast with him on working animals, with his newly acquired dog Grave-y as their first subject. The trio head to Charles' apartment to see why Charles' former stunt double Sazz Pataki (Jane Lynch) has not returned with the bottle of wine she went there to retrieve at the end of the Season Three finale. While the gang is in Charles' apartment, Grave-y ...

       On August 24, 1942, "Saludos Amigos", the first of six anthology films released by Walt Disney Pictures in the 1940s, had its world premiere in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. To celebrate the milestone, I will be ranking "Saludos Amigos", along with the other Disney anthology films that I have seen ("The Three Caballeros", "Fun And Fancy Free", "Melody Time" and "The Adventures Of  Ichabod And Mr. Toad"). All five films are ranked according to their rating on the Internet Movie Database, or IMDB. (Author's Note: As of right now, "Make Mine Music", the only anthology feature I have not seen yet, is currently unavailable for streaming on Disney+.)     The anthology features are ranked as follows. 1. The Adventures Of Ichabod And Mr. Toad Premiere Date: October 5, 1949 (Washington, D.C.) IMDb Rating: 6.8 IMDB Summary: "An animated adaptation of "The Wind In The Willows" followed by an adaptation of ...

      On August 22, 1929, Walt Disney Pictures released the first animated short in its new "Silly Symphonies" series, "The Skeleton Dance". To celebrate the milestone, I have decided to rank the top ten animated shorts in the Silly Symphonies series that I have seen. As with my other rankings, the shorts are ranked according to their rating on their Internet Movie Database, or IMDB. 1. The Old Mill Release Date: August 1937 (Venice Film Festival) IMDB Rating: 7.8 IMDB Summary: "As a thunderstorm approaches, birds, mice and other creatures try to stay safe and dry in an old mill." 2. The Skeleton Dance Release Date: August 22, 1929 IMDB Rating: 7.6 IMDb Summary: "The clock strikes midnight, the bats fly from the belfry, a dog howls at the full moon, and two black cats fight in the cemetery: a perfect time for four skeletons to come out and dance a bit." 3. The Ugly Duckling Release Date: April 7, 1939 IMDB Rating: 7.6 IMDB Summary: "A baby d...