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Will Hollywood Ever Stop Showing Smokers?
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Read more: Will Hollywood Ever Stop Showing Smokers?Smoking has long been part of cinema, with some of the most well known actors in history having been celebrated for their smoking scenes. There’s Sean Connery introducing himself with the phrase “Bond… James Bond” in Dr. No for instance, or Robert De Niro holding a cigarette while deciding whether a character will live or…
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Seconds (1966)
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Read more: Seconds (1966)Sinead O’Connor called her fantastic second album I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, although she could’ve just said I Want What I’ve Got. But what if you no longer want what you’ve got? What happens if all your responsibilities, connections and habits are nothing but burdens? Given the chance, would you cast them…
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Hard Bastards
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Read more: Hard BastardsDuring the 1980s Mike Tyson was an important part of my adolescence. Not that we used to spar or anything, but I used to love running downstairs on a Sunday morning to catch ITV’s delayed transmission of the previous night’s big title fight in which he’d undoubtedly battered the shit out of some poor fucker…
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New Amazon Prime Originals streaming in 2022
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Read more: New Amazon Prime Originals streaming in 2022Amazon Prime used to be recognized as merely an additional expense that sped up your Amazon deliveries and gave you access to exclusive discounts. While Amazon still offers all that under the banner of Prime, their video platform has expanded to be more than just a depository for YouTube videos and Star Trek reruns. Prime…
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Newman, Old Brilliance
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Read more: Newman, Old BrilliancePaul Newman’s glorious cinematic career was brought to an end by a machine gun-toting Tom Hanks. “I’m glad it’s you,” he says to his imminent murderer during the rain-soaked finale of Road to Perdition. Of course, this sort of far-fetched rubbish (patiently waiting to be gunned down before paying a compliment to your assassin) can…
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Hurt, He’s Gone
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Read more: Hurt, He’s Gone“Bring this guy some Pepto-Bismol!” a fellow diner yells as a choking, panic-stricken John Hurt collapses onto the table in the 1987 sci-fi spoof, Spaceballs. Moments later an alien bursts through his midriff. “Oh, no…” Hurt cries while looking down his body at its malevolent, twitching head. “Not again!” His cameo is about the best…
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3:10 To Yuma
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Read more: 3:10 To Yuma2 Hours 2 minutes, R for maiming stabbing and shooting Fair Value of 3:10 to Yuma: $14.00 : For the most part (Kate and Leopold the glaring exception), I’ve enjoyed almost everything that director James Mangold has made. This is a grim, desperate, suspenseful and deeply rewatchable western. TL,DR: Desperate rancher Dan Evans (Christian Bale)…
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Financial Advice To Consider While Crypto Trading
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Read more: Financial Advice To Consider While Crypto TradingOne thing that you need to consider while starting your crypto trading is that you can’t trust everyone who comes with advice! As it is a new concept, experts on it are rare. Hence, anyone churning out suggestions on how you should do crypto trading, despite not being a certified financial planner, shouldn’t be given…
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Scream (2022)
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Read more: Scream (2022)I know what you’re thinking- isn’t this Scream 5? I’m obligated to tell you that the official title of this movie is Scream. Yes, it is confusing. Yes, it is indeed the fifth movie in the Scream franchise and, yes, the other sequels did indeed have numbers in their titles. I actually thought this new…
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The Tender Bar
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Read more: The Tender BarThe Tender Bar is a movie that is based on the blockbuster best-seller by J.R. Moehringer, published in 2005. This book contains the memoirs of J.R. and his experiences growing up with a struggling single mom, while chasing an elusive father, known only to him as a voice in the radio. This great best-seller is…