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Castor’s Underrated Gems- The Missouri Breaks (1976)
Recently, the acid westerns Slow West and The Sisters Brothers have honored and deconstructed the oater genre but they weren’t the first examples of mixing a postmodern sensibility with a frontier setting. The master behind the epic yarn Little Big … Continue reading
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Tagged jack nicholson, marlon brando, missouri breaks
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Reynolds Wrap (Part 1)
With or without his trademark mustache, Burt Reynolds was a demigod on two legs and four wheels. His most crowd-pleasing sleeper was ‘Smokey & The Bandit’ but Burt was more prolific than just vehicular mayhem and Southern-fried charm. For every … Continue reading
Demographic Demolition
I understand that some movies elude my breadth of appeal. Non-Disney animated movies, Bollywood musicals, wrestling documentaries, anything by Terrence Malick. None of these are of particular interest to me or fall within my purview. Then there’s a category of … Continue reading
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Tagged jem and the holograms, jerry lewis, slapstick
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Castor’s Underrated Gems- Volunteers (1985)
Tom Hanks. The man voted to be the most trustworthy man in America. If the World War III phone was by his bedside, the country could rest easy. Finding someone who actively dislikes Tom Hanks would be like finding a … Continue reading
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Tagged john candy, rita wilson, tom hanks, volunteers
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The Reviewinator: Extinction (2018)
(I don’t usually include spoilers in my reviews, but sometimes a movie comes along that’s SUCH a waste of my time that I feel spoilers must be revealed to save others from wasting theirs. This is your first warning.) Oh, … Continue reading
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The Reviewinator: Mission Impossible – Fallout (2018)
After six movies, one has to wonder what’s really so impossible about these missions. Then again, 56-year-old Tom Cruise has been at this since 1996, so maybe it’s less the missions and more the person doing them. The Mission: Impossible … Continue reading
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Castor’s Underrated Gems – Life Stinks (1991)
Life Stinks is a member of an elite group. It’s one of Mel Brooks’ final directorial efforts since his quasi-retirement into the sunset of Broadway adaptations. Although it won’t be stratified alongside such milestones as The Producers, Young Frankenstein or … Continue reading
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Tagged life stinks, mel brooks
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The Reviewinator: Jurassic World – Fallen Kingdom (2018)
25 years is nothing to sneeze at for any franchise, particularly ones with the same monsters-on-an-island premise in every entry. Nevertheless, Jurassic World revitalized the franchise with strong, likable characters who make a welcome return in this fifth entry in … Continue reading
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Hereditary
This year’s Hereditary has been hailed as the scariest movie in recent years, but I don’t feel that it does this film justice. It is terrifying on a psychological level, but the traditional jump scares and scare tactics are minimal. Instead, we … Continue reading
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Tagged Ari Aster, creepy child, death, grief, PTSD, supernatural
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The Reviewinator: Solo – A Star Wars Story (2018)
Star Wars movies are anything but solo. With the timelines jumping around like a porg on a hot plate, only the most devoted fans will be able to stay on target while the rest of us try to hold this … Continue reading
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