Month: September 2020
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The Bridge On The River Kwai
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Read more: The Bridge On The River KwaiThere are war movies and there are more war movies, but I do not hesitate to state that The Bridge on the River Kwai is as unique as it is excellent. Within the huge category of war movies, we have many about prisoners of war, and the inevitable nightmares and madness of horrific situations brought…
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Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
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Read more: Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)Lawrence Of Arabia is David Lean’s 1962 epic that won 7 Oscars, but of course, not the one that counted for the always overlooked Peter O’Toole. Lean’s resume includes Doctor Zhivago, Bridge On The River Kwai, and other classics. His masterpiece, of course, is Lawrence Of Arabia, an almost 4 hour long bum-numbing epic without…
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Antebellum
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Read more: AntebellumIt takes a village. As we continue to face and confront the reality that racism is still deeply ingrained in American society and culture, we continue to uncover more and more evidence that maybe the Civil War never really ended. Yes, slavery was technically outlawed as a result of the Civil War, but that did…
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Raising Arizona: Devon’s Take
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Read more: Raising Arizona: Devon’s TakeWhat Makes Raising Arizona Work? FAIR VALUE of Raising Arizona: $8.00. Like contemporaries A Fish Called Wanda or Brain Donors, Raising Arizona is a relentless slapstick comedy that has high re-watchability. THE COEN BROTHERS BEGIN HONING THEIR CHOPS: In many ways, Raising Arizona is the wooliest, most slapdash of all of the Coen comedies. They…
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A Face In The Crowd (1957)
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Read more: A Face In The Crowd (1957)A Face In The Crowd made me sick. I hated everything about it. I wanted to reach through the flatscreen and punch Andy Griffith’s grinning mug. Why? Because every minute of this movie reminded me of our sitting Idiot In Chief, Donald Trump. This movie was made in 1957 and was as white as Wonder…
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Raising Arizona
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Read more: Raising ArizonaIn just a third of their output, the tapestry of locales and personas from vast walks of life in the Coen brothers’ cinematic universe reads more like an illustrated road atlas of the US than disparate stories. After just six films—Blood Simple, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men, Burn After Reading, and…
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6 Movie Themed Slots That You’ll Enjoy Playing
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Read more: 6 Movie Themed Slots That You’ll Enjoy PlayingIf you’re a fan of movies and slot machines, chances are that you’re going to enjoy the best of both worlds. There are plenty of online slot machines that you’ll love with plenty of licensed movie titles. You can even find them in places like the CoolCat Casino. With so many movie titles, it comes…
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For Whom The Bell Saves: Top 10 Saved By The Bell Facts I Learned From the Lifetime Movie.
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Read more: For Whom The Bell Saves: Top 10 Saved By The Bell Facts I Learned From the Lifetime Movie.Lifetime just aired a movie called :The Unauthorized” Saved By The Bell Story, and I couldn’t resist watching it. But before we eventually get to that, we have to examine the life and times of Dustin Diamond, the architect of this tell-all 90-minute masterpiece of disaster. The seeds of nerd-abuse were sown so deeply into…
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The Big Lebowski (1998)
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Read more: The Big Lebowski (1998)If there ever was a movie that I was hesitant to review, it has to be The Big Lebowski. Really? Is it that bad? No, quite to the contrary, it is that GOOD. The Coen Brothers, Ethan and Joel have for some time been among the GODS of directors and writers, and for good reason.…
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Best Movies That Can Inspire Kids To Be More Active
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Read more: Best Movies That Can Inspire Kids To Be More ActiveKids are naturally fast learners, and they quickly grab information, especially when they are between the age of one to four. Training your kids has moved on from pointing out pictures to them on hardcopy books—-you can now do more, thanks to the TV. Unlike in the past, when televisions were a symbol of luxury…