Wednesday, August 27, 2014

BEST PICTURE SHOWCASE: "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)

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War films, from my completely unscientific experience and research, tend to run closer to 3 hours than 2 hours more than any other film genr...
Thursday, August 14, 2014

BEST PICTURE SHOWCASE: "My Fair Lady" (1964)

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Musicals won a lot of Best Picture awards in the decade of the 1960's, and we're going to look at one of them here today.  Before Al...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

BEST PICTURE SHOWCASE: "Rain Man" (1988)

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Autism is very much in the public consciousness today.  This was not always the case.  I must admit to being one who knew nothing of it in 1...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

BEST PICTURE SHOWCASE: "Cimarron" (1930-31)

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Three westerns have won Best Picture in the 86-year history of the Academy Awards.  We've covered two of them already: 1992's Unforg...
Friday, July 25, 2014

BEST PICTURE SHOWCASE: "Argo" (2012)

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Growing up in New Jersey, I would watch a show on the local public TV station starring Floyd Vivino, AKA Uncle Floyd. It was sketch comedy ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

BEST PICTURE SHOWCASE: "Casablanca" (1943)

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There was a time a decade or so ago when the American Film Institute was celebrating 100 years of movies with a series of "100 ____s...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014

BEST PICTURE SHOWCASE: "American Beauty" (1999)

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Tastes change over time. Look at clothes, for instance. In the 1970's, everyone loved bellbottom pants and giant collars and elevator ...