Joe Leydon has warned of severe consequences if I keep up with the Zodiac thing, but it would be cavalier of me to blow off this excellent 1.6.07 assessment by N.Y. Times critic Manohla Dargis, who also feels that this…uhm, you know, Z-film should be a Best Picture nominee and that David Fincher should be nominated for Best Director. Maybe it’s time for Leydon to get in touch, straighten her out, etc.
Roughly two months ago a very early draft of Eric Roth‘s screenplay for Killers of the Flower Moon (dated 2.20.17,...
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Frances McDormand‘s Fern was strong but mule-stubborn and at the end of the day self-destructive, and this stunted psychology led...
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Can’t decide which performance is better, although I’ve always leaned toward Tina Vitale, her cynical New Jersey moll behind the...
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Two days ago (1.19) a Facebook tribute congratulated Tippi Hedren for having reached her 94th year (blow out the candles!)...
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A friend suggested a list of the Ten Best American Crime Flicks of the ‘70s. By which he meant films...
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I’ve never been able to give myself over to Sam Peckinpah’s Major Dundee, a 1965 Civil War–era western, and I’ve...
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