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When Oscar Shit the Bed: Going My Way (1944)
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Read more: When Oscar Shit the Bed: Going My Way (1944)One of these days, hopefully while I still remain above ground, someone will write the definitive tale of why, for what appeared to be a period of several decades from World War II forward, Hollywood was utterly, hopelessly, and reverentially obsessed with Catholicism.
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The Unsung: T-Bone Waitress, Hell or High Water (2016)
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Read more: The Unsung: T-Bone Waitress, Hell or High Water (2016)The movies and television have never failed to give us memorable waitresses over the years, from “Kiss my grits!” Flo to the Hold the Chicken Lady from Five Easy Pieces.
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The Unsung: Joe, Marty (1955)
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Read more: The Unsung: Joe, Marty (1955)Always leave the room on a high note. George Costanza knew it, the best and brightest live it, and Joe – just Joe, thank you very much – sure as hell had it coursing through his veins.
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Assholes of the Cinema: Irene Dailey, Five Easy Pieces
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Read more: Assholes of the Cinema: Irene Dailey, Five Easy PiecesDuring her brief few minutes on camera, Irene Dailey’s Samia Glavia inhabits the role of the archetypal intellectual with such perfection, we’re tempted to retire the type for all time
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The 20 Most Ruthless Movie Performances of All Time
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Read more: The 20 Most Ruthless Movie Performances of All TimeThe Dark Gospel According To Matt Cale
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The Unsung: Flo Harrigan, The Happy Ending (1969)
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Read more: The Unsung: Flo Harrigan, The Happy Ending (1969)In a film filled to the brim with unhappiness, addiction, chronic dissatisfaction, and fits of despair, she is the lone vision of loveliness. Where there is pain, she is the cure.
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Save The Midgets
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Read more: Save The MidgetsLittle people my ass….Midgets they are, and midgets they will always be.
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The Unsung: Bud Corliss, A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
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Read more: The Unsung: Bud Corliss, A Kiss Before Dying (1956)A man engages in a brief affair with a young lady. That same young lady soon announces that she is pregnant. The man is openly supportive, even a bit sentimental. Hell yes we’ll build a future, and by god, we’ll tie the knot later this week.
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When Oscar Shit the Bed: Gigi (1958)
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Read more: When Oscar Shit the Bed: Gigi (1958)1958’s Gigi, winner of 9 Academy Awards, is a stunning, sumptuous, Fabergé egg of a movie, albeit one in service of a great, unmitigated evil. You knew this, given Maurice Chevalier’s name in the opening credits
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The Unsung: Laura-Louise, Rosemary’s Baby
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Read more: The Unsung: Laura-Louise, Rosemary’s BabyThe beauty of Rosemary’s Baby is that, while it acknowledges Satanists are living among us trying to overthrow the established order, we really have nothing to fear.