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Day 76: Favorite Remake or Re-envisioning
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960) This category was much more difficult a choice than I first thought it would be for me. While I’ve seen dozens upon dozens of remakes, I wanted my choice to be one where I was completely… Continue reading
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Day 75: Favorite Love Story in a Movie
CARL & ELLIE in Up With Up, Pixar was able to accomplish what a majority of Hollywood films are incapable of doing: creating an honest and beautiful love story between Carl & Ellie (with no dialog) in less than ten… Continue reading
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Day 74: Favorite Movie Epic/Historical Drama
BEN-HUR (1959) It doesn’t get any better than a Charlton Heston playing a Jew… again (see Moses in: The Ten Commandments). I think he did it a third time when he portrayed John the Baptist in The Greatest Story Ever Told.… Continue reading
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Day 73: Favorite Gangster Movie
ROAD TO PERDITION (2002) While the easier choice for me could have been Goodfellas, The Godfather or The Untouchables, Road to Perdition just oozes 1930s gangster coolness. It’s the terribly tragic story following Michael Sullivan (Tom Hanks), a mob enforcer and his… Continue reading
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Day 72: Favorite Crime Drama Movie
HEAT (1995) Widely considered the apex of Michael Mann’s filmmaking résumé, Heat is a slow-burning crime drama, peppered with fantastic action sequences, including one of the best bank heist scenes ever put on film. It also successfully combined the enormous talents… Continue reading
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Day 71: Favorite Western Movie
TOMBSTONE (1993) A few years back I put together a list of my favorite westerns. I even put them in order from 10 to 1. Since the creation of that list — while I believe none of them have been… Continue reading
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Day 69: Favorite Road Trip Movie
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (2006) There were sentimental favorites (Tommy Boy, Rain Man), classic favorites (Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Smokey & the Bandit), even radical favorites (Thelma & Louise). And then there was Little Miss Sunshine. A horribly dysfunctional family puts their… Continue reading
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Day 68: Favorite Film Noir Movie
THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) I seriously bounced back and forth between Touch of Evil and Sunset Blvd. Who can resist Charlton Heston playing a Mexican diplomat with Orson Welles behind the camera? Or Gloria Swanson playing the neurotic Norma Desmond with Billy Wilder… Continue reading
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Day 67: Favorite Time Travel Movie
FREQUENCY (2000) While time traveling never takes place in this movie, there is quite the involvement of timeline altering. It’s been a favorite of mine for many years now and it’s the only logical representation of how I believe your… Continue reading
The Inconsistent Writer 