Category: Reviews
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20th Century Duvall: Part 3-Drama
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Read more: 20th Century Duvall: Part 3-DramaDramas: The Chase (1966), Network (1976), The Betsy (1978), The Great Santini (1979), Tender Mercies (1983), The Natural (1984), Rambling Rose (1991), The Paper (1994) & The Scarlet Letter (1995) The Chase united Duvall with Brando for the first time, but although it’s the lesser known of their collaborations this one is worth hunting down.…
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20th Century Duvall: Part 2-Action
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Read more: 20th Century Duvall: Part 2-ActionAction: Bullitt (1968), The Killer Elite (1975) & Breakout (1975) Despite being the best part of sixty years old and having no action in its first twenty minutes, Bullitt still feels fresh and unusual. It might be famed for its superb, eleven-minute car chase, but I take as much pleasure in its taut, understated feel.…
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20th Century Duvall: Part One
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Read more: 20th Century Duvall: Part OneDespite a career lasting more than six decades, a hand in some of the most luminous films of all time and a Best Actor Oscar, Robert Duvall remains curiously unfamous. I suspect if you showed his picture to twenty people in the street, hardly anyone would identify him. Perhaps this is because he prefers supporting…
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The Green Mile (1999)
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Read more: The Green Mile (1999)Since I’m the one who is indeed fresh out of the big house, why shouldn’t I be the one to write a review about that other great prison movie? One that came out of the pen and twisted mind of my dear and revered Mr. King? I’ll admit that 21st century Dutch prison and that…
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Inara, The Jungle Girl
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Read more: Inara, The Jungle GirlYes, I watched this movie. I’ll admit that I spent most of my time watching this movie waiting for Winston Burbank’s penis to enter the frame, fully erect and ready for action.
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The Human Centipede (2009)
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Read more: The Human Centipede (2009)This is a movie where a mad scientist makes a giant centipede out of humans by sewing them ass-to-mouth.
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Starring Debuts #23: Michael Caine in Zulu (1964)
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Read more: Starring Debuts #23: Michael Caine in Zulu (1964)Caine left it late to become a major player, wading through almost twenty bit parts and slipping into his thirties before Zulu catapulted him to stardom. In truth, his role as Victoria Cross recipient Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead is not among my faves, partly because he doesn’t get to do a lot. It is a notable…
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Finding Bigfoot(2011)
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Read more: Finding Bigfoot(2011)America is a country of masochists wanting nothing more than to be tied down, beat with fly swatters and be forced to choke down the hot, dripping load of whatever con artist we’re buying into at the moment.
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Soul Plane
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Read more: Soul PlaneMore damaging than repealing the 13th Amendment, and more harmful to the cause of civil rights than forcing the South return to lynching as official policy, this racist, sexist, homophobic hate-fest is even more infuriating because it coasts on its untouchable status. Attach a white director to a project of this kind and Jesse Jackson…
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Starring Debuts # 22: Arnold Schwarzenegger in Conan the Barbarian (1982)
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Read more: Starring Debuts # 22: Arnold Schwarzenegger in Conan the Barbarian (1982)Arnie actually made his starring debut in 1970’s Hercules in New York (in which he must have been about sixteen) but I’m going to ignore it because it’s a cheapie load of embarrassing rubbish.