Category: Movies
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The Unsung: Earl Pfeiffer, Clash by Night (1952)
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Read more: The Unsung: Earl Pfeiffer, Clash by Night (1952)Another day, another Robert Ryan masterpiece. Fuck slowly but surely; in giant unapologetic gulps, Mr. Ryan is becoming my go-to cinematic figure; a lowdown, nasty sumbitch who, like the sunrise, can be counted on to make your hair stand on end.
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Man of Steel (2013)
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Read more: Man of Steel (2013)The triumph of production design over story, characterization or common sense.
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We Live in Time (2024)
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Read more: We Live in Time (2024)I don’t know how many horror movies I will see by the end of the year (four so far), but I’m certain We Live in Time will be the scariest movie I see all year.
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The Unsung: Wade, Nashville
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Read more: The Unsung: Wade, NashvilleIn a nation of liars, he is a beacon of truth. In a city packed to the gills with self-deception, self-indulgence, and the defiantly untalented insisting on themselves at every opportunity, he is a refreshing, almost essential pitstop.
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Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose (2023)
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Read more: Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose (2023)There is no mention of mongoose speech in the Wikipedia article, especially when it comes to prophesy, small talk, clairvoyance or in the making of long distance phone calls as Gef is apt to place.
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Hearts of the West (1975)
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Read more: Hearts of the West (1975)The mythology of the frontier plays a large role in American life. Whereas ancient civilizations had to dream-up the appearance of Zeus, Thor, Moses or Jesus, we have photographs.
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American Werewolf in London (1981)
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Read more: American Werewolf in London (1981)1969. John Landis is a kid on his first movie set, just out of school and bushy-tailed for adventure. The studio sends him to be Ninth Asst. Director Once Removed on a war film in Serbia, or Albania, or Montenegro—one of those gray, superstitious countries
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M30 OXY (2024)
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Read more: M30 OXY (2024)M30 Oxy is yet another Indie movie, directed by Wesley Mullins,and starring the great Leanne Johnson. The film is set in Kentucky, rural Appalachia, which is a sad area that is saddled with multiple epidemics.
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The Unsung: Bessie Winters, Pigskin Parade (1936)
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Read more: The Unsung: Bessie Winters, Pigskin Parade (1936)Few things in life excite me quite like a person out of time. Even better, a woman out of time. A dame of sass and unusual import; a broad who gives far better than she’s ever going to get
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The Unsung: Gar, Mask (1985)
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Read more: The Unsung: Gar, Mask (1985)If reincarnation is our lot after breathing our last, I can only hope I come back as Gar. Never did catch a last name, but I’m doubting one was necessary. Say it out loud – always in hushed tones – and even the uninitiated have some idea. Hell, the name itself seems to conjure the…