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Amadeus
You wouldn’t think the rivalry between two 19th century composers would make a movie of interest to anyone, save some highbrow...
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King Kong
Construction of the Empire State Building had only recently been completed when Hollywood realized how to romanticize it —...
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The Way We Were, by Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand was at the height of her popularity when she paired with Robert Redford in The Way We Were. Movie: yawn. Song:...
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The wonky title refers to a scale of alien contact developed by ufologist (wrote the bloggerologist) J. Allen Hynek. The book, published a...
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24, TV Series
It was a great idea: 24 hours in a day, so 24 episodes in a season. Each episode of 24 lasted one hour, and an on-screen clock showed...
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The African Queen
The African Queen pairs the number one male screen legend with the number one female screen legend. Or at least, that’s how...
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
Go back in time with me, waaay back to 1975, and the start of the George Lucas/Stephen Spielberg dueling blockbuster action movies. 1975:...
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Film: Frankenstein
“It’s alive! It’s alive!” One of my all-time favorite movie quotes. So useful. As you probably know, Mary Shelley...
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Film: Annie Hall
Roger Ebert calls Annie Hall “just about everyone’s favorite Woody Allen movie.” Well, it’s not mine. (Manhattan.)...
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With the ease of editing using today’s technologies, it’s not unusual for directors to shoot a lot of scenes, a lot of takes...
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