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Saturday Morning Cinema – The Apartment
Movies are interesting because of the extraordinary stories they tell. Even documentaries often focus on the fantastic exceptions to life’s typical cadence. Viewers can observe and rest at night knowing the content is imaginative creation or, thankfully, not their real-life situation. Since starting through AFI’s Top 100, I have unexpectedly been exposed to perspectives that…
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AFI Top 100 – Numbers 88 and 87
#88 Bringing Up Baby Bringing Up Baby was my introduction to Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. I know, it’s a travesty, right? What kind of punk hasn’t seen their movies before? Agreed, I’m ashamed. Admittedly, if I have seen them before, I don’t have any recollection of the experience. My grave offense probably has to…
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Saturday Morning Cinema: The State of Fast & Furious
While visiting my daily interweb haunts, I saw this article about the Hobbs & Shaw movie, or the full title Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, which made me nod my head in agreement at the title alone. Watching the Fast & Furious movies has always been an enjoyable experience, and I get genuinely…
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Saturday Morning Cinema: AFI Top 100 Edition – Wrapping Up the 90’s
#92 Goodfellas Martin Scorsese received plenty acclaim for this mob-fueled story of Henry Hill. He probably could’ve received more and may have been chasing it with similarly stylized subsequent films. I’m not going to apologize for thinking about gangsters when I hear the name Scorsese. This movie is beautifully entertaining in the way the characters…
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Saturday Morning Cinema: AFI Top 100 Edition – Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction has always been my “okayest good movie”. It is supposed to be iconic and noteworthy for resurrecting John Travolta’s career, cementing Samuel L. Jackson into the persona he often portrays today, and utilizing a “name brand” cast in unique roles. Dialogue-heavy scenes build to cathartic moments that either shock or amuse. Quentin Tarantino…
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Saturday Morning Cinema: AFI Top 100 Edition – Do The Right Thing
Do The Right Thing is intense. Characters swirl in and out juggling multiple story lines and perspectives while sitting smack in the middle of a racially mixed and charged neighborhood during a scorching summer day. Released in 1989, Do The Right Thing’s subject matter is as relevant now as ever, especially in regards to the…
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Saturday Morning Cinema: AFI Top 100 Edition – Blade Runner
Is Blade Runner actually a good movie? That is a question I ask myself whenever I watch it or even just hear Blade Runner mentioned. Now that I have watched it again, is there a clear answer? No. The fact there is not an answer makes me think Blade Runner is not, in fact, amazing, but that does not…
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Saturday Morning Cinema: AFI Top 100 Edition – Yankee Doodle Dandy
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Saturday Morning Cinema: AFI Top 100 Edition – Toy Story
An all-time favorite with Toy Story comes in at number 99 on AFI’s All-Time Top 100 list. I love the movie because of the story, the voice actors (give me Tom Hanks all day every day), and the creativity infused throughout this animated masterpiece. It’s like an animated Honey, I Shrunk the Kids where the toys see…
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Saturday Morning Cinema: AFI Top 100 Edition – Ben-Hur
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