Last night and for the silliest of reasons, Facebook’s Douglas Himebaugh (“Widescreen: A Film Discussion Podcast”) asked for estimations of John Sturges‘ The Magnificent Seven (’60) vs. Antoine Fuqua‘s 2016 bullshit remake. The response was 90-10 in favor of “what’s wrong with you?” and “why are you even asking this?” Akira Kurosawa‘s The Seven Samurai (’54), which I’m not a big visual fan of, was not part of the discussion.
To my great surprise and delight, Christy Hall‘s Daddio, which I was remiss in not seeing during last year’s Telluride...
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7:45 pm: Okay, the initial light-hearted section (repartee, wedding, hospital, afterlife Joey Pants, healthy diet) was enjoyable, but Jesus, when...
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It took me a full month to see Wes Ball and Josh Friedman‘s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes...
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Unless Part Two of Kevin Costner‘s Horizon (Warner Bros., 8.16) somehow improves upon the sluggish initial installment and delivers something...
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For me, A Dangerous Method (2011) is David Cronenberg‘s tastiest and wickedest film — intense, sexually upfront and occasionally arousing...
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