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Malick is an anomaly. Meaning, really, he is unique. There is no one else producing the kinds of films or in the same style that he does. You can dislike it or find it, as you say, "pretentious," and to some degree I would not argue that. Boring, though? Well, sure, to those who aren't Malick...

What I have always found egregious is the credit that says, "A Film By..." This is in addition to the eventual "Directed By" credit, making it not only redundant, but a huge show of ego, as well as big F.U . to everyone else connected to the film. I have heard that the "A Film By" credit is now...

Re: CASABLANCA vs. DR. STRANGELOVE posted by Johnny Angell: Since this film is about the human condition, which I doubt will ever change, it's all too topical. So is the potential for nuclear annihilation at the hands of madmen, of which there are many these days.

That is precisely why I do not engage in Facebook, Twitter or any other social media outlet. Nor do I intend to (at age 66).There's little enough personal privacy left in the world without voluntarily giving up more.

That depends upon what you consider to be "thought-provoking." CASABLANCA is a star-studded film with a brilliant, often very humorous script, while OX-BOW is almost completely humor-less. Both have a message. It would seem on impact that OX-BOW is the deeper of the two, in that it addresses mob...

I don't tend to laugh at the "jokes" in this film either. The film was way-y prescient in 1965 and is equally topical now. The nuclear threat, whether by accident (as in FAIL SAFE) or madman design (as in STRANGELOVE) is completely conceivable in this day and age, and is no laughing matter. The...

D'ja ever see ANDY'S GANG, a 60's kiddie t.v. show? You tube it. It's quintessential Devine. I was weaned on this along with scores of other 50's kiddie shows. Wonderful stuff.

But this was made in 1962, back in the days when audiences had attention spans long enough to allow for lulls, in order to focus on characters and story. There are lots of small but important details here every time the film slows down a bit, and they should be savored. I find the movie...

Then I assume you are familiar with the area personally. If so, grab this disc!!

Although filmed in Connecticut, the locales here remind me so-o-o much of Westchester County, New York that it's like following Lancaster through some of the neighborhoods surrounding my childhood home. That is part of its appeal to me. I can feel the heat, hear the locusts, smell the...

RAISING ARIZONA had me laughing so hard I thought I would have a stroke. Each to his own, of course, but in my opinion this is the flat-out most hilarious of the Coen films from first frame to last, and there is an action sequence about midway through involving Nick Cage's need to purchase...

We're in agreement on some of those titles (the Preminger ones, as I mentioned), and LAURA, BOOMERANG and BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES. Yeah, he was a better actor than Mature, but I still think he had a somewhat limited range. Just me.

I dunno. He seemed pretty stiff and monotone in a lot of his movies, such as NIGHT (CURSE) OF THE DEMON, in the same way Victor Mature usually was. But Andrews can act and sometimes, for the right director (Preminger, for instance), does, but I don't t think he is particularly underrated.