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Rocketeer
In honor of my son's birthday this week, my DVD pick is one of his childhood favorites: Rocketeer. Based on a comic book that recreated the deco feel of the pre-WWII era, this Disney movie has a 1940s...
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Sherlock Holmes is one of the most popular fictional characters of all time. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a physician who also write science fiction, romance, and poetry, but he is best remembered for...
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Argo
The movie within the movie, an outlandish space fantasy possibly named "Argo" for Jason's vessel in the ancient Greek myth, may be more believable than the true and recently declassified story that...
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Stand Up Guys
A little bit "Goodfellas" and a little bit "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," this is a life-in-a-day story about aging criminals. Unlike Ferris, these guys have had too many days off and are very happy to...
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Grudge Match
Not that this is going to come as a surprise to anyone, but this movie is not just bad, it is sad. The stars of two of the greatest boxing movies of all time are not just slumming here. They trash...
View ArticleAlan Arkin Interview: Sam Fragoso’s Talk Easy Podcast
Sam Fragoso's new Talk Easy podcast series about movies is excellent, and his interview with Oscar-winner Alan Arkin is truly a gem. Alan Arkin is one of the all-time greats. Here's the original...
View ArticleWhere You’ve Seen Them Before: Cast of “Going in Style”
The remake of "Going in Style," like the original, is about a trio of retired men who rob a bank, with all three characters played by acting legends. This version stars Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine,...
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Oscar winners Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Alan Arkin are such a dream team that we almost forget how weak this remake of the 1979 George Burns "Going in Style" is. It is always a pleasure to see...
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