Review: “The Old Oak” Celebrates Hope & Kindness Amidst The Hardship Of
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bowing out of the filmmaking business and in a sentimental mood, is
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‘Sinners,’ ‘The Studio,’ ‘Palm Royale,’ ‘Skeleton Crew,’ ‘One Battle After Another,’ & Lady Gaga Top 2026 Make-Up And Hair Styling Guild MUAHS Awards [Complete List] - [image: Sinners, Ryan Coogler][image: ‘Sinners,’ ‘The Studio,’ ‘Palm Royale,’ ‘Skeleton Crew,’ ‘One Battle After Another,’ & Lady Gaga Top 2026 Make-Up And...
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Oscar Volley: The Inaugural "Best Casting" Race - *We kick off our annual post-nomination Oscar Volley series with the newest Oscar category: Best Casting. There have been calls to add Casting as a categ...
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HBO ADS NEW CAST MEMBERS TO SEASON FOUR OF THE GILDED AGE 19TH CENTURY TV SERIES - THE GILDED AGE SERIES SEASON FOUR NEW CAST ADDITIONS *HBO *has added some new names to the fourth season of their 19th century costume drama *THE GILDE...
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439. Marty Supreme (#249) - Josh Safdie's *Marty Supreme*, with Aoife Barry and Darcie-Jade Faccio. At time of recording, it was ranked 249th on the list of best movies of all time on...
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Pain Hurts, Take It From One Who's Had His Share Recently - I got to hang out in one of these yesterday My regular companion for the last few months has been pain. It’s not constant. I can sit and sleep comfortably...
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FlixChatter Review: CRIME 101 (2026) – Hemsworth & Ruffalo reunite in this stylish, moody Michael Mann-esque heist flick - I love a good noir, so the trailer for Crime 101, which features an impressive cast, has definitely caught my attention. This is my first encounter with th...
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My Winners: The 2025 Hollmann Awards, Part Three - Our third and final day of the 2025 Hollmann Awards. You've seen the Longlists, the Top Ten, the Nominees, and Parts One and Two of the winners - now, let'...
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Interview…Luke Edwards Talks Acting, Producing and Stories From the Sets of ‘The Wizard’ and ‘Little Big League’ - Once in a great while, we get to speak with our heroes, people who inspire us, or those we just wish we could hang out with. So enter one such individual w...
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Friday's Old Fashioned: IX Olympic Winter Games of 1964 - Shot using the German film stock Agfacolor, what stands out most about Theo Hormann’s official documentary of the 1964 IX Olympic Winter Games in Innsbru...
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Episode 362 – 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE - Talkin' Nia DaCosta's new film with Simon Columb
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Insecure Writer’s Support Group; Movie News and Trailers, and February Movie Preview - It’s time for another group posting of the *Insecure Writer’s Support Group!* Time to release our fears to the world – or offer encouragement to those wh...
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Vote for the Sports Movie Draft - Here is your chance to tell us what you think the best slate of Sports Movies in our Draft was. Feel Free to add your own slate in the comments.
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Emma's favourite songs, 2026. - Hi readers! I know, it’s been an embarrassingly long time since I last blogged. I was hoping that I’d have more time to spare, following qualification, t...
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Best Lead Actor is a Decades Long Disappointment* - While musing in one of my favorite blogs 1001plus' comment section, I was reminded of one of the most long standing disappointments for me when it come...
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Right off the bat, Tobe Hooper's *The Texas Chain Saw Massacre* shows that it's not in the vicinity of messing around. After all, this was a post-*Night ...
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The Deadly Mantis (1957) directed by Nathan Juran - I kept seeing this film while switching channels for the 2 weeks and I finally decided to just watch it from start to finish. I have seen it before, mor...
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THE EAGLE AND THE HAWK (Stuart Walker & Mitchell Leisen, 1933) - Lt. Young doesn’t consider himself a fighter Ace; he’s a chauffeur for a graveyard, driving men to their graves day after day, an occupation that limi...
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Poltergeist II: The Other Side | 4K UHD Blu-ray Review - The 4K UHD Blu-Ray of Poltergeist II offers excellent visual restoration and a powerful Dolby Atmos mix, despite occasional dialogue issues, making it a so...
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trans|cendental cinema - Some bittersweet news - this will be the final post at From the Front Row. Today I am unveiling my new website, www.transcendentalcinema.com. After 18 y...
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Video Clip: George Miller talks about the Mad Max Series - Sharing this clip from Vanity Fair where director George Miller talks about the Mad Max series including the new Furiosa movie that I want to see! Check it...
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Trực tiếp PSIS Semarang vs Persis Solo lúc 20:30 ngày 17-03-2024 - trực tiếp trận Trực tiếp PSIS Semarang vs Persis Solo lúc 20:30 ngày 17-03-2024
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TUMP [EP#387 – ASYLUM BLACKOUT] - What happens when you get stuck in a blackout and nothing to do but hide away from frightening inmates of an insane asylum? I guess we complain about who’s...
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The Perfect Find - Enjoy these first look photos of Numa Perrier's *The Perfect Find* starring Gabrielle Union and Keith Powers. After a high-profile firing, Jenna's fashi...
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[10/10] 300 (2007) [15th Anniversary Re-Review] - *300 (2007)* *Quick Review:* A legendary tale of valor, which Snyder adapts with epic effect, the testosterone-driven "300" is led by Gerard Butler's mas...
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Printable Female Body Map Template - Human Body Outline Front And Back Pdf Body Outline Human Body Drawing Body Template Blank Body Body Outline Body Template Human Body Diagram 9 Free...
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Fin - *Visit me at my new website, **By Rich Watson * Ten and a half years ago, I started this blog. That’s a fair-sized chunk of my life. What began as an ex...
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Best of 2019: The 13 Best Films of the Year - by Tony Dayoub It's Oscar Day! No predictions. Here, for your consideration, are my top films of 2019 followed by the winners of the respective polls I p...
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CHAMPION (1949) - Champion is usually described as a cautionary tale about the bitter price of ruthless ambition. Rubbish. The character of Midge Kelly is heroic, admira...
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Where Has The Entertainment Junkie Been For the Last Year? - Hello again, one and all (and possibly only one)! There hasn't been much activity in these parts over the last few years, as I'm sure you've noticed. I'm n...
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25 Bits Of Bond 25: It's the No Time To Die trailer breakdown! - For those of us beginning to wonder if the promise of another Bond film was nothing more than a vicious rumour, the first trailer for Cary Fukunaga's No Ti...
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Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, Wherever You Are - A child awakens in a field overlooking a seaside cliff. It is near dusk. Realizing it is late, she runs, hands feeling the tall grasses as she blows throug...
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Zombieland Double Tap (2019) - Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) *Director: *Ruben Fleisher *Cast: *Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg and Abigail Breslin, Rosario Dawson, Luke W...
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Information About Snail Bob And Why You Might Want To Try It Out - Snail Bob is a game that you can play for free online. This game has a lot of extra advantages to it, especially if...
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[Masters of Carpentry] Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007) - JD and I finally dig into Rob Zombie's notorious and controversial remake of *Halloween*, and all the gore, rape, and trash Americana shoveled within. Enjo...
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The Amateurs (Usama Alshaibi, 2003) - I don't remember François Truffaut or Karen Finley being mentioned in any of Ed Powers' depressing Dirty Debutantes movies. But then again, I haven't ...
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Oscar Nominees - *Best Picture* Black Panther BlacKkKlansman Bohemian Rhapsody The Favourite Green Book Roma A Star Is Born Vice *Director* Alfonso Cuarón, *Roma* Yorgos...
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Widows: the battle between plot and film - It feels too easy to reduce *Widows* down to the unusual battle between mainstream writer Gillian Flynn's script and director Steve McQueen's fine art b...
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my favourite job was at a dvd store - I worked in two DVD stores while I was in high school and university. I'm 22, so arguably on the fringe of not being able to say 'I grew up going to th...
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ピルと喫煙の相性は非常に悪いです - ピルと喫煙の相性は非常に悪いです ピルは月経前の諸症状や月経痛の緩和にも効果があるため、避妊目的以外でも服用する女性は少なくありません。 ただ、このピル、服用によって副作用があらわれることもあるため注意が必要になってくる […] ピルと喫煙の相性は非常に悪いですは避妊に失敗したくないならピルを使うのが良い...
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"What is line?" FAVOURITE PERFORMANCES OF 2017 - Since all this is being published after the Oscars, we know who all were the "best" performers of this year were *cough* Gary Oldman shouldn't have won *co...
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Hot Take: Here's My One Issue With STRONGER - Some of you may already know what I am going to say here. But I am going to back into it anyway. *STRONGER*, the new Boston Marathon bombing movie starr...
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Trailer Alert: Memoir of a Murderer - *Director* - Won Shin Yun *Country* - Korea *Genre* - Thriller Ex-serial killer with Alzheimer's disease versus a new serial killing sociopath, or ...
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The Best Wrestling Matches of 2016 (15-1) - Continuing from yesterday's post, read on as I count down my favorite wrestling matches of the year. 15. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Naomichi Marufuji IWGP H...
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I gave FilmDoo a whirl - Finally, we can forget about DVDs. Streaming video is the future for independent films from Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries, with new onlin...
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ANNIE HALL (review) - Black Sheep Reviews says thank you and good bye with one final review. This is our 5-Sheep review of Woody Allen's classic comedy, ANNIE HALL.
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What Was This Place? - I'm a little in awe of the me that used to write this site. I was posting almost daily. Full of ideas and, not to sound egotistical, but insights (sometime...
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Blending Exterior with 8 Mind Blowing Designing Thoughts - We all wish for a home that stands out among the rest, but we also want it to merge in with the surrounding buildings and the environ...
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Poor Joe: on Angels in America's lost character - For Nathaniel’s interactive *Hit Me With Your Best* Feature this week he’s chosen Mike Nichols’ HBO adaptation of the Tony Award winning play Angels in Am...
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The High Five: June - After a month off due to a mixture of business and laziness, the High Five is back for the June edition. May got the summer off to a great start from a bo...
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20TH ANNIVERSARY OF MICHAEL MANN'S MASTERPIECE HEAT - Michael Mann's Heat represents the finest distillation of the filmmaker's stylistic and narrative obsessions, and his ultimate masterpiece as a storyt...
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Gojira Roars Back in Toho Studio’s 2016 Reboot - Today, we have a really great article from TDYLF reader (and apparently a great writer), Beth Kelly. Enjoy! Whether you know him as “Godzilla” or “Gojira”...
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6th Annual Chrisfilm Awards (2015) - It’s been a long time since I’ve posted here, but for a day at least, I’m back. I still don’t think I’m ready to write about every movie I see as I see the...
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Movie Club #30: "Popeye" and "Punch Drunk Love" - *0:00 - 2:10* -- Intro / Roll Call *2:15 - 45:17* -- Popeye *45:20 - 1:42:10* -- Punch Drunk Love *1:42:15 - 1:48:44* -- Next Month / Outro Your browser do...
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Blindspot - "The Deer Hunter" and "Coming Home" - Whenever the blind spots of our history of film knowledge come up in conversation, one of the most common questions is "Why haven't you seen movie 'X' ye...
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Announcement! - It's been a very busy year for me, and it's probably going to be just as busy next year. This blog has not been updated since January of 2014, which just w...
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La Vie en Rose - You will not have noticed, but ... the last attempt at this blog did not go over well. That is to say, I stopped writing it completely after day one. Th...
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BOYHOOD Review - Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" is an extraordinary filmmaking achievement in its ambition, scope and as an experiment in time and longevity through the te...
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Lowongan Kerja SMK Di Tanggerang April 2014 - *Lowongan Kerja SMK Di Tanggerang April 201*4 - Lowongan Kerja Terbaru kali ini akan memberikan informasi tentang lowongan pekerjaan terbaru . Berikut adal...
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Between the Seats 2.0 - New life, new purpose. The old Between the Seats is probably never coming back. Random reviews of older films or new theatrical releases, marathons, those...
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NEW WEBSITE - Hello, friends. Well, it's been real, but the time has come for me to mosey on over to a new space. I've had Film Forager since the fall of 2008 and I've ...
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Oscar 2014 Nominee Announcement Reactions - Since I ALWAYS do this, I'll go ahead and do it again! Even though I literally only wrote 2 blog posts last year (one of them was Oscar nom reactions so......
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Saving Mr. Banks - *"Just Because It's Fiction Doesn't Make it a Lie"** *or* *"Cavorting, Twinkling, and Prancing to a Happy Ending Like a Kamikaze"* Mary Poppins was a bitc...
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Promo Heboh AlfaOnline.com Kontest SEO Terbesar - Alfaonline.com : Toko belanja online murah, Promo heboh jual barang hanya Rp 1,- Kabar Terbaru dari pengembangan Bisnis dari *Alfamart*, yakni melalui pr...
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One Chapter Ends...Another One Begins - Today marks the end of a lengthy, and I would say very unexpected, journey. After seven years it is time to close the door on this little film blog known...
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Back? - Am I back? Other options didn't go as planned...bur could I ever really write?
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The Lone Ranger, Star Wars and An Open Letter to Disney - Like the vast majority of North Americans, I didn't go to see *The Lone Ranger* last weekend. That's the Johnny Depp/Gore Verbinski/Jerry Bruckheimer/Din...
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Wiener Dog Nationals (2013) - *RECENTLY, JACK-JACK WAS OBSESSED with dachshunds, aka “wiener dogs.” *Whenever he’d see one, he’d point it out and giggle until the little four-footed fra...
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We've moved! - It's true. As I look forward to an upcoming year of academic job hunting, I've been doing some e-cleaning and e-housekeeping. First item on the list was fi...
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Inspector Bellamy - Claude Chabrol's final film, Inspector Bellamy, begins with a dedication and ends with a quote, and in between is one of the French master's most confoundi...
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Iron Man 3 – Review - Iron Man 3 – Review Film Review by FilmFellaLozz – 7.9/10 It’s been three years since Robert Downey Jnr. reprised the role of smart-ass, quick-witted metal...
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Why I want to rub movie posters all over me - It’s no secret that I want to rub a number of movie posters all over me. The film industry staked its claim on a large part of the popular culture of the l...
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Roger Ebert (1942 - 2013) - A few days ago Roger Ebert wrote a blog post where he discussed taking what he called a "Leave of Presence." He was planning to cut back on the number of ...
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Roundup: Life of Pi, Zero Dark Thirty, I Give It a Year - *Life of Pi* Ang Lee’s adaptation of Yann Martel’s breakout Booker winner (apparently deemed ‘unfilmable’, presumably by people who don’t get to the cine...
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The Virginian - Season 6 Episode 15: The Fortress (1967) - The 1960's were they heyday for westerns on television, you had Bonanza, Rawhide, The Wild Wild West, Gunsmoke (which I could never stomach), The Rifleman,...
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R2D2... The One Where I Kinda Lied + MonthWatch - December 2012. - Hello ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the New Year! (Unless you're reading this exactly when I post it and you're on the West coast and/or in Arizona....
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Most Enjoyed / Fave Films of 2012 - Hey Moxie Moxie Readers, Listeners and Watchers! Long time no post, eh? It's the time of year that I usually am furiously listing, categorizing and re...
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You gonna die, I'm gonna die, we all gonna die. Just not today... - Hello I am the movie encyclopedia and if no one else will see it, I will I often wonder how some movies get green-lit in Hollywood nowadays. I can unders...
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Man of Steel Trailer - It's finally here, the Man of Steel trailer and I know you all have probably seen it a million times already, but I wanted to give my two cents on it and w...
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The State of Cinema Essay 2012 - Cinema used to connote a place and film a material. Now what makes a film is a philosophical or contextual issue, one of form and favour. The 'cinematic',...
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Weekly TV Watch (Oct. 20-26) - Sunday October 21st Once Upon a Time - "The Crocodile" I really didn't like this episode very much. Here's the thing, I'm not a very big fan of the decision...
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Alphabetical Movie List #, A-F - - 12:08 East of Bucharest (2007) ***1/2 - 127 Hours (2010) ***** - 24: Redemption (2008) ****1/2 - 300 (2007) *** - 3:10 to Yuma (2007) *...
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Prometheus (2012) - So that's where babies come from. Let's pretend that it's early 1982. Three years ago, Ridley Scott's Alien became a runaway success and his newest science...
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Richard Marx drops A Night Out With Friends Track List CD DVD - Richard Marx was one of the most talented musicians of the late eighties and early nineties. This compilation of his great hits truly lives up to its title...
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Review Slam 6-14-12 - So, I figure, if I'm watching movies I have no reason to NOT write at least some kind of reviews for them. Thus, when I watch a few movies, I'm going to do...
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Memory Foam Mattress Topper for Comfort and Better Sleep - Memory foam mattress topper is a great way to have a refreshing sleep. This product help individuals to have a good rest due to the comfort it can give. ...
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That awkward moment where your DVD player breaks and Netflix becomes a bitch to maintain. - So you're all going to deal with my bitter/hysterical commentaries on TV and comics, because that's all I've got.
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Insight into Entertainment has MOVED - This will be the last post on INSIGHT INTO ENTERTAINMENT. From now on, you can find my musings and optimistic comments on movies over at REEL INSIGHT
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No Eyeballs Were Harmed in Buñuel's 'Crusoe' - In fact, the eyeballs of yours truly were very grateful. Luis Buñuel has always been one of my favorite directors, and I was very happy to see a movie of h...
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Margin Call or "That One Big Oops" - Ok so me and the boy saw Margin Call over the weekend, admittedly partially against my will. But with a trailer like this, can you blame me for being reluc...
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Quick Thoughts : "The Thing" (2011) - As a devout loyalist to John Carpenter's 1982 version of "The Thing," I approached this prequel/remake with an admittedly great deal of skepticism, but I f...
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My new film blog - I haven't written anything on here in ages, so I don't expect anyone to care about this recent turn of events, but I now have a new film/television blog (w...
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Closing Time (The Matinee Turns Four, and Gets a New Home) - Four years ago today, I began writing The Dark of The Matinee. Today I thought I'd honour that by shutting this space down... ...and moving it all to a *b...
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Around the World in 80 Days (1956) - *Director:* Michael Anderson *Cast:* David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine, plus an enormous list of cameos *Genre:* Drama, Adventure *Other Nominee...
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All for One - "This Ryan better be worth it." Steven Spielberg forever changed the American war film when he directed Saving Private Ryan. Before this, war movies were ...
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The Tree of Life - *The Tree of Life* is a song to the human, to the world, to time. It is a sweeping, swooning roller-coaster through the moments that make us alive, the bl...
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Let's Talk Television! The 10 Shows I Could Not Live Without - Although I focus the majority of my writing energy on movies, I would like to take a moment to discuss the boob tube. Over the years, the quality of televi...
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I'm New Here - Hello He Shot Cyrus Fans! Your waiting and patience will hopefully be rewarded. As been mentioned on the excellent Frankly, My Dear podcast (which you shou...
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Top films of all time - AHHHHHHHHHHHHH Okay, so on my podcast, me and my co-hosts will be doing our 8 favorite films of all time. So that leads me here. I'm trying to whittle the ...
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OUR LAST POST AT THE LIST - After a year and a half of writing this blog, and well over 200 posts, I’m here to announce that this will be the final post at THE LIST. While it is very ...
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The end of an era - Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends We're so glad you could attend Come inside! Come inside! Wait, let's try that again: Welcome back my ...
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That's a Wrap Folks! - As those who follow this blog may have gleaned, I've not been consistent with the updates of late. This is because I have moved onto other writing projects...
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Blogger No More... - As of today, I will no longer be using this blog for film reviews. However, I will continue to write reviews for my own website, which I will link to this ...
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This blog is changing... - Hello again, Remember that this site no longer is in use and that all posts and future posts are now on: http://www.screeninsight.blogspot.com/ If I am r...
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Welcome to Culture Served Raw - *Select a topic below...* The Bullfighter - Justifying Erotic Violence Tattooing - Confessions of the Flesh Footy Gods Sizing Up - Pursuing the Ideal Penis...
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SITE NOW CLOSED - PLEASE VISIT ME (PATRICK) HERE WWW.NEONKLAWS.BLOGSPOT.COM THANKYOU
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Well, Hello There - Oh, there you are... I'm sorry. Were you looking for Films From the Supermassive Black Hole? Well, gee. That's just super! Thank you for supporting my site. ...
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It's Kind of A Really Good Movie - I recently had the pleasure of seeing Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's new film, *It's Kind of a Funny Story* (2010), starring Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts an...
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Random Ratings of 2 recent films - Had the privilege of going out on a movie-date with my husband last week. His amazing boss offered free babysitting AND gave us movie vouchers so we could ...
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Mad Women Style - Okay, so I haven't posted in ages. Sorry I have been so uninspired. I hope to post more frequently sorry lovely followers. So onto something that always ...
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Closed - While I enjoyed writing these reviews, I have discovered that doing them well simply requires too much time, and I don't want to do them poorly, there...
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Mean Creek Movie Review - *Mean Creek* (2004) is an artistic film on the cusp of greatness. The cinematography is excellent, acting is great, storyline is good (although a little p...
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The King Bulletin Has Moved - http://thekingbulletin.com/ Those who have been following The King Bulletin for a while are probably aware that I have been working on redesigning my websi...
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Summer anime 2010: Part 2 - Once again before we get started, a few helpful links for the people who aren't completely familiar with Japanese media terms. Ecchi, light novel, moe, vis...
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Dr. Slumdog or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Blog Again - It has been a very trying week for me. On Monday, my wallet, cell phone and iPod were stolen out of my car. I went thru an abbreviated version of the step...
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Gone With the wind (1939) - This movie set on my shelf still wrapped in its shiny red Netflix envelope, I am embarrassed to say, for several months. I was not looking forward to the ...
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Hot Tube Time Machine (2010) - "Hot Tub Time Machine" Review By Paolo Sardinas "Hot Tub Time Machine", yes this really is the title, tells the tale of three men in their 40's who try...
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Back from Hiatus: And I Wish I Could Say I Slept Like the Dead - Well, it has been a long time hasn't it? Rather than give everyone a list of inexcusable excuses for not attending to MovieGhoul for about three or four mo...
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We Meet Once More - *Flibertigibbeting,* *The future is too confusing to think about. To look into the world with the eyes of my choosing and to see it in the dimensions and c...
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2010 Motorsports Calendar - *(last update: December 15th 2009)* I've compiled a brief motorsports calendar for 2010 in an excel file. Each sheet consists of one month and I've decided ...
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SYTYCD Auditions: Boston - Audition City: Boston, at the Colonial Theater Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Tyce D'Orio, I'm partial to this episode because I'm from Massachusetts ...
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Gran Torino 7/10 - I have to say this movie had its ups and downs for me. It was a bit slow to grab my attention, but I was definitely hooked by the end. The thing I liked t...
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DVD Review: "17 Again" (***) - "17 Again" (PG-13) Written by Jason Filardi. Directed by Burr Steers. Starring Zac Efron, Matthew Perry, Leslie Mann, and Thomas Lennon. Released by New L...
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Participants - - Jugu Abraham *Movies that make you think* - Melanie Addington *Oxford Film Freak* - William Ahearn *Essays and Ramblings* - Ricardo Lui...
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Tina Aumont: 1946-2006 - Just before Halloween this year we lost yet another great film icon. Tina Aumont was one of the lovliest stars of the sixties who made her debut at the ag...
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