Cinema can serve as a wonderful introduction to real-life stories, especially those which have, for many reasons, remained largely hidden from public view. I have always held a special appreciation for movies like Argo (2012), or The Raid (1954) or The Man […]
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Grand Hotel (1932) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Our fourth classic of 2014 is the Academy Award-winning Best Picture of 1932, Grand Hotel. It was a huge production for MGM at the time, reputedly the first movie to star more than just two or three top studio stars; […]
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by Barb Lentz The five movies Bob provided for me from which to choose were these: Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival) (1951) Becket (1964) Dr. Cyclops (1940) Grand Hotel (1932) Napoleon (1927) I chose Grand Hotel, […]
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Modern warfare is the milieu of Lone Survivor, a movie about a team of Navy Seals on a special mission in Afghanistan that goes horribly wrong. It’s based on a real mission (which actually lasted longer in real life, believe […]
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Our third classic of 2014 is a taut crime thriller from 1962 titled Experiment in Terror. It was known as The Grip of Fear in the United Kingdom, but under any title it is a beautifully written and directed suspense mystery. […]
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by Barb Lentz The five movies Bob provided for me from which to choose were these: Arizona (1940) Catch-22 (1970) Experiment in Terror (1962) The Lost World (1925) The Seventh Seal (1957) I chose Experiment in Terror as it […]
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Our second classic of 2014 is Elmer Gantry, a melodrama that takes aim at revivalist religion, based upon a satirical novel by Sinclair Lewis. As adapted by writer-director Richard Brooks this 1960 film becomes a period piece of the late […]
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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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Director Martin Scorsese has the knack of filling his better films with an intense energy, and I cannot think of a story better suited to Scorsese’s urgency than this tale of a fearless financier taking advantage of everyone around him. […]
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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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