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Day 66: Favorite Sports Movie
THE NATURAL (1984) This was also a difficult choice to make. Field of Dreams and The Natural are almost always in a dead heat for favorite sports movie. The sport was always the easy answer for me: Baseball. That was… Continue reading
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Day 65: Favorite Holiday-Themed Movie
LOVE ACTUALLY (2003) This entry was much more difficult that I had first imagined when I was putting this list together a couple of weeks ago. I figured that it’d be a lot easier to choose a favorite holiday-themed movie… Continue reading
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Day 64: Favorite Actor/Actress Crush from the 1980s
KIM CATTRALL in Mannequin It was hard pressed for me to find another actress and another film that affected me quite the way Kim Cattrall did in Mannequin. While other men near my age would pick Linda (Pheobe Cates) in… Continue reading
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Day 63: Favorite Actor/Actress Crush from the 1970s
ALI MacGRAW in The Getaway Even though she spoke one of the worst pieces of dialog ever said about love, all was forgiven when Ali MacGraw appeared with Steve McQueen two years later in The Getaway. I’ll be honest, her… Continue reading
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Day 62: Favorite Actor/Actress Crush from the 1960s
DIANA RIGG in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Diana had already made a name for herself as Emma Peel in “The Avengers” British television series by the time she was starring opposite George Lazenby. She was the only leading “Bond… Continue reading
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Day 61: Favorite Actor/Actress Crush from the 1950s
GRACE KELLY in Rear Window I can’t recall the first time I saw Rear Window. It was probably a Sunday Matinée on one of the local affiliates in Los Angeles. But I was transfixed to that screen for two reasons. First, because… Continue reading
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Movie Advice Monday: Fight Club
“You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You’re the same decaying organic matter as everything else.” Tyler Durden, Fight Club (1999) If nothing more, Fight Club always took me down a peg or two when I started to think… Continue reading
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Movie Advice Monday: You've Got Mail
“The Godfather is the I-ching. The Godfather is the sum of all wisdom. The Godfather is the answer to any question. What should I pack for my summer vacation? ‘Leave the gun, take the cannoli.’ What day of the week… Continue reading
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Top 5 Action Sequences in Film
Tuesdays from this day forward will be known as Top 5 Tuesdays. I may not post a Top 5 List every week, but when I do, it’ll be on Tuesday. (If you just read that last sentence out loud, and in… Continue reading
The Inconsistent Writer 