Elmer Gantry (1960)

by Barb Lentz   The five movies Bob provided for me from which to choose were these: The Americanization of Emily  (1964) Elmer Gantry  (1960) The Guns of Navarone  (1961) The Naked Spur  (1953) Out of the Past  (1947)   […]

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Nebraska (2013) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2

Alexander Payne is becoming mid-America’s version of Woody Allen, making small-scale, personal movies in unique, interesting ways.  His feature films Election (1999), About Schmidt (2002), Sideways (2004) and The Descendants (2011) feature quirky characters in realistic situations taken to absurd limits, enacted by wonderful […]

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The Naked City (1948)

by Barb Lentz   The five movies Bob provided for me from which to choose were these: Atlantic City  (1981) The Caine Mutiny  (1954) Dracula  (1931) Melvin and Howard  (1980) The Naked City  (1948)   I chose The Naked City as […]

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