Month: February 2023
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Favorite Movies Of 2022: Ezra’s take
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Read more: Favorite Movies Of 2022: Ezra’s takeNearly three years after every movie theater in the country closed indefinitely, this particular film cricket feels like things are surprisingly almost back to normal. Though I didn’t come close to my viewing numbers for 2019 (113), I easily beat my records for 2020 (74) and 2021 (83) with this year’s 98 movies, several of…
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Road Trains: A Meaningless Rant About Truckles
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Read more: Road Trains: A Meaningless Rant About TrucklesThe Instant Death & Disaster Show! Just imagine, if you will, the great Australian outback: mile after endless mile of absolutely nothing but dry red sands, and the occasional kangaroo. It’s hot. And empty. And vast. Through it cuts one, immeasurable ribbon of tarmac, leading from point A to nowhere, forever and ever. On it,…
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Violent Thoughts About A Film-maker
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Read more: Violent Thoughts About A Film-makerViolent thoughts about a filmmaker are rare, and should be, unless that filmmaker is Rian Johnson. Why? What thoughts should you have if the dilettante manor-borne son of the elite without a tenth of the talent required to actually claim a chair amongst that elite were to take power and, say, set torch to everything…
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Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 40
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Read more: Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 40Movie: Psycho The shower scene in Psycho is indisputably one of the most shocking murder scenes in cinema history. There is another scene that is perhaps the most brilliantly made reveal ever. Many human beings have mommy or daddy issues. Often it is difficult to let go of the person that gave you the gift…
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Spinning Plates: Part 4
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Read more: Spinning Plates: Part 4Prince in Purple Rain (1984) I like some Prince songs such as Thieves in the Temple, Sign o’ the Times and a fair chunk of the mega-selling Purple Rain stuff. He had something, all right, but too often I find his music tinny and unconvincing. I also got embarrassed by the guy’s self-indulgent sulking, like…
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Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 39
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Read more: Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 39Movie: Best In Show This movie really should have been included in my Top 10 Comedies, but it had to settle for just an honorable mention. The acting from all the outrageous characters made this Mockumentary a joy to watch, but there is one scene where Fred Willard delivered a hilarious performance with his long-suffering…
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Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 38
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Read more: Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 38Movie: Rocky Horror Picture Show I think that it is a pretty sound generalization to state that most actor’s film debuts are for the most part, not their best work. Superstars like Jack Nicholson bombed in Cry Baby Killer and Leonardo DiCaprio starred in the stinker known as Critter 3. There was one actor’s debut…
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Spinning Plates: Part 3
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Read more: Spinning Plates: Part 3Olivia Newton-John in Grease (1978) “Got any porno?” Debbie Harry asks in Videodrome. “Gets me in the mood.” Good line, but I doubt Newton-John ever said anything like it during her movie career. She might’ve been known as Olivia Neutron-Bomb after the release of the image-altering, multi-million selling Physical, but in reality, has any late…
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Spinning Plates: Part 2
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Read more: Spinning Plates: Part 2Jagger in Performance (1970) & Ned Kelly (1970) Art and commerce have a weird relationship. On the face of it, it makes perfect sense to slap a pop star into a feature film, sit back and watch his or her fans gobble up the tickets. Who needs marketing when you’ve got a built-in audience? Such…