A very happy one hundred and twentieth birthday to Mr. Duke Ellington! Let’s celebrate by listening to him tickle the ivories with “Solitude“
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This week my selection was based on the career of that master criminal, Robert De Niro… Okay, you found me out I was watching heist films starring Robert De Niro as a master criminal. The first film on my list,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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A very happy 91st Birthday to Mr Miles Davis! Let’s celebrate by listening to his “On Green Dolphin Street” from Kind of Blue
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I confess I really screwed the pooch on this one. I went to Scarecrow with the intent to base my picks on Comedy on Manners. My initial research certainly said that my picks SAID they were comedies of manners. However,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The theme for this week’s selection was blackmail. From two different extremes of the genre one taking it extremely seriously and to another treating it like dark, comic gold. The first film My list, Alfred Hitchcock’s Blackmail, tells the story[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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After watching a pair of dry and depressing art films I needed a change of pace. So I decided to take a look at one of my favorite director’s attempts at comedy. Make no mistake, Alfred Hitchcock has always had[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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This weeks selection I’ve watched dramatic films about hip-hop The first film on my list, F. Gary Gray‘s Straight Outta Compton, tells the story of the rise and fall of the gangsta rap group N.W.A. In the process, it looks at race relations[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The problem with having a favorite genre is sooner than later you’ve seen all of the good stuff. When the biggest rule in your weekly double feature is to only watch films you’ve never seen before, you find yourself really[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I was watching a documentary on Network whitch pointed me towards Sydney Lumet’s other classic, Dog Day Afternoon. While looking for an appropriate companion, film, I found out there was a remake of it. So I decided to watch them[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Recently occurred to me that despite having watched Wizards, Lord of the Rings, Cool World, and the Mighty Mouse cartoon show, I have never watched any of the animated films that Ralph Baksh built his reputation on… You know… Adult[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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