Author: John Welsh
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Phase IV (1974)
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Read more: Phase IV (1974)An unnamed cosmic event has a curious and unpleasant effect on our tiny ant friends here on Mother Earth. Different ant species no longer make war on one another and are working in cooperation
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
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Read more: The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)The Day the Earth Caught Fire opens with clichéd character Peter Stenning, a washed-up alcoholic reporter, in the middle of a desert city, London. Dust and sand claiming the buildings.
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
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Read more: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)“Nobody gets to be a cowboy forever…” –Monte Walsh
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Shack Out on 101 (1955)
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Read more: Shack Out on 101 (1955)In 1955 the state of war between the Soviet Union and Germany officially ended. Elvis Presley appeared on television for the first time, and Kermit the Frog was introduced to the world by the young Jim Henson. Yes, Kermit’s a Boomer.
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McCabe & Mrs. Miller: Another look at an essential Altman film
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Read more: McCabe & Mrs. Miller: Another look at an essential Altman filmFirstly, this is the best analysis of McCabe I recall reading. I’ve not seen again since it’s release in 1971 when Altman was the hot director coming off the success of M*A*S*H
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Sorcerer (1977)
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Read more: Sorcerer (1977)Several actors were offered roles and declined. Among them was Robert Mitchum, who asked, “Why would I want to go to Ecuador for two or three months to fall out of a truck? I can do that outside my house.”
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The Ghost Writer
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Read more: The Ghost WriterIn Polanski’s slick, Hitchcockian thriller, a writer known only as the Ghost (Ewan McGregor), is hired to ghostwrite the memoirs of an ex British Prime Minister named Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan), clearly based on Tony Blair.
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I Like to Watch TV
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Read more: I Like to Watch TVWhat else can I do while tied to the bed in passive restraints by the dutiful but obedient medical authority nurses? Not exactly the stuff of Henry Miller, is it?
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Great Expectations (1946)
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Read more: Great Expectations (1946)Directed by David Lean. Screenplay by David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan &Ronald Neame Based on the 1861 novel by Charles Dickens. With: John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Bernard Miles (who we’ll see ten years later as a kidnapper in The Man Who Knew Too Much). Here, he is kindly blacksmith, Joe), Francis L. Sullivan as Mr. Jaggers…
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The Oscars: When Pigs Fly Edition
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Read more: The Oscars: When Pigs Fly EditionI must thank my Lickspittle-in-Chief Bob, Pooka 1st Class, Narcissistic Division, for his invaluable assistance in compiling this pile from the foothills of Bandini Mountain, Hollywood USA.