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The Producers

Posted by on Mar 1, 2013 in Featured | Comments Off on The Producers

I don’t think The Producers is Mel Brooks’s finest screenplay – how could you argue against Young Frankenstein? –...

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Spartacus

Posted by on Dec 19, 2011 in Featured, Film | Comments Off on Spartacus

I don’t think it’s a spoiler for a 50-year-old film to mention the greatest part of the film. When members of the losing army...

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Dr. Strangelove

Posted by on Nov 27, 2011 in Featured, Film | Comments Off on Dr. Strangelove

  Stanley Kubrick was a groundbreaking, visionary director. So it’s not easy to select his greatest movie, but it would be hard...

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Film: Movies of 1962

Posted by on Jun 27, 2011 in Film | 1 comment

I have to acknowledge up front that the highest-grossing film of the year was also the Academy Award winner: Lawrence of Arabia. A British...

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Director: Stanley Kubrick

Posted by on Apr 6, 2011 in Director | Comments Off on Director: Stanley Kubrick

  Kubrick didn’t make all that many films during his lifetime – just 16 according to IMDb, and only 13 of those were...

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