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THE DEER HUNTER was released 47 years ago this week. Winner of 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture, and an unflinching look at the impact of the Vietnam War on small-town America, the story of how it was made is proof that the wounds of war run deep...

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When the film was nominated for an Oscar in 1979, demonstrators protested before the awards ceremony because they felt the film portrayed the Vietcong as unnecessarily sadistic and racist. To date, there are no documented cases that the Vietcong forced prisoners to play Russian roulette.

3 Screenshots from the movie "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991): First, a man inside a police car operates a control device, his face illuminated by a cold blue light, with dashboard lights glowing orange in the dark. Second, a close-up of a monochrome computer screen displaying a digital police query with the text "JMA QUERY: CONNOR, JOHN" in blocky yellow letters. Third, another close-up of the screen showing detailed information from the "Juvenile Automated Index," listing John Connor’s full name, gender, race, age as 10, and birthdate as 2/28/85, all in retro-style yellow text on a black background.

Feb 28th 1985 - John Connor, future leader of the human resistance against the machines, was born.

📽️📅 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Arnold Schwarzenegger only had about 700 words of dialogue in the film. Salary: approximately $15 million, or about $21,000 per word. 😀

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THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
starring William Holden, Alec Guinness,
Jack Hawkins and Sessue Hayakawa

Directed by David Lean

The film won 1958 the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Pierre Boulle took the award, even he had no involvement in the screenplay. Because the Screenwriters Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson were on the Hollywood blacklist. 1984, they were posthum recognized and 1985 their widows accepted the Oscar.

We need her skincare routine.

Oscar goes to court as we look at courtroom dramas tonight including WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION.

When the final scene ended and the credits began, you could hear in the cinema: "The management of this theater suggests that, for the greater entertainment of your friends who have not yet seen the picture, you will not divulge to anyone the secret of the ending..."

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A rare genre mix: martial arts film, teen comedy, heist movie, and Bollywood aesthetics.

Manhunter (1986)
Director: Michael Mann

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In this first film, Hannibal is called “Lecktor.” In later films, he is called “Lecter,” including in the remake starring Anthony Hopkins, “Red Dragon” (2002).

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Movie Years - 1973

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I think one great is missing...

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‘Oh sorry, I was looking for the toilet.’

Alfred Hitchcock challenges you to "pull this finger".

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Taken during the filming of To "Catch a Thief" (1955) on the French Riviera

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 🎥

Directed by Peter Jackson

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What have Elijah Wood (Frodo), Sean Astin (Sam), Dominic Monaghan (Merry), Billy Boyd (Pippin), Ian McKellen (Gandalf), Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn), Orlando Bloom (Legolas), and Sean Bean (Boromir) have in common?

The word for the number “nine” (9), written in Tengwar, the Elvish script, as a tattoo.

No visual effects, everything is based on acting and editing. The stormtrooper repeats the words, a simple but effective technique.
=> Suspense is created purely through timing and dialogue.

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Guess the movie from the point-and-click game #21:

Attention! A pixelated gendarme barks orders under the Riviera sun. Which film is this, and who am I—this furious little lawman with a whistle and too much authority?

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#NowWatching Odyssey

Odysseus is not a pure hero: he lies, manipulates, fails, and survives by the narrowest of margins. That makes him a good fit for a cinema that seeks ambivalence rather than role models.

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Now watching: ELLA MCCAY (2025) #filmsky

What’s unusually funny about Ella McCay is that the film never tries to be humorous. Instead, it reveals how absurdly serious people become when they actually have no idea what they’re doing—and that observation lands with surprising accuracy.

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Luc Besson's DRACULA interprets the famous vampire as a hopeless romantic whose evil acts are driven by love. How does that idea work?

I'll tell you in my review: aisleseat.com/dracula.html

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While Vlad’s renunciation of God is mentioned, it is not explored in depth. Yet the idea of eternity as a punishment rather than a form of power—and the emptiness of a godless immortality—is a central motif that shapes the film more strongly than conventional vampire horror.”

Cary Grant and Jean Arthur

The Talk of the Town (1942)

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Jean Arthur’s character combines idealism with pragmatism. She is not merely a love interest, but an ethical compass navigating between law, conscience, and personal loyalty.

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