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Devilish Dwarves
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Read more: Devilish DwarvesThere’s a famous old Peter Cook and Dudley Moore sketch in which a one-legged actor auditions for Tarzan. The casting agent can’t believe what he’s being confronted with (“I’ve got nothing against your right leg. The trouble is, neither have you”) while the disabled actor remains oblivious to his chances of snagging the athletic role.…
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King Rat (1965)
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Read more: King Rat (1965)In wartime, it is not always the highest ranked individuals that run the show.
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My Own Personal Jesus-The Eureka Springs Experience
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Read more: My Own Personal Jesus-The Eureka Springs ExperienceBy turns a direct link to a finely tuned spirituality and a transfer of theme park values to the most sacred of relations, it is…
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Chester Visits the Iowa State Fair
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Read more: Chester Visits the Iowa State FairCorn-based ethanol for everyone.
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Ace In the Hole (1951)
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Read more: Ace In the Hole (1951)If it took losing his family to the ovens of Auschwitz (including his mother) in order for Billy Wilder to see humanity so clearly…
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The Hospital (1971)
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Read more: The Hospital (1971)Words that snap, sizzle, and exist far beyond the need to push the story forward.
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The Gleeful Slaughter of Children
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Read more: The Gleeful Slaughter of ChildrenBeing an ex-teacher, I naturally hate kids. For almost four years I had to endure their relentless energy, selfishness, demands, spite and mediocrity, leaving me with the impression that the average child shares a lot in common with a small, intoxicated, unruly visitor from outer space.
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The Metric System Is Stupid
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Read more: The Metric System Is StupidThe metric system is, of course, based on measuring everything using the circumference of the earth. Why? Well, we do live on planet earth. But other than that it is… guess what? Arbitrary as shit!
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mother!
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Read more: mother!Mother! Yes, this is mother, and not just any run of the millstream Mother, but the MOTHER of all movies I’ve seen. Major spoilers below.
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Vertigo (1958)
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Read more: Vertigo (1958)No director was more fluent in that language than Alfred Hitchcock. Vertigo is the most conspicuous example of his fluency.