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Day 56: Favorite Horror Film
ALIEN (1979) It’s like Day 55/56 are paired together in a double feature. Alien is just as much science fiction as it is horror and very scary. While Halloween used to be my favorite horror movie, I think Alien took… Continue reading
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Day 55: Favorite Science Fiction Film
ALIENS (1986) James Cameron took a very successful film and made a sequel that was just as good, if not better by combining Sci-Fi, horror & action. If Alien was a haunted house film, Aliens became a roller coaster film.… Continue reading
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Day 54: Favorite Comedy Film
THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) One of the greatest comedies ever. Period. Need I say more? No. Continue reading
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Day 53: Favorite Drama Film
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (1997) I’m kind of at a loss for words today. Not for any other reason than it just shows how ignorant I can be sometimes. Searching for images of this film to put in this photo album for… Continue reading
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Day 52: A Movie With The Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted)
CHINATOWN (1974) Chinatown has long been considered one of the greatest screenplays ever written. Robert Towne has yet to create anything better or at least equal to this masterpiece. It’s a gritty noir with a tough-yet-flawed detective who has to… Continue reading
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Day 51: A Movie With The Best Direction
SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993) Steven Spielberg’s drama of Oskar Schindler and his purchase of 1200 Jews during WWII is the epitome of his directing abilities. To be such a captivating storyteller and an amazing visual artist, this film is unbelievably difficult… Continue reading
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Day 50: A Movie With The Best Film Editing
JFK (1991) Anyone who’s seen this film (even if they don’t care for it) knows the massive amount of information that’s shoved down your throat about conspiracy theories and second gunmen. However, there’s so much information, that it would be… Continue reading
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Day 49: A Movie With The Best Cinematography
A SERIOUS MAN (2009) Any film that combines the brilliant talents of the Coen Brothers and Roger Deakins is going to produce beautiful images. For some reason, this film stands out as my favorite of Deakin’s work. The man’s had… Continue reading
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Day 48: A Movie With The Best Art Direction
THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY I know I’m picking 3 films instead of one, but in all honesty, it’s just three parts of one really long movie. When defining and explaining this to someone earlier, I decided that I… Continue reading
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Day 47: A Movie With The Best Costumes
RAN (1985) Influenced by Shakespeare’s King Lear, Kurosawa loosely adapted it into his final epic. Kurosawa’s use of color is amazing with the costumes in this film and it can be seen throughout the picture. The film had 1,400 extras,… Continue reading
The Inconsistent Writer 