Spitball Army

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An obviously noble effort, delivered on a platter of cheese. Harrison Ford steps out of his coma to display some acting ability.

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Earlier this year, Werner Herzog dropped a bracing, eye-opening commercial/PSA that addressed the dangers of texting while driving. It was much more powerful than these kinds of projects usually are, and rather remarkably, he’s upped his game one notch further. The director has unveiled “From One Second to the Next,” a 35-minute look at the […]

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Which came first: the Black Private Dick or Dirty Harry? They seem to be parallel genres, both with trademark one-liners, etc.

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Exhausted, so working my way through the @nytimes “1,000 Best Films Ever” list. So far today, two real duds: Lust for Life and Silk Stockings. Lust is so comically overwrought, I expected Kirk Douglas’ Van Gogh to morph into one of Lon Chaney Jr’s monsters. Just bad. The theme music for Lust for Life sounds as […]

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Among other delights in this Gothic thriller is a bulldog named Carlton who slobberingly guards the front door.

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