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Celluloid staycations: Where The Boys Are and Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

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John Travolta oozes seductiveness in Saturday Night Fever

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More Alexandre Rockwell: In The Soup, Pete smalls is Dead, Little Feet

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Behold! Bugs Bunny on Blu-ray

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Celluloid staycations: Where The Boys Are and Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

Still reluctant to book a flight? Here are a couple of vacations you can take without leaving home. Where The Boys Are (1960) A convincingly fabricated backlot blizzard is enough ...

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John Travolta oozes seductiveness in Saturday Night Fever

Saturday Night Fever made something special out of white polyester and blow-dryers as an extension of one’s arm, and transformed Deney Terrio — John Travolta’s trainer and future host of ...

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More Alexandre Rockwell: In The Soup, Pete smalls is Dead, Little Feet

As promised in last week’s review of Alexandre Rockwell’s Sweet Thing, a few words on its prequel, Little Feet. But first, let’s present two of the director’s previous films. In ...

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Behold! Bugs Bunny on Blu-ray

Before we discuss three of the better Bugs and Elmer shorts contained in the numbered, limited edition blu-ray set, The Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection, a word about packaging. The ...

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The disco roller-boogie film that introduced audiences to Patrick Swayze

The movies’ one glorious footnote to disco roller-boogie can be found in Peter Bogdanovich’s awfully romantic comedy They All Laughed, wherein a klutzy John Ritter attempts to skate his way into Dorothy Stratten’s heart. That’s ...

June 25, 2021

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Critic comedies starring Mel Brooks, Vincent Price, and Bob Hope

Three comedies about critics starring Mel Brooks, Vincent Price, and Bob Hope. Our first entry earned Mel an Oscar® for Best Animated Short, and in spite of that, it’s good! The Critic (1960) For many, ...

June 18, 2021

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June 11, 2021

Walter Matthau’s dark side exposed in Charley Varrick

Walter Matthau? A bank robbing serial killer wanted by both good guys and bad guys alike?! Times were tough. The actor had to hock wedding presents just to pay the rent. The $2500 this minisculely ...

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June 4, 2021

Woody Allen’s PBS mockumentary

My original intention was to cover a couple of Woody Allen’s middle-to-modern funny films. Then I happened across this hilarious, never-broadcast, half-hour PBS mockumentary on YouTube. I hope you enjoy this Holy Grail of hilarity ...

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May 28, 2021

Everyone’s favorite curse word

This week’s offerings include a trio of documentaries that range in subject from the history of everyone’s favorite curse word, Miami’s cocaine cartel, and for openers, a cautionary fable for the marginally talented among us ...

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May 21, 2021

Sewer-based films

Having spent 14 months in quarantine, the sudden reintroduction to the outside world left me feeling nostalgic for cramped spaces. For those having similar difficulty reacclimating, this week’s viewings selections are all sewer-based. Talk about ...

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May 14, 2021

The British Film Institute launches BFI Player Classics

The British Film Institute launches BFI Player Classics on May 14. The new streaming outlet promises what it calls a “collection of classic British cinema specifically for the American market.” (I’m guessing that means no ...

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May 7, 2021

SCTV: the Rick Moranis years

By the time a wave of big screen hits earned Rick Moranis household name status, he had already gained cult immortality in certain sectors of the USA and Canada for his participation in 25 episodes ...

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Oscars roundup: Crip Camp, Over the Moon, Sound of Metal

Oscar-nominated movies...at home! Crip Camp (2020) Judy Heumann. The mere mention of her name sends shivers down the spines of all who look to cut corners at the expense of denying the disabled community equal ...

April 30, 2021

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Breakfast on Pluto: How does somebody survive a deeply aggressive world just by being themself?

Breakfast on Pluto (2005) Neil Jordan’s The Crying Game stands as one of the most significant films released in the past thirty years, if for no other reason than that it’s a suspense thriller that ...

April 23, 2021

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April 16, 2021

From the mind of Luc Besson

This week brings a pair of first rate action thrillers from the mind of Luc Besson, a creative force in French cinema who makes a much better writer-producer than he does a director. District b13 ...

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April 2, 2021

George Segal, RIP (1934-2021)

George Segal, a major luminary in my cinematic firmament, died last week, and with him went a galaxy of outstanding performances. Peter Gusenberg in The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre was to be my launching point, ...

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Celluloid staycations: Where The Boys Are and Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

John Travolta oozes seductiveness in Saturday Night Fever

More Alexandre Rockwell: In The Soup, Pete smalls is Dead, Little Feet

Behold! Bugs Bunny on Blu-ray

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