Category: Reviews
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Men of Consequence, Volume XI: Jason Voorhees, Friday the 13th series (1980-2003)
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Read more: Men of Consequence, Volume XI: Jason Voorhees, Friday the 13th series (1980-2003)I know, I know: Jason Voorhees is the character, and Men of Consequence, at least until now, have been listed by the name of the actor. And for good reason, as Burt Reynolds, Paul Newman, John Huston and the like have, for better or worse, come to define their era’s image of masculinity
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Matters of Survival: A Note on In a Lonely Place & Bigger Than Life
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Read more: Matters of Survival: A Note on In a Lonely Place & Bigger Than LifeIn a Lonely Place (1950) and Bigger Than Life (1956), two of Nicholas Ray’s finest films, are about two men made to feel “ten feet tall” in order to survive.
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In The Company of Men
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Read more: In The Company of MenTo be blunt, everything men do is a distraction from the unshakable truth that they would rather be fucking each other.
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Starring Debuts #26: Max von Sydow in The Seventh Seal (1957)
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Read more: Starring Debuts #26: Max von Sydow in The Seventh Seal (1957)We’re film fans, right? This means we’ve occasionally gotta get out of our comfort zone and give the likes of the mopey-as-fuck Ingmar Bergman a go.
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Barton Fink (1991)
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Read more: Barton Fink (1991)Barton Fink is one of my favorite Coen Brothers films. This assessment is not shared by many, Coen fans or not.
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Broads Who Mattered: The Great Women of Cinema, Volume IV
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Read more: Broads Who Mattered: The Great Women of Cinema, Volume IVGilda Carlson (Dorothy Mackaill) is exactly the sort of pre-Code Hollywood broad they used to churn out like assembly line piston rods in the fun-filled days before the Catholics and pearl-clutchers took over the joint.
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Happy People: A Year in the Tiaga (2010)
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Read more: Happy People: A Year in the Tiaga (2010)This film was originally a 4-hour documentary by Russian director Dmitry Vasyukov, but Werner Herzog worked his magic to whittle it down to a very watchable and highly informative and enjoyable 90 minutes.
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Cobra (Seven Things I Love About….)
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Read more: Cobra (Seven Things I Love About….)If 80’s Action taught us anything, it’s that our men like it gay – very gay – and the women, well, if they’re not blissfully naked or dead, they’re firm, unalterable lesbians.
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The Odyssey: By Someone Who Actually Read The Odyssey in College
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Read more: The Odyssey: By Someone Who Actually Read The Odyssey in CollegeNolan’s Odyssey is a bit like Penelope’s suitors- while initially entertaining, it overstays it’s welcome.
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The Odyssey (2026)
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Read more: The Odyssey (2026)The drama of the film is in if Odysseus can make it back to Ithaca to reunite with his queen, prevent his son’s exile/murder, and resume his place as king of Ithaca.