Category: Movies
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Top 10 Memorable Acts Of Violence In Movies
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Read more: Top 10 Memorable Acts Of Violence In MoviesGrowing up in 1980’s Britain with the video nasties scare, I implicitly absorbed movie violence was bad and if I watched enough I’d eventually take an axe to random passersby. Now while this proved unfortunately true in my case, most people remain unaffected. In fact, someone like you has probably already forgotten hundreds, if not…
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Heaven Is For Real (2014)
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Read more: Heaven Is For Real (2014)I believe heaven is laughter, and nothing made me feel closer to God than my bootlegged camcorder copy of Heaven Is For Real.
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The Last Hurrah #5: Charles Bronson in Death Wish (1974)
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Read more: The Last Hurrah #5: Charles Bronson in Death Wish (1974)Synopsis: “What about the old American social custom of self-defense? If the police don’t defend us, maybe we ought to do it ourselves.” Director: Michael Winner Cast: Charles Bronson, Steven Keats, Vincent Gardenia, Hope Lange Bronson’s ascent to the top took the best part of two decades, peaking with the massive international success of his…
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Cocaine Cowboys
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Read more: Cocaine CowboysEssential Americana in sun-kissed blood-drenched glory.
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Oppenheimer
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Read more: OppenheimerJ Robert Oppenheimer lived a life worthy of a tragedy by Sophocles or Shakespeare. Like Oedipus or Othello, he planted the seed of his own destruction and nurtured the life it engendered. Since the cultures of Ancient Greece or Elizabethan England are unlikely to reoccur, we are left with what we have. What we have…
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John Wick
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Read more: John WickHere it is, folks: The best movie of 2014. Sure, the Academy released their list recently, but apparently they didn’t feel that this film was worthy of inclusion. I don’t know why. Birdman was amazing, but did they really find four films better than John Wick, Inherent Vice, Nightcrawler, and The Interview? Why are there…
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Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
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Read more: Winnie the Pooh: Blood and HoneyIn its opening minutes, the children’s story-themed slasher Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey shows a hint of genuine promise. Obviously this public domain cash-grab was never going to be some masterpiece of the cinema, but in the (barely) animated opening exposition, I was reminded of the camp classic Jack Frost (not the one with Michael Keaton),…
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The Beekeeper
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Read more: The BeekeeperThe thing I love about January action movies is recognizing how little care is put into them. That isn’t me being mean. Imagine a writer is pitching an action movie and they non-sarcastically say the word Beekeeper. After doing a spit take, the studio executive is going to immediately think two things. One – January.…
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
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Read more: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordThe best film of the past quarter-century…
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Fucked-Up Films #10: The Klansman (1974)
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Read more: Fucked-Up Films #10: The Klansman (1974)Synopsis ‘Southern man, better keep your head/Don’t forget what your good book said’ Director Terence Young Cast Lee Marvin, Richard Burton, Cameron Mitchell, O.J. Simpson, Lola Falana, Linda Evans, David Huddleston What are these sick bastards doing? Shaming humanity, helped by a lot of talent both in front of and behind the camera, including a…