Tag: Stan
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Knightriders (1981)
A travelling group of people who dress up in Medieval gear and live by Arthurian values in modern day Pennsylvania while jousting on motorcycles for the entertainment of small town hicks. A goofy idea for a movie, let alone a two and a half hour epic, but in George A. Romero’s underrated adventure drama Knightriders… Read.
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Cohen And Tate (1989)
Cohen and Tate (1989) is a nasty little thriller that feels longer than its 90 minute run time due to the fact you’re stuck in a car for one long night with two psychos and a kid not afraid to cuss. Yes, Travis (Harley Cross) is a nine year old boy in FBI protection because… Read.
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The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Being a fan of director Werner Herzog, I’ve always been meaning to watch The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser (1974; Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle; Every Man for Himself and God Against All) as one of his acclaimed works from the 1970s New Wave of German Cinema. I always assumed it would be arduous… Read.
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Elmer Gantry (1960)
Watching a few Burt Lancaster movies recently and I was contemplating him as an actor, how he fills up a frame with his tall, athletic physique and his garrulous, charismatic, confidence. Lancaster won the Oscar for Best Actor for playing the title role of Elmer Gantry (1960), based on the Sinclair Lewis novel, and it… Read.
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Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2018)
All I knew about the Chinese film, Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2018; the title is appropriated from Eugene O’Neill’s play but has nothing to do with it) was that it had an unbroken shot that went for like an hour (59 minutes to be precise; basically the second half of the movie) and that… Read.
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