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The Gene Hackman Chronicles, Volume III: Another Woman (1988)
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Read more: The Gene Hackman Chronicles, Volume III: Another Woman (1988)It stands to reason that if Gene Hackman were to appear in a Woody Allen movie, it would be as “the one who got away.” A man of deep feeling and intensity; neither shy nor reserved, standing as a masculine alternative to cold intellectualism and academic piety
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80’s Action Hall of Fame: The Small Business Owner, Death Wish 3
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Read more: 80’s Action Hall of Fame: The Small Business Owner, Death Wish 3The United States, if you believe the myth, was built by grit, tenacity, long hours, and great determination. Heedless of risk, these men and women of yesteryear passed along to their progeny the unquenchable desire to gamble it all for even the slightest slice of the American pie
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Notes On A Scandal (2006)
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Read more: Notes On A Scandal (2006)Few things bore more easily than unjustified earnestness; the sort of film, for example, that pretends its meanderings and foolish plot turns are anything other than tiresome distractions
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Sex Madness (1934)
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Read more: Sex Madness (1934)If Sex Madness is to be believed – the greatest threat facing the United States in the 1930’s wasn’t Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, or even Communism, but rather the previously unmentionable blight of syphilis.
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Barry Lyndon: 50th Anniversary Edition
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Read more: Barry Lyndon: 50th Anniversary Edition“As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods, they kill us for their sport.”
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Assholes of the Cinema: The Entire Cast, Women in Love (1970)
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Read more: Assholes of the Cinema: The Entire Cast, Women in Love (1970)Never before in the history of motion pictures has more been said about love without a single character doing a damn thing about it.
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The Unsung: Maxwell Brock, A Bucket of Blood (1959)
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Read more: The Unsung: Maxwell Brock, A Bucket of Blood (1959)Hippies or beatniks. Sure, it’s like choosing between Lou Gehrig’s Disease and glioblastoma, but it’s a debate that needs settling.
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When Oscar Shit the Bed: Love Story (1970)
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Read more: When Oscar Shit the Bed: Love Story (1970)If you can imagine plastic and cardboard having a meet-cute, you can imagine Love Story. A movie where holding hands in the park and exchanging cringe-worthy banter constitutes great passion and defiance.
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When Oscar Shit the Bed: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
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Read more: When Oscar Shit the Bed: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)Not so long ago, in the Year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Four, Hollywood saw fit to release a major motion picture (MGM! CinemaScope!) that endorsed, sanctioned, and ultimately made light of kidnapping, rape, and deep, unshakable misogyny. Women as property.
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When Oscar Shit the Bed: Crimes of the Heart (1986)
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Read more: When Oscar Shit the Bed: Crimes of the Heart (1986)The nominations for Sissy Spacek (Best Actress) and Tess Harper (Best Supporting Actress) are inexplicable enough, but to learn that this slapdash, magnolia-scented monstrosity also won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1981?