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Saturday Morning Cinema – Unforgiven
It’s hard to fathom a movie could contain the celluloid greatness of Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, and Morgan Freeman. But the feat was accomplished in 1992 with the release of Unforgiven, #68 on the AFI’s 100 greatest American films of all time.
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Saturday Morning Cinema – Tootsie
I didn’t trust that I’d like Tootsie, but that could be a side effect of my sentiment toward the state of disappointing new releases. However, there’s a reason Tootsie is #69 on AFI’s top 100 list. Let’s see if a trip back in time to 1980s NYC can rekindle the cinematic flame in my heart.
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Saturday Morning Cinema – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a well-known, iconic film, with a story and performances that keep the film alive and relevant since its release in 1975. The most memorable character, in name anyway, Nurse Ratched, is cast in pop culture as a diabolical villain. Watching the film, however, rocked that assumption.
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Saturday Morning Cinema – A Clockwork Orange
I will admit, I had little desire to watch A Clockwork Orange. It was the hurdle preventing me from continuing to move through the American Film Institute’s (AFI) 100 Greatest American Films of All Time. The list had me jump from a favorite, intense watch like Saving Private Ryan at number 71, to a fever…
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Saturday Morning Cinema – Saving Private Ryan
Twenty-five years after its release, Saving Private Ryan still has the power to transport viewers back to 1944 and immerse them in hell with thrilling practical effects, amazing performances, and revolutionary cinematography.
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Saturday Morning Cinema – The Shawshank Redemption
As number 72 on the AFI Top 100, Shawshank Redemption feels as though it could be higher on the list. While it is more of a modern classic (if the 90’s can still be considered ‘modern’), that should not discredit it from being higher than 72.
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Saturday Morning Cinema: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Legends of the Wild West, those individuals who fueled the mystique of horse-riding gangs robbing banks and trains, or getting in shootouts with posses, make for great storytelling. Those on the wrong side of the law are viewed as masters of the outlaw lifestyle who only meet their end after betrayal or at the hands…
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Saturday Morning Cinema: The Silence of the Lambs
Watching this movie is like jumping into deep water. You may be a capable swimmer, confident in your abilities, but the watery blackness below hides many terrors. The first plunge into that unknown pushes you beyond your comfort zone.
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Saturday Morning Cinema: In the Heat of the Night
There is cultural significance to a movie like this, because it holds up a mirror and lets us all know there is endless opportunity to be better.
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Saturday Morning Cinema: Forrest Gump
I will embrace the cliché and open with the line, “Mama always said, ‘Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.’” It is one of the truest, most applicable movie lines I have heard during my lifetime. This makes sense, then, that such a line comes from a…
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