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    The Role of a Lifetime

    posted April 17, 2012 / No Comments / 200 views

    By: Dan Jones NOTE:  After researching this category, as I always do before stating any carefully-examined list, I’ll admit I have my fair share of [...]

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    Born Yesterday

    posted March 17, 2012 / 1 Comment / 217 views

    By: Dan Jones We don’t know why we like watching her.  She does a shake-shake boogie to that song she likes, and we don’t want [...]

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    ‘Ben-Hur’ to ‘John Carter’

    posted March 10, 2012 / No Comments / 307 views

    By: Dan Jones There are silent epic journey stories in the desert with gladiators and Christ and Moses and wars. There was also “Alexander the [...]

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    “What Just Happened” to Robert De Niro?

    posted February 18, 2012 / No Comments / 389 views

    By: Dan Jones My favorite actor of all time.  Or, at least of a time.  A time when everything he did mattered. Have you seen [...]

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    The End? (Open-ended movie endings)

    posted February 4, 2012 / No Comments / 661 views

    By: Dan Jones This list* has been compiled to help viewers understand what qualifies as an open-ended movie ending.  Amusing, what some people perceive as [...]

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    O Coen Brothers, Where Art Thou?

    posted December 16, 2011 / No Comments / 585 views

    By: Dan Jones The modern influence.  The tommy-gun firing dialogue.  The Roderick Jaynes – editor (look him up).  The Joel director, Ethan producer.  The boys [...]

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    Miracle on 17360 Lahser Rd.

    posted November 28, 2011 / 2 Comments / 588 views

    By: Dan Jones **The answer to last week’s trivia question regarding “Wingding” is pending.  Stay tuned.** THE REDFORD THEATRE, the miracle located in Detroit, Michigan, is [...]

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    The Thrill of a Hitchcock Moment (part 2)

    posted November 4, 2011 / No Comments / 329 views

    By: Dan Jones One year ago, I implored you to have an Alfred Hitchcock Halloween, intending to return the next week and review some [...]

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    The Thrill of a Hitchcock Moment

    posted October 29, 2010 / 1 Comment / 262 views

    By: Dan Jones [SKIP first paragraph if haven't seen "PSYCHO"] “Psycho” . . . The actual stabbing lasts twenty seconds. Janet Leigh showers for [...]

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    The Movies of 1988

    posted October 20, 2010 / No Comments / 246 views

    By: Dan Jones Twenty-two years ago, there was a fine line between the uncompromised movies and the desperate-for-attention comedies and/or horror movies. This was [...]

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