Summer of '88: Die Hard

NOTE: Ranked No. 47 on my all-time top 100 of 2012 “People get involved here, and that’s the thing. If people are patronized, if a film is ...

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What acting is all about — unemployment

NOTE: Ranked No. 58 on my all-time top 100 of 2012 BLOGGER'S NOTE : This post originally appeared Dec. 17, 2007. I'm re-posting it ...

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"A game-legged old man and a drunk. That's all you got?" "That's what I got."

NOTE: Ranked No. 91 on my all-time top 100 of 2012 BLOGGER'S NOTE : This post is part of The Howard Hawks Blogathon occurring through...

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"My Rifle, My Pony and Me" (Rio Bravo tribute, Part II)

CONTINUED FROM "A GAME-LEGGED OLD MAN AND A DRUNK. THAT'S ALL YOU GOT?" While Sheriff Chance took on a major task by arresting...

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Enough beef for hungry cinephiles

NOTE: Ranked No. 36 on my all-time top 100 of 2012 BLOGGER'S NOTE : This post originally appeared Sept. 30, 2008. I'm re-posting it...

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Leave the rooster story alone. That's human interest.

NOTE: Ranked No. 16 on my all-time top 100 of 2012 BLOGGER'S NOTE : This post originally appeared Jan. 18, 2010. I'm re-posting it ...

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Love Story

“Oh my God, that’s the saddest movie ever made! It would make a stone cry! And nobody went to it!” — Orson Welles on Make Way for Tomorrow...

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A vision for all — perhaps not meant for one man alone

NOTE: Ranked No. 11 on my all-time top 100 of 2012 "I was most jealous of Truffaut — in a friendly way — with Jules and Jim . I said, ...

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