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Preview: Almost Christmas
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pveugelaers
You know holiday season is upon us when a Thanksgiving movie is coming to theaters this week. Almost Christmas (2016) is an apt title because it is almost Christmas in the dateline and Thanksgiving this month begins the broader holiday season. The premise of Almost Christmas is when a “dysfunctional” family gathers together for Thanksgiving.…
Commentary: Race
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pveugelaers
The song playing over the end credits of track and field film Race (2016) has a line “let the best man win”. Race is a straightforwardly told Jessie Owens story about the best man at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It co-stars Jason Sudeikis (Angry Birds) as Owens’ coach Larry Snyder and a young Jessie Owens…
Flashback: The Howard Beale Show
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pveugelaers
A ratings phenomenon. A presenter, Howard Beale, who has been dumped by his wife and television company, is going through a breakdown on screen. This in front of millions of Americans, in his final week of broadcasting. But his raves are making the ratings sky rocket. Then he is propped up by the television network.…
Flashback: hero in the temple of doom
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pveugelaers
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was a summer hit, but it is more than a pop corn movie. The summer of 1984 at the movies was about Gremlins, Ghostbusters and Indiana Jones 2, otherwise known as Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Darker Director of Temple of Doom, Steven Spielberg, admits in…
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