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Guilty Pleasure No. 10: The Substitute (dir. by Robert Mandel)

The most recent entry in the Guilty Pleasure series had Lisa Marie waxing poetically about the idealistic teacher in the “jungle” film The Principal. I counter and follow this up with a similar-themed...

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Film Review: In the Blood (dir by John Stockwell)

Do you remember Haywire? Haywire was an action film that came out in 2011.  It briefly got a lot of attention because it starred MMA fighter Gina Carano in her feature film debut and it was directed by...

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Shattered Politics #69: Traffic (dir by Steven Soderbergh)

I have mixed feelings about Steven Soderbergh.  On the one hand, his talent cannot be denied and you have to respect the fact that he’s willing to take chances and make films like The Girlfriend...

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Embracing the Melodrama Part II #93: Boogie Nights (dir by Paul Thomas Anderson)

The 1997 film Boogie Nights (which, amazingly enough, was not nominated for best picture) is a bit of an overwhelming film to review.  It’s a great film and, if you’re reading this review, you’ve...

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Film Review: Keanu (dir by Peter Atencio)

“KEANU!” Meow! “ARE YOU OKAY, KEANU!?” Meow! Greetings, fellow lovers of movies and cats!  So, Jeff and I just saw the new comedy, Keanu.  It’s the first film to star the quickly-becoming legendary...

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A Movie A Day #181: Guilty As Sin (1993, directed by Sidney Lumet)

When wealthy playboy David Greenhill (Don Johnson, doing a one-note Michael Douglas impersonation) is accused of throwing his wife out of a window, there’s only one lawyer who he wants to defend him....

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Scenes That I Love: The Awards Ceremony From Boogie Nights

I would like to think that when the Palme d’Or is awards in Cannes, it’ll be half as exciting as when Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg) picked up his second Best Actor trophy in Paul Thomas Anderson’s...

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The Hard Way (1991, directed by John Badham)

Lt. John Moss (James Woods) is a cop with a problem.  A serial killer who calls himself the Party Crasher (Stephen Lang) is killing people all across New York and he has decided that he will be coming...

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An Offer You Can Do Whatever You Want With #21: Carlito’s Way (dir by Brian...

It’s been a week so I guess it’s time for me to get back to reviewing mob movies, right?  Usually, I do my best not to take such a long break in-between reviewing films — especially when it’s a...

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An Offer You Can Refuse #22: Carlito’s Way: Rise To Power (dir by Michael...

After you watched Carlito’s Way, you may have asked yourself, “Gee, I wonder how Carlito came to power in the first place?  I wonder what he was like when he was young….” Now, keep in mind, you may...

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Film Review: Short Eyes (dir by Robert M. Young)

Last night, fully intent on just viewing one movie before going to bed, I decided to watch the 1977 film, Short Eyes. Why I thought that was a good idea, I’m not sure. Even though I didn’t know much...

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McBain (1991, directed by James Glickenhaus)

In the year 1973, Bobby McBain (Christopher Walken) was an American POW, fighting for his life in a North Vietnamese prison camp that was run by a general so evil that he wore a necklace of human ears....

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Film Review: You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah (dir by Sammi Cohen)

You Are So Not Invite To My Bat Mitzvah is a well-acted, well-written, and sweet-natured coming-of-age film, featuring Sunny Sandler as Stacey Friedman, a Hebrew school student who is eagerly looking...

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Retro Television Reviews: Miami Vice 2.1 and 2.2 “The Prodigal Son”

Welcome to Retro Television Reviews, a feature where we review some of our favorite and least favorite shows of the past!  On Mondays, I will be reviewing Miami Vice, which ran on NBC from 1984 to...

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