Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Sal, Wyoming’s not a country. Director Sidney Lumet takes the true story of one of the most inept bank robberies in history and makes it better, much better , into something sublime and urgent and hilarious and unforgettable. Lumet makes you feel like a fly on the wall as a bizarrely entertaining life-moment unfurls in early-seventies Brooklyn. Warner Bros. No one famous is involved. Nothing of any consequence happened. Life happened, and life is always so much more fascinating than anything else. Dazed and Confused (1993) Let me tell you this, the older you do get the more rules they’re gonna try to get you to follow. The best movies transport you someplace else, into deep space or medieval times or Kypton. In Dazed and Confused , writer/director Richard Linklater transports you to a simpler place: a small Texas town in 1976 where we join a group of suburban high school kids on their last day of school. … [Read more...] about Countdown: The 165 Greatest American Movies Ever Made (16-40)
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Nolte: Woke Movies Suck. Try These 5 Underrated Titles You Might Have Missed
Man, movies suck today. So does TV. Sure, there are exceptions, but are you really willing to dig through all that Woke Poop to find something decent? I’m not. Time is too precious. So, until the Woke Gestapo finishes its hideous run of anti-art, until this era of insufferable, self-righteous, guilt trip, anti-joy propaganda comes to an end, I’m sticking to the tried and true. And not just choice cuts, like Goodfellas and Singin’ in the Rain and Red River . I’m moving into the deep cuts, those titles I remember enjoying that are now mostly forgotten. The titles listed below (basically, what I watched over the past couple of weeks) have always been under-appreciated. Compared to the violations of human nature being produced by the Woke Nazis, they play like masterpieces. As far as where you can find these titles, they’re all in my personal collection, so you might have to hunt around your streaming services or the Internet to find them. All I can do is link to where I got … [Read more...] about Nolte: Woke Movies Suck. Try These 5 Underrated Titles You Might Have Missed
Nolte: Woke Movies Suck. Try These Underrated Titles You May Have Missed — Part 2
We’re all looking to escape the Woke Gestapo’s idea of “entertainment” in any way we can, which leaves us with two choices: waste countless hours wading through an ocean of woke crap looking for a gold nugget, or… We can look back. I prefer to look back. For a hundred years, Hollywood made thousands and thousands of non-woke movies, which means there are a countless number of good movies you haven’t seen. Sure, everyone knows about the classics, and maybe you’ve seen those so many times you prefer to swim in that ocean of woke crap… Well, I’m offering a better solution… Below are some older titles you might have missed. They’re not Casablanca , or Raging Bull , or The Outlaw Jose Wales — movies you’ve seen a hundred times. No, these are deep cuts. Gems that don’t enjoy Top 40 play on TV; titles to add a little variety to your movie watching until the Woke Gestapo finally runs out of steam…. The Organization (1971) You might not know this, but there are two … [Read more...] about Nolte: Woke Movies Suck. Try These Underrated Titles You May Have Missed — Part 2
Countdown: The 165 Greatest American Movies Ever Made (165-141)
Lists are subjective and almost always widely criticized, argued, and debated — which is the whole point. This is especially true for movie lists. Nevertheless, the top 100 movie list released by the BBC back in 2015 is one of the most derided in recent memory. The BBC polled 62 international film critics and asked them to choose the 100 greatest American films of all time. About half the list is little different from the one compiled and updated by the American Film Institute every decade. The other half is full of surprises. There is no right or wrong answer to listing your favorite films. It is all subjective. Regardless, it is still a shock to see 62 film critics choose a bunch of films everyone has written off as, at best, marginal: Spike Lee’s forgettable 25th Hour (2002) at #94; Michael Cimino’s infamous 1980 debacle Heaven’s Gate at #98; Hitchcock’s swing-and-a-miss Marnie at #47, etc. You can see the full list here . The BBC’s surprising omissions, however, … [Read more...] about Countdown: The 165 Greatest American Movies Ever Made (165-141)
Nurse Saves Man In Cardiac Arrest On Her Day Off At The Movies
LYNBROOK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – DeShawn Mason doesn’t mind a follow up doctor’s appointment at South Nassau Communities Hospital, after all, the staff here saved his life. “I am totally in debt to everyone,” Mason said. READ MORE: Several People Killed In Shooting At Grocery Store In Boulder, Colorado It was a group effort to keep the Far Rockaway grandfather alive, but he says his true hero is registered nurse Shyvonne Allen. She was off-duty on Easter morning and decided to take her son to a movie at the Lynbrook Regal Multi-Plex. “I was supposed to go to church that morning with my son, and decided not to… feeling a little guilty that I didn’t,” Allen said. What came next is nothing to feel guilty about. Mason was in the back of the same theater with his seven-year-old grandson when he suddenly went into cardiac arrest. Most in the theater thought he fell asleep and was snoring, but not nurse Allen. READ MORE: Police Make Arrest Following Assault On Woman Leaving … [Read more...] about Nurse Saves Man In Cardiac Arrest On Her Day Off At The Movies