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What could have been: The Godfather
I don’t know about you but I love to play the game of “What if.” You know how it works. What if so-and-so had directed such-and-such movie? Would we still love that movie as much? Would so-and-so...
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A Quickie With Lisa Marie: Kill The Irishman (dir. by Jonathan Hensleigh)
Jonathan Hensleigh’s fact-based gangster film Kill The Irishman had a brief (and limited) theatrical run earlier this year and received generally mixed reviews. I myself didn’t see it in the theaters...
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44 Days of Paranoia #15: God Told Me To (dir by Larry Cohen)
For today’s entry in the 44 Days of Paranoia, I want to take a look at the underrated horror/sci-fi/paranoia film, God Told Me To. This film was first released in 1976. At the time of that initial...
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Lisa Watches An Oscar Winner: The French Connection (dir by William Friedkin)
Earlier today, thanks to Netflix, I watched the 1971 best picture winner, The French Connection. Based on a true incident, The French Connection is the story of two NYPD detectives, the reasonable and...
View ArticleA Movie A Day #232: Tyson (1995, directed by Uli Edel)
If any heavyweight champion from the post-Ali era of boxing has lived a life that seems like it should be ready-made for the biopic treatment, it is “Iron Mike” Tyson. In 1995, HBO stepped up to...
View ArticleA Movie A Day #355: F.I.S.T. (1978, directed by Norman Jewison)
Sylvester Stallone is Jimmy Hoffa! Actually, Stallone plays Johnny Kovak, a laborer who becomes a union organizer in 1939. Working with him is his best friend, Abe Belkin (David Huffman). In the...
View ArticleCinemax Friday: Sworn to Justice (1997, directed by Paul Maslak)
Janna (Cynthia Rothrock) is a psychologist who is also a martial arts expert. One night, she comes home to discover that her sister and her nephew have been murdered and that the killers are still in...
View ArticleFrame of Mind (2009, directed by Carl T. Evans)
David Secca (Carl T. Evans, who also directed) is a New York cop who has just transferred to a town in New Jersey. His wife, Jennifer (Arija Bareikis) has a new job as a teacher. One day, while...
View ArticleOctober True Crime: The Honeymoon Killers (dir by Leonard Kastle)
The 1970 film, The Honeymoon Killers, takes place in the late 40s. Martha Beck (Shirley Stoler) is an overweight nurse who lives in Alabama with her senile mother (Dortha Duckworth) and her best...
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