Category: Movies
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The Unsung: Beth Jarrett, Ordinary People (1980)
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Read more: The Unsung: Beth Jarrett, Ordinary People (1980)In addition to ushering in the unchecked era of narcissistic self-regard, mushy, feminized therapeutic healing, and an undying cynicism about the Academy Awards, Robert Redford’s Ordinary People remains one of cinema’s undisputed heavyweights of dubious character loyalties and directorial sympathies
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Novocaine (2025)
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Read more: Novocaine (2025)If you’ve ever wondered what typecasting is, I give to you Jack Quaid. Quaid is one of the stars of Amazon Prime’s series The Boys. In The Boys, Quaid plays a nerdy, lovesick man putting himself in harm’s way for the girl he loves.
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Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 27
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Read more: Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 27With movies like Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks accomplished the impossible, movies that could never be made today. The Frankenstein movie contained one of the greatest supporting casts ever, but one cameo appearance trumped all the rest.
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The Gene Hackman Chronicles, Volume I: Loose Cannons (1990)
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Read more: The Gene Hackman Chronicles, Volume I: Loose Cannons (1990)I would watch Gene Hackman read from a phone book. Or take a nap. Hell, I’d even stare intently while Gene took a shit. So it stands to reason that when presented with the opportunity to watch one of Hollywood’s finest actors turn his talents to comedy, I would welcome the chance as if being…
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The Poseidon Adventure
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Read more: The Poseidon AdventureI’ve had it with this motherfuckin water on this motherfuckin boat.
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The Unsung: Jack, Husbands and Wives (1992)
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Read more: The Unsung: Jack, Husbands and Wives (1992)Sydney Pollack is, for my money, the greatest actor who just happened to be a world class director. In addition to helming Tootsie, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Three Days of the Condor, and Jeremiah Johnson, he also collected an Academy Award, even if it was for a film (Out of Africa) that didn’t quite…
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Exploring the Evolution of Horror Films Over Decades
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Read more: Exploring the Evolution of Horror Films Over DecadesHorror films have a particular position in our shared imagination. They portray what frightens us at any moment in time. From silent, dark classics to contemporary supernatural pop thrillers.
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The 15 Minute Rule: Abandon Ship on the Following Movies
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Read more: The 15 Minute Rule: Abandon Ship on the Following MoviesWatching some movies is like riding a submarine into the deep. The pressure of outright bad threatens to crush the soul of the innocent viewer. Surface before you get too deep.
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Monster From Green Hell (1957)
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Read more: Monster From Green Hell (1957)As a right thinking American, you know the greatest threats to our way of life in the 1950s was the godless commies, and I state this with all the fear and loathing it engenders, Radiation.
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The Unsung: Joyce Lakeland, The Killer Inside Me (1976)
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Read more: The Unsung: Joyce Lakeland, The Killer Inside Me (1976)I’ve only seen her twice, but I’ve never been more in love. I fell hard after seeing her in 1972’s Fat City, a film so unrelentingly perfect, I wanted to bottle the emotion and save it for an inevitable downturn in mood.