Month: January 2013
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Response: Woody Allen at His Best and Worst
WhatCulture.com has a slideshow-style article listing, supposedly, the five best and worst films of Woody Allen’s career. Being an extreme Woody Allen devotee, I could not let this pass by without comment, so here we go. Woody Allen has directed 42 films in his career. I’ve watched every one, many of them multiple times. As…
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2013 Oscar Nominees
2013 Oscar Nominees Here are this year’s Oscar nominees. There are not many surprises, but there are a few. The amount of love for Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell, USA 2012) was something of a surprise, though it had been quite well-reviewed and certainly looks to be an actors’ film, which always helps at…
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Movie Review: “Soylent Green” (Richard Fleischer, USA 1973)
Soylent Green (Richard Fleischer, USA 1973) is one of those rare films that became so much a part of popular culture that the film itself disappeared under its own mythology, like The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, USA 1939). People who not only have never watched the film but never would do so can quote,…
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