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Black Bag (2025)
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Read more: Black Bag (2025)Who is going to be the next James Bond? It’s been four years since Daniel Craig’s Bond died in No Time to Die and the 007 wheel of who’s-the-next-Bond is still spinning with no end in sight.
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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 ABC’s of Animals Who Have Sexist Or Politically Incorrect Names
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Read more: The ABC’s of Animals Who Have Sexist Or Politically Incorrect NamesAholes, Boobies, & Cocks -or- The ABC’s of Animals Who Have Sexist Or Politically Incorrect Names Aholes are silvery fish who live in the Indo-Pacific part of the world (near Hawaii). They spend their days swimming together in schools, but at night they go off to eat by themselves. I guess everyone needs some alone-time…
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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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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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The Bible: A Book Review
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Read more: The Bible: A Book ReviewWhat the Bible really is, is a collection of books that loosely chronicle the history of some primitive and very violent people who by their own coronation, somehow were the chosen people of the God they invented.