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Hidden Figures – Make you first

Posted January 26, 2017January 26, 2017by Over Lord in Films

Two new, amazing, pices have arrived today for Hidden Figures. The first is a powerful scene in a courthouse arguing about education & the future. The other, is in a way, a reflection on the first. Not only talking about…

Who were NASA’s computers?

Posted December 7, 2016December 7, 2016by Over Lord in Films

Who were the women that managed to get man in orbit and to the moon? Hidden Figures is the story behind some of NASA's computers. Not the electronic ones. The ones that wore dresses & makeup! This is a great…

Hidden figures

Posted September 24, 2016October 24, 2016by Over Lord in Computers, Films, Space

Hidden Figures tells the true story of the female "computers" that helped land man on the moon. From sitting in a room using adding machines to help design the orbital mechanics required for this incredible task. Their story isn't new…

Hidden Figures – Are you a Russian spy?

Posted January 18, 2017January 18, 2017by Over Lord in Films

Two great items hit my in-box earlier today. Both are from Hidden Figures. The first is a clip that's both sad & comical. How censorship can fail spectacularly because of somebody's simple curiosity! The other is a great featurette where…

Hidden Figures has a poster

Posted November 24, 2016November 24, 2016by Over Lord in Films

The first poster for the upcoming story of the Hidden Figures from the Space Race has arrived. It shows you who the real heroes of the story is. The women who managed to get man into space and onto the…

Hidden Figures – Give Or Take

Posted February 5, 2017February 5, 2017by Over Lord in Films

We have been sent over two great pieces for Hidden Figures. The first shows Katherine Johnson using her mathematical skills to calculate one of John Glenn's landing zones The second is the 'Modern Figures: Elena Poniatowska' featurette, where ex Journalist…

Hidden Figures – we wear glasses

Posted November 21, 2016November 21, 2016by Over Lord in Films

A great clip from the upcoming Hidden Figures. This time we see one of the computers talking about what she does and why she shouldn't be looked down upon. https://youtu.be/2gorbs1_E60 "Yes, they let some women do some things at NASA,…

Hidden Figures – Behind the numbers

Posted October 24, 2016October 24, 2016by Over Lord in Films

Another feature has hit for the upcoming, true, story of the women behind getting man into space. These Hidden Figures were the African-American women who worked as "computers". Checking the figures, coming up with the mathematics that helped America succeed…

THE SECRET GARDEN tells the story of Mary Lennox, a prickly and unloved 10-year-old girl, born in India to wealthy British parents. When they die suddenly, she is sent back…

Set in the rural American South during World War II, Dee Rees' Mudbound is an epic story of two families pitted against one another by a ruthless social hierarchy, yet…