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    Be More Like Gerry Bertier from ‘Remember the Titans’

    by Kali Tuttle September 27, 2020
    by Kali Tuttle September 27, 2020

    “People say that it can’t work, black and white. Here, we make it work every day. We still have our disagreements, of course, but before we reach for hate, always, always, we remember the Titans.”…

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    Laurel and Hardy’s ‘Babes in Toyland’ Is the Best Version

    by Jen Seggio November 29, 2019
    by Jen Seggio November 29, 2019

    This past Thanksgiving weekend, I revisited a piece of my childhood almost untouched by time. A movie that, despite its age and subject, wears down the walls of cynicism, makes me forget the troubles of…

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    Is ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ Really a Children’s Classic?

    by Veronica Clarke December 18, 2018
    by Veronica Clarke December 18, 2018

    Call me a grinch, but I have to say it: After 50 years, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is not as great as some might have you believe. The story revolves around an inventor, his two children,…

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    ‘The Red Shoes’ and the Consequences of Obsession

    by Veronica Clarke November 27, 2018
    by Veronica Clarke November 27, 2018

    In 1948 The Red Shoes was released, and after seventy years this story about passion that warps into obsession still resonates. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, known as the Archers, directed The Red Shoes, using a Hans…

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    Singin’ in the Rain vs. It’s a Wonderful Life – Best vs. the Best

    by Olaf Lesniak September 20, 2018
    by Olaf Lesniak September 20, 2018

    This article pitting Singin’ in the Rain vs. It’s a Wonderful in the Best vs. the Best series was originally published on reelreader.com, a great website for discussing pop culture and entertainment.  We are back by…

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    ‘Fight Club’ is Still a Masterpiece Nearly 2 Decades Later

    by Cammy Madden September 9, 2018
    by Cammy Madden September 9, 2018

    The first rule of fight club is: you do not talk about fight club! The second rule of flight club is: you do NOT talk about fight club! I can only apologize to the infamous…

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    The Legacy of ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ Lives on at the Ohio State Reformatory

    by Nick Kush July 11, 2018
    by Nick Kush July 11, 2018

    You’ve probably watched TV in your lifetime, so odds are that you’ve seen The Shawshank Redemption, or at least seen parts of it during its never-ending run on any of the television stations owned by Ted…

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    Foul Ups, Faux Pas, and Flubs: When Actors Screw Up

    by Kali Tuttle June 28, 2018
    by Kali Tuttle June 28, 2018

    It seems like no matter how clean-cut an actor or actress is, they end up tarnishing their image somehow (except for my boy Tom Hanks). It’s inevitable that actors screw up sometimes. Maybe they’ll have…

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    Pride Month: A Look Back at LGBT Characters In 3 Old Hollywood Films

    by Jillian Oliver June 23, 2018
    by Jillian Oliver June 23, 2018

    Movies made during Hollywood’s Golden Age weren’t always kind to the LGBT community. As little more than a covert group of sexual deviants, LGBT people were thought of as an aspect of America’s dark underbelly.…

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    Sunset Boulevard vs. The Bridge on the River Kwai – Best vs. the Best

    by Olaf Lesniak June 17, 2018
    by Olaf Lesniak June 17, 2018

    As a part of my new series, I will be pitting two movies from AFI’s Top 100 Movies of All Time against each other.  Today that honor goes to Sunset Boulevard vs. The Bridge on the River…

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    Gigi at 60: Charming, Disturbing, or Both?

    by Patricia Henderson May 16, 2018
    by Patricia Henderson May 16, 2018

    Yesterday marked the 60th anniversary of Gigi’s release. The genuinely funny musical has credits filled with legendary names: Maurice Chevalier, Lerner and Loewe, Vincente Minnelli (as in Liza’s father) as the director, with music conducted by…

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    Film Review – The Wizard of Oz (1939)

    by John Tuttle November 13, 2017
    by John Tuttle November 13, 2017

    A great example of a spot-on piece of truly aesthetic cinematic art is The Wizard of Oz (1939).  It was directed by Victor Fleming, the same director who brought Margaret Mitchell’s novel Gone with the…

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