In 2008, the Library of Congress chose to preserve A Face In The Crowd in the U.S. National Film Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” Well, that could be the understatement of the 21st century. I couldn’t escape…
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Chevy Chase: Clark Griswold vs. Irwin Fletcher
Time again for you to be the judge. In this court of opinion Brian Sieck and Jason Marcewicz take turns defending two notable roles by Chevy Chase. Brian Sieck is character witness for Clark Griswold. Brian will detail exactly why…
Read more →My Summer Vacation: Watching Movies and Loving It!
Remember in elementary school when everyone would come back from summer vacation, and the teacher would make all the students either write an essay or give an oral presentation on how they spent the previous months free of having to…
Read more →First Time Watch: The Fugitive Kind
OK, so this could be considered part two of my tribute to director Sidney Lumet. After skimming the late, great auteur’s filmography for my last piece, I realized that 1960’s The Fugitive Kind was one of his early films that…
Read more →My Weekend With Sidney Lumet And Sean Connery
Hello, film fans. We’re fresh off of the Memorial Day weekend, and yours truly needs to get something off of his chest. It has been almost two years now since the passing of industry luminary, Sidney Lumet, one of the…
Read more →Movie Remakes Better Than the Original?
Hollywood’s never been known for leaving well enough alone, but every once in a while a film remake manages to surpass its predecessor. Brian Seick offers his picks for some cinematic second versions that are worth watching.
Read more →Suddenly, Last Summer (1959): Movie Review
Believe it or not, yours truly actually had this planned well before the unfortunate passing of Ms. Elizabeth Taylor. A co-worker strongly recommended the film to me a while back, and it sounded like something right up my alley, so…
Read more →A Drug Called Charlie Sheen: Can We Handle It?
OK, so Charlie Sheen is supposedly a warlock with tiger blood and Adonis DNA… and a huge problem. Various media outlets have scandalously bombarded audiences with the popular actor’s recent travails over the past few weeks so much so that,…
Read more →Fire on the Amazon: Sandra Bullock’s Rumble in the Jungle
Before her Oscar win or even her breakout role in Speed, Sandra Bullock heated up the Brazilian rainforest in the 1990 action/drama Fire on the Amazon. Take a look back in this early entry in Sandy’s career.
Read more →My Frustration With Gus Van Sant
There are filmmakers out there who turn anything that they touch into gold. As far as the modern era is concerned, men such as Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and even Clint Eastwood come immediately to mind as those who would…
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