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I was more or less okay with Albert Brooks‘ Defending Your Life (’91) and I’ll always adore the last 25 minutes of Warren Beatty and Buck Henry‘s Heaven Can Wait (’78). Because, deep down, I’m susceptible to this brand of romantic fantasy…fate, happenstance, eternal connections, etc. But I would never so much as flirt with ... title="How Empty Can A Movie Possibly Be?" class=...
In Alfred Hitchcock‘s Lifeboat (’44), a German submarine survivor, Willie (Walter Slezak), admits that his crew shelled the lifeboats of a sunken British ship. He explains through Tallulah Bankhead‘s Connie, who translates his German, that they were “just following orders” to fire on the lifeboats, even though they posed no military threat. “This admission sparks ... title="P...
Make that two figures of speech, and both involving H20. I encountered them earlier today while reading a four-day-old Hamnet review, written by the Daily Beast‘s Chris Feil. The deplorable terms are (a) “pool of tears” and (b) “puddle of tears.” I’m not saying that Hamnet‘s Globe Theatre finale doesn’t deliver a meltdown. It surely ... title="A Figure of Speech That Gives Me...
Her choice is included in “The 10 Best Movies of 2025“, posted on 12.3.25 at 2:54 pm:
HE disagrees with 16 of Quentin Tarantino’s choices for the 20 best films of the 21st Century — the ixnays are in boldface, the agreements are underlined: Agreements: David Fincher’s “Zodiac” (No. 6) Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood” (No. 5) Bennett Miller’s “Moneyball” (No. 18) Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris” (No. 10) Nay-nays: ... title="Let’s Cut The...
