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Review: Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

Posted on February 13, 2014 | Leave a comment

sullivan's travels

I travel a lot, most of it by ambulance, occasionally by rail!

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Review: The Miracle Of Morgan’s Creek (1944)

Posted on November 5, 2013 | 2 comments

the miracle of morgan's creek

When I courted my wife it was a tad less zany, but only a tad!

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This Week In Cinema: April 29-May 05, 2012

Posted on May 6, 2012 | 1 comment

When the Irish represent, they really represent!

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Posted in 1930s, 1960s, 2000s, Belgium, France, Germany, Gregory La Cava, Ireland, Italy, Jesse Dylan, Nora Twomey, Orson Welles, This Week In Cinema, Tomm Moore, United States Of America, West Germany

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Review: The Lady Eve (1941)

Posted on April 30, 2012 | Leave a comment

It’s been a while since I watched a Preston Sturges film, oh how I missed his dialogue!

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This Week In Cinema: November 20-26, 2011

Posted on November 27, 2011 | 2 comments

I’ll give him that much, Christopher Nolan is consistent in directing bad movies, very, very consistent!

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Posted in 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Australia, Bruce Beresford, Christopher Nolan, Francis Ford Coppola, George Miller, Judy Morris, Renny Harlin, This Week In Cinema, Tom Dey, United States Of America, Wayne Coleman

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This Week In Cinema: October 30-November 05, 2011

Posted on November 6, 2011 | 4 comments

Sometimes animated films are good, other times they aren’t, and there is Chuck Jones!

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Posted in 1950s, 2000s, 2010s, Christian Alvart, Chuck Jones, Germany, Kelly Asbury, This Week In Cinema, United Kingdom, United States Of America

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This Week In Cinema: September 11-17, 2011

Posted on September 18, 2011 | Leave a comment

It doesn’t surprise me that a cat can play the piano, they are shifty devils after all!

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30 Day Film Challenge: Day 29 – Your Favorite Film As A Kid: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Posted on August 18, 2011 | Leave a comment

Not choosing a horror movie for this category was really, really hard!

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This Week In Cinema: July 31-August 06, 2011

Posted on August 7, 2011 | Leave a comment

Another week, even more short films!

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Posted in 1910s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1980s, 1990s, Bill Roberts, Canada, Charles A. Nichols, Chuck Jones, Frédéric Back, Mark Osborne, Maurice Noble, Robert Cannon, Sam Pillsbury, Tex Avery, This Week In Cinema, Tim Burton, United States Of America, Ward Kimball, Wilfred Jackson, Winsor McCay

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This Week In Cinema: April 17-23, 2011

Posted on April 25, 2011 | 3 comments

I don’t know about you, but a gaggle of fish hooks in a vagina is possibly the most painful thing I’ve ever seen on film!

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Posted in 1920s, 1990s, 2000s, Andy Fickman, Buster Keaton, France, Germany, James W. Horne, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Joe Pytka, Ki-duk Kim, South Korea, This Week In Cinema, United States Of America

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