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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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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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5 Inspirational Movies For Writers and Authors
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Read more: 5 Inspirational Movies For Writers and Authors5 Inspirational Movies For Writers and Authors We used to think that writers are the source of inspiration for many people as they can read about the similar life experiences of the authors and find the right answers to their questions. However, we miss one little thing – writers are common people just like readers…
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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…
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Never Take Sweets (a.k.a. Candy) from a Stranger (1960)
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Read more: Never Take Sweets (a.k.a. Candy) from a Stranger (1960)Some movies are way ahead of their time. Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom is a good example, a voyeuristic horror pic centering on a serial killer filming his victims’ last moments while stabbing them through the throat. People just weren’t ready for that kind of sicko shit in 1960, the revulsion apparently resulting in the revered…
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My Year in Movies – 2021 Edition – Second. Worst. Year. Ever.
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Read more: My Year in Movies – 2021 Edition – Second. Worst. Year. Ever.Well, we made it through another year. I think. It’s hard to tell. 2021 sure felt a lot like 2020. Maybe not quite the rotten asshole of a year that was 2020, but a lot of people sure tried hard to make it as bad. The Covid pandemic has now entered the fourth major infection…