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Children of Men (2006)
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Read more: Children of Men (2006)Cuaron’s Children of Men is one of the few post-apocalyptic nightmares I can believe in. Its dystopian vision of a future world not so far away (its events are set in 2027) rings true from start to finish, and its unrelenting bleakness never reeks of hyperbolic fantasy.
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Assholes of the Cinema: Doris Dowling, The Blue Dahlia (1946)
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Read more: Assholes of the Cinema: Doris Dowling, The Blue Dahlia (1946)Hundreds of volumes have been written about the American homefront during World War II, but in so many ways, the tome still eludes us.
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The Unsung: Old Man, Plan 9 from Outer Space (1958)
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Read more: The Unsung: Old Man, Plan 9 from Outer Space (1958)Yes, it had come to this. At one time, in the early 1930’s, one of the most recognizable Hollywood stars in the world. Dracula!
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Troll 2 (1990)
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Read more: Troll 2 (1990)A Sheriff named Freak, orchestrates the kidnapping of unsuspecting tourists, force-feeds them green slime, and turns them into trees, all so the little buggers can devour the plant people in a slobber-filled orgy
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Play Misty for Me (1971)
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Read more: Play Misty for Me (1971)The Hollywood record tells us that in November of 1971, Clint Eastwood made his directorial debut with the release of Play Misty for Me.
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The Corporation (2003)
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Read more: The Corporation (2003)“Corporation: an ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.”
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Men of Consequence, Volume IX: Jackie Gleason, The Hustler (1961)
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Read more: Men of Consequence, Volume IX: Jackie Gleason, The Hustler (1961)I could spend hours extolling the genius of The Hustler, a film so flawlessly conceived, written, acted, and directed, that for its 134 minutes, I’m willing to embrace the world as worth saving, given that it produced this.
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Broads Who Mattered: The Great Women of Cinema, Volume III
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Read more: Broads Who Mattered: The Great Women of Cinema, Volume IIIFor Lil Andrews (Jean Harlow), to live is to fuck. And to fuck, well, that means every last male of the species who can give her what she needs.
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Suicide By Ocean: A Cinematic Defense
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Read more: Suicide By Ocean: A Cinematic DefenseLet’s dispense with the obvious, right now, first and foremost: far from the coward’s out, suicide is, whether you’re facing terminal cancer, financial disaster, it is the rational choice.
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Flags Of Our Fathers (2006): From the Ruthless Archives
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Read more: Flags Of Our Fathers (2006): From the Ruthless ArchivesAs much as the flag raising atop Mount Suribachi was a triumph of symbol over substance, Flags of Our Fathers is a far better concept than a completed work.