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Movie Review: GLADIATOR II
They sure don’t make films like this much anymore. Ridley Scott’s GLADIATOR II is a throw back to the “Sword and Sandals” flicks of the...
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Nov 24, 20243 min read


Director's Series: Stanley Kubrick's FULL METAL JACKET (1987)
The 1980’s brought an onslaught of films depicting…and commenting on…the Vietnam War - and Stanley Kubrick wanted to make his own...
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Nov 16, 20243 min read


Movie Review: CONCLAVE
And now…a film for adults. Based on Robert Harris’ 2016 novel, CONCLAVE takes the viewers inside the Vatican during the College of...
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Oct 30, 20242 min read


Movie Review - VENOM: THE LAST DANCE
The BankofMarquis is one of the few that has seen all 3 VENOM films in the Cineplex, so can safely and authentically state: VENOM: THE...
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Oct 28, 20242 min read


Director's Series: Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING (film #9 in a series of reviews of the films of Stanley Kubrick)
Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film version of the Stephen King novel THE SHINING is a masterpiece. And…it just gets better and richer with every...
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Oct 22, 20242 min read


Streaming Recommendation - ALIEN: ROMULUS
The Alien franchise has taken some hits lately as the Ridley Scott prequels to his famed 1979 film - PROMETHEUS and ALIEN: COVENANT -...
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Oct 18, 20242 min read


Movie Review - JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
Back in 2019, Writer/Director Todd Phillips teamed with actor Joaquin Phoenix to create an interesting, dark, multi-level character named...
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Oct 5, 20243 min read


Director's Series: Stanley Kubrick's BARRY LYNDON (1975)
After he finished his Science Fiction masterpiece, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY in 1967 (the film would be released in 1968), auteur Director...
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Sep 19, 20243 min read


Movie Review: BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
“Nostalgia film” is a problematic genre. For every successful nostalgia film, like TOP GUN: MAVERICK a few years ago, the cineplex is...
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Sep 11, 20242 min read


Movie Review: DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
Let’s cut right to it. If you were amused by the first 2 Deadpool films, then you are looking forward to DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE. If you...
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Jul 29, 20242 min read


Director's Series: Stanly Kubrick's A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
There have been many words that have been used to describe Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 study of youth gone wild in a dystopian future, A...
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Jul 17, 20243 min read


Streaming Recommendation: HIT MAN
Netflix has not done their new Richard Linklater Directed/Glen Powell starring movie HIT MAN any favors as it is mis-marketed and upon...
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Jul 7, 20242 min read


Movie Review - A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE
The prequel film, A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE follows an interesting trend in recent “monster movies”. Much like GODZILLA MINUS ONE and...
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Jun 29, 20242 min read


Director's Series: Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Of all the films that Stanley Kubrick has Directed, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY is the one that I have seen the most (by far). Why is that? ...
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Jun 27, 20243 min read


Movie Review: INSIDE OUT 2
One of the tricks of making a succesful sequel is to capture the essence of what worked in the first film and then expand upon that to...
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Jun 22, 20241 min read


Movie Review: MADAME WEB
Word was out early on that the latest Marvel film, MADAME WEB, was one of the worst films ever made. But…in watching the first 1/2 of...
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Jun 15, 20242 min read


Movie Review - FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
Many a time, the movie-going (or TV watching) public watch an EPIC saga and think - “I wonder what happened in the events leading up to...
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May 29, 20242 min read


Director's Series: Stanley Kubrick's DR. STRANGELOVE or: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB
As Director/Writer/Producer Stanley Kubrick was wrapping up production of his controversial, dark comedy LOLITA, he turned his attention...
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May 18, 20243 min read


Movie Review: KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
If someone would have said that 2 of the more emotionally rich movie going experiences of the past 6 months (or so) would have been a...
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May 11, 20242 min read


Movie Review: THE FALL GUY
In 1979, Burt Reynolds had an unexpected hit with HOOPER - a story of a stunt man. In 1980, Steve McQueen had an unexpected hit with THE...
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May 4, 20243 min read
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