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Down to The Last Detail
by Sean Barron We’ll start with describing The Last Detail in one sentence because apparently I suck at writing loglines and I intend to practice and make myself not suck at it: Two Navy Men who “got a […]
Jack Nicholson
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FIVE EASY PIECES (1970) is a Difficult Film
Much has been written about the New Cinema of the 70s; the maverick filmmakers, the genre bending style of storytelling, and the jettisoning of traditions and the studio style of manufactured entertainment. Five Easy Pieces […]
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Prize Wide Shut: Mike Nichols’ THE FORTUNE (1975)
In their attempt to wheedle the money out of a sanitary napkin heiress (Stockard Channing in her film debut), Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson jump into the roles of befuddled, sometimes outsmarted, and pathetic men […]
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The Absurd Likability of On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
You know something? Sometimes all you need in life is Yves Montand singing from the top of the Pan Am building. Or a reincarnated Barbra Streisand. Or Jack Nicholson playing a sitar. Or Bob Newhart […]