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Reel 65: The Remake Was Better, Part 1
So frequently we bemoan the fact that Hollywood doesn’t seem to have any original ideas. We complain that plots are constantly being recycled, and we get anxiety because films from our childhood are being remade. However, once in awhile—once in awhile—that remake manages to surpass the original. And that’s what this episode, and the next…
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Loving (2016) – Review
Jeff Nichols is another acclaimed director whom I’ve never fully been able to get behind. He has a sharp visual eye, but his stories have never been quite satisfactory to me, even Take Shelter, his acclaimed 2011 film starring Jessica Chastain and his usual star Michael Shannon. Not until Midnight Special, Nichols’ take on Close…
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Loving 1970 – Review
When people extol the virtues of 70’s movies, they tend to focus on the big names, from directors – Altman, Coppola, Scorsese – and actors – De Niro, Nicholson, and Pacino. However, while it’s certainly true many of the best films of the 70’s (in my opinion) came from those singular talents, it’s important to…
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Reel 64: Same Title, Different Movie (redux)
Yowza, my friend. Welcome to the land of weird issues with this episode. Just to peel back the curtain a little bit, Sean and I record an episode, then later on I do some editing, I put in the music and Alex’s bits, then I package everything and run it through some software called Auphonic…
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No Way Out (1987)
The following was originally written on Facebook when I was writing about my favorite movies released in the U.S. in 1987. While I have always said my movie education came from my father – when I was 13 and our family moved to California, he bought a videodisc player, and would bring home an old…
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No Way Out (1950) review
In the years immediately following World War II, Hollywood finally seemed to wake up to the fact racism was a bad thing (to be fair, there are still parts of the country that still haven’t figured that out). Granted, Hollywood didn’t own up to how they had depicted African-Americans (or other people of color) in…
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