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Thoughts Prior to Watching ‘Terminator: Genisys’.

I’m back. Arnold’s back, too, as he makes his return to the Terminator franchise in the newly-released Terminator Genisys. To be funny: this new movie isn’t about Arnold travelling back in time to stop Peter Gabriel from leaving Genesis. Ha. Anyway,  despite the last two Terminator movies being somewhat average (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Terminator Salvation) and despite my disliking for 12A-rated sequels in long-running franchises, I’m relatively … Continue reading Thoughts Prior to Watching ‘Terminator: Genisys’.

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Shot at 60 part X: Another Nine Shots Taken at Hour One.

My tenth Shot at 60 post! Amazing, right? Anyway… enjoy! A Clockwork Orange (1971) Columbia-Warner Distributions / Dir: Stanley Kubrick / Prod: Kubrick   The Towering Inferno (1974) Warner Bros. / Dir: John Guillermin / Prod: Allen   Taxi Driver (1976) Columbia Pictures / Dir: Martin Scorsese / Prod: J. Phillips & M. Phillips   The Jazz Singer (1980) Associated Film Distribution / Dir: Richard Flelscher / Prod: Lelder   … Continue reading Shot at 60 part X: Another Nine Shots Taken at Hour One.

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Correctly Predicted Oscar Nominations… 

Evening, folks. As it is now “Oscar weekend”, here’s a short post to quickly brag that I correctly predicted two Oscar nominations for Interstellar (Nolan, 2014). Below is a screenshot of the original tweet re the nominations, and a screenshot of Interstellar‘s Academy Award nominations on IMDB.   Enjoy the show if you’re going to watch it! Thanks for viewing, Dom. For John.   The latter image is … Continue reading Correctly Predicted Oscar Nominations… 

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Shot at 60 part IX: Gene Hackman

Welcome to the third and final special Shot at 60 in this series of posts focusing on an actor. The mini-series started with Sylvester Stallone, followed by Jack Nicholson, and now ends with Gene Hackman. Oh, if you’re still unsure as to what Shot at 60 is, it’s a series of posts where I use a screenshot from a second or two after the one hour mark in … Continue reading Shot at 60 part IX: Gene Hackman

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My Favourite Christmas Movie…

Ho, ho, ho, folks. It’s that time of year when an overload of Christmas movies and generally big-ish movies, old and new, appear on TV.  From the benchmark-setting It’s a Wonderful Life (dir. Capra, 1946) to the modern classic Elf (dir. Favreau, 2003), we all have a favourite – my girlfriend’s favourite happens to be Home Alone (dir. Columbus, 1990). In this post, I’ll be discussing my favourite. So, what is my … Continue reading My Favourite Christmas Movie…

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Shot at 60 part VIII: Christmas

Merry Christmas, folks. As it’s Christmas, I feel the need to do a Shot at 60 on Christmas movies. For your information:  As only a couple of Christmas movies were released theatrically in the 1970s, I’ve used three 1980s and three 1990s Christmas movies instead of usually having two. Enjoy! Scrooge (1970) National General Pictures / Dir: Ronald Neame / Prod: Solo   Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) … Continue reading Shot at 60 part VIII: Christmas

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Thoughts on 2015’s ‘Kickboxer’ Remake/Reboot and the 1989 Original. 

So, via Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Facebook page, I came across a post regarding JCVD starring in a new Kickboxer movie. Wow. Talk of the original Kickboxer movie If you’re not knowledgeable of the original Kickboxer (dir. DiSalle & Worth, 1989), it is THE cult classic martial arts film of the 80s – it even co-stars Dennis Alexio, a former world kickboxing champion. To quickly sum up the story: Eric Sloane … Continue reading Thoughts on 2015’s ‘Kickboxer’ Remake/Reboot and the 1989 Original. 

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Shot at 60 part VII: Jack Nicholson

Welcome to the second of three special Shot at 60 posts focusing on actors. Enjoy! The Last Detail (1973) Columbia Pictures / Dir: Hal Ashby / Prod: Ayres   The Passenger (1975) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni / Prod: Ponti   One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) United Artists / Dir: Milos Forman / Prod: Zaentz & Douglas   Terms of Endearment (1983) Paramount Pictures / Dir: James L. Brooks … Continue reading Shot at 60 part VII: Jack Nicholson

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Shot at 60 part VI: Sylvester Stallone

Welcome to the first of three special Shot at 60 posts focusing on actors. Capone (1975) 20th Century Fox / Dir: Steve Carver / Prod: Corman   Death Race 2000 (1975) New World Pictures / Dir: Paul Bartel / Prod: Corman & Weatherill   Rocky (1976) United Artists / Dir: John G. Avildsen / Prod: Chartoff & Winkler   Nighthawks (1981) Universal Pictures / Dir: Bruce Malmuth / Prod: Poll … Continue reading Shot at 60 part VI: Sylvester Stallone

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Shot at 60 part V: Another Nine Shots Taken at Hour One.

I’m back…to bring you, my fans, another nine shots taken at hour one!   Superman (1978) Columbia-EMI-Warner / Dir: Richard Donner / Prod: Spengler   Alien (1979) 20th Century Fox / Dir: Ridley Scott / Prod: Carroll, Giler and Hill   Escape from Alcatraz (1979) Paramount Pictures / Dir: Don Siegel / Prod: Siegel & Daley   Predator (1987) 20th Century Fox / Dir: John McTiernan / Prod: Gordon, … Continue reading Shot at 60 part V: Another Nine Shots Taken at Hour One.

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Shot at 60 part IV: Another Nine Shots Taken at Hour One.

Assuming that you liked last week’s ‘Halloween special’… another edition of Shot at 60 is upon us. Here are the nine shots: Last Tango in Paris (1972) United Artists / Dir: Bernando Bertolucci / Prod: Grimaldi   Deliverance (1972) Warner Bros. / Dir: John Boorman / Prod: Boorman   Mad Max (1979) Roadshow Distributors / Dir: George Miller / Prod: Kennedy   Blade Runner (The Final Cut edition) (1982/2007) Warner Bros. … Continue reading Shot at 60 part IV: Another Nine Shots Taken at Hour One.

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Shot at 60 part III: Halloween

Happy Halloween, folks. To celebrate this year’s Halloween, here is a horror-only Shot at 60 post. Like the previous two, I’ve used three films from the 1970s, two from the 1980s, two from the 1990s, and two from the 2000s. Here are the nine shots: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Bryanston Pictures / Dir: Tobe Hooper / Prod: Henkel, Hooper, Parsley and Saenz   Halloween (1978) Compass International … Continue reading Shot at 60 part III: Halloween

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