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Welcome and Merry Christmas
This has been a fantastic year in many ways. I’m optimistic about the future, and I have quite a few ideas for movie-related articles that I can’t wait to share with my wonderful readers. In the past few weeks I … Continue reading
Why It’s a Wonderful Life Succeeds and Click Fails at Telling the Same Story
It’s a Wonderful Life quietly debuted in 1946 and went on to become one of the most beloved Christmas classics of all time. Sixty years later, Click showed up as yet another example of Adam Sandler’s slowly declining career after … Continue reading
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Tagged adam sandler, black and white films, christmas, classic films, click, comedy, drama, films, frank capra, holiday, its a wonderful life, movie review, movies, science fiction
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Forgotten Film Gems: Guarding Tess
Guarding Tess is a combination of Driving Miss Daisy and In the Line of Fire. In fact, it came out right in the middle of a slew of films focused on the president and/or the Secret Service: 1993’s Dave and … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, comedy, films, fun, funny, movie review, movies, nicholas cage, relationships
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Movie Matchups: Santa Claus: The Movie vs. Superman: The Movie
Oh, those crazy Salkinds. If you’re not a Superman fan you probably don’t have a clue who Ilya and Alexander Salkind are. Back in the ‘70s and early ‘80s they had huge aspirations for the U.S. film industry. They wanted … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, action movies, christmas, comic books, films, holiday, movie review, movies, santa claus, science fiction, superman
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Movie Matchups: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang vs. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Christmas is coming early this year. I usually save my Christmas article for later in the month of December, but the good folks at Rifftrax preempted me by scheduling their riff of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians to come to movie … Continue reading
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Tagged chitty chitty bang bang, christmas, comedy, films, fun, funny, holiday, humor, ian fleming, james bond, movie review, movies, movies based on books, mst3k, musical, rifftrax, romance, santa claus
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Forgotten Film Gems: Untamed Heart
Long before Twilight romanticized the notion of a mysterious boy sneaking into a girl’s bedroom at night to watch her sleep, Untamed Heart did it without being creepy. And long before Moulin Rouge overused the line, “The greatest thing you’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, drama, film score, films, movie review, movies, music, nat king cole, relationships, romance, songs, soundtrack, untamed heart
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Movie Matchups: Die Hard vs. Crocodile Dundee II
What do Speed, Cliffhanger, Air Force One, and Sudden Death have in common? They all copy the plot of Crocodile Dundee II. I’m serious. Not Die Hard. The sequel to the popular Paul Hogan vehicle from the mid-1980s debuted in theaters … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, action movies, christmas, crocodile dundee, die hard, films, holiday, movie review, movies, relationships
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Forgotten Film Gems: Mr. Krueger’s Christmas
Do you want to watch a movie that brings out the Spirit of Christmas perfectly and fills your heart with nothing but good feelings? Mr. Krueger’s Christmas is exactly what you’re looking for. This little 26-minute, made-for-television musical drama is … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, drama, films, holiday, james stewart, jesus christ, movie review, movies
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No Article This Week. Sorry
I’m afraid I won’t be able to publish an article this week. I was visiting my siblings and parents in Washington State all last week and as soon as I got back home last Friday I got extremely sick. So … Continue reading
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