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What a day of losses…

The news started with with Bergman, mentioned previously, then went through this amazing cast of characters: Michel Serrault Dies of Cancer at 79 Italian filmmaker Antonioni dies at 94 previously: a short, loving review of Blow-up Bill Walsh, 1931-2007: A … Continue reading

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Ingmar Bergman is dead. I honestly didn't know he was still alive.

What kind of film geek am I that I didn’t know he was still kicking? The kind of film geek who’s not partial to his work*, that’s what kind. I loved the Seventh Seal, however, and I watched it recently, … Continue reading

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Movies 2007 #38 Unbreakable

Unbreakable (Two-Disc Vista Series) Is it just me or do other people watch M Night Shyamalan films now just waiting for the “big reveal?” I almost don’t care about the details any more. I just want to know the twist. … Continue reading

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'Blade Runner' gets final cut – They've sold at least one copy.

On Dec. 18, Warner will release “Blade Runner: The Final Cut,” the definitive version of director Ridley Scott’s fusion of film noir and science fiction, which has become a cult classic since its initial failure at the box office in … Continue reading

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10 Great Hong Kong Martial Arts Movie Fights That I Found on YouTube

These are in no order and definitely not meant to be a definitive top ten list. Doing a definitive list would take me a year of thinking and re-watching films (And how awesome would that be?) It would also stretch … Continue reading

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