Five movies everyone seem to love that leave me cold

This list has been on my draft folder for some time. Well, now seems as good a time as any to counter all the the applause for movies as one award after another is getting announced. This post is inspired by Abbi's list, as well as Kristin's who posted her own list. Now, I don't totally …

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Classic Flix Spotlight: Steve McQueen – Acting vs Reacting

Greeting all and sundry! After the wonderful comments and responses to my previous 'First Impressions from Second Stringers'. I've decided to take a few moments to delve into the allure and mystique of an actor who for years applied his talent and trade into the consistent definition and refinement of his several characters on television. …

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The Flix List: Past and present directors who could/should still make great films

By Ted Saydalavong I’ve written two articles for this site about Hollywood directors, both the hacks and the great ones. So this post completes my directors trilogy posts 🙂 This time I’d like to focus on the past directors who have passed away and some who are still with us but hasn’t done anything significant in …

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