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Tag Archives: Matthew McConaughey
The Running Man (2025)
This year’s The Running Man, is a) a sequel to the 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, or b) the latest from director Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Baby Driver), or c) the latest from quickly rising … Continue reading
Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films
Tagged Ben Richards, Colman Domingo, Denzel Washington, Edgar Wright, film, Glen Powell, Liam Neeson, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Cera, movies, Paul Newman, reviews, The Americanos, The Kardashians, The Running Man, the-poseiden-adventure, William H. Macy
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Quick Takes on Four Recent Rom-Coms: Anyone But You, The Idea of You, A Family Affair, and Hit Man
I remember often telling my college film class students that they really didn’t know how wonderful romantic comedies could be, as we were then living in an age of wretched films in that genre. I emphasized that though it might … Continue reading
Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films
Tagged A Family Affair, Adria Arjona, Anne Hathaway, Anyone But You, Brad Pitt, Crazy Rich Asians, Glen Powell, Hit Man, Joey King, Matthew McConaughey, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Nicole Kidman, Nietzsche, Notting Hill, Palm Springs, Shop Around the Corner, Sydney Sweeney, The Big Sick, The Favourite, The Idea of You, Twisters, We Were the Lucky Ones, You've Got Mail, Zac Efron
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Johnny Belinda (1948)
This film nearly dropped from my “I really should see this movie sometime” list, as it has seemed to drop from the film-goer’s consciousness over time. I remembered that lead actress Jane Wyman (Mrs. Ronald Reagan at the time) won … Continue reading
Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films
Tagged A Patch of Blue, Agnes Moorehead, Alan Arkin, Audrey Hepburn, Billy Boy Thornton, Born on the Fourth of July, Brad Pitt, Charles Bickford, Charly, Citizen Kane, Cliff Robertson, Coming Home, Daniel Day-Lewis, East of Eden, Eddie Redmayne, Edward Norton, Elizabeth Hartman, Emmanuelle Riva, Forrest Gump, Gary Sinise, Gregg Toland, Holly Hunter, Jamie Foxx, Jane Wyman, Jarid Leto, Jessica Lange, Joanne Woodward, Jodie Foster, John Malkovich, John Mills, Johnny Belinda, Jon Voight, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lew Ayres, Marlee Matlin, Matthew McConaughey, My Left Foot, Ray, Rembrandt, Rinko Kikuchi, Robin Williams, Ryan's Daughter, Samantha Morton, Sandra Bullock, Sean Penn, Stage Fright, The Blind Side, The Long Voyage Home, The Lost Weekend, The Miracle Worker, The Piano, The Sound of Music, The Theory of Everything, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Tom Cruise, Wait Until Dark, What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, Wuthering Heights
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Interstellar
I haven’t seen plain old Interstellar yet. But I did attend Interstellar: The Imax Experience, which is likely a different animal than the non-Imax version. Seeing—and hearing—the film in this format was as close to sampling Wagner’s Gesamtkunstwerk as I … Continue reading
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