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Reel 84: Denzel On the Case, Part 1
This is the first of two episodes we’ll be doing, featuring Denzel Washington as a law enforcement officer of some kind. We open up with The Mighty Quinn, a 1989 film that Washington made right on the heels of his stint in the television show St. Elsewhere. (Don’t mistake it for his film debut, though.)…
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Reel 83: In the Style of Howard Hawks
Our first episode of 2025 is the last of our “In the Style of” series, and this was a fun one to make for us. This time around we’re looking at films that emulate director Howard Hawks in one way or another. Maybe it’s dialogue, maybe it’s the overall vibe, maybe it’s the cinematography… …Nah.…
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Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted
Yeah, we kind of dropped off the face of the Earth. Sean and I separately decided that we needed a break from the schedule. We were getting a little burned out between this project, and life in general, and work hassles, and who knows what else. And one of us finally said to the other,…
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Reel 82: In the Style of Ingmar Bergman
In most arts, there’s a fine line between homage and imitation. Go too subtle and nobody gets the references. Go too hard and chances are, you get dinged for pandering. This time around we land on a couple of films that may do a little of each (in my opinion; Sean might disagree), but they’re…
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Reel 81: In the Style of Hitchcock
Can I just take a moment to sit back and look proudly upon this episode’s cover art? It wasn’t tough to make but I really like the way it came out. Okay, onward: It’s often fun to see a film and realize that there’s something about it that reminds you of another filmic work. Maybe…
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Network (1976) – Review
It may be hard to imagine in this day and age of “Peak TV” (or “Too Much TV”), when television is considered an art form equal to, if not greater than, movies, but back even 40-50 years ago, television was considered “a vast wasteland”, to quote Newton Minow, in a speech he made when JFK…
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