Eli Kooris
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With The Animatrix, the Wachowski Bros. decided to mine their man-dominated machine world for an endless array of storytelling possibilities, enlisting seven renowned anime directors to create a nine-part series that is just as sexy, gritty, beautiful, and philosophical as the original Matrix.
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Thirty years ago, Terrence Malick’s magnificent debut film Badlands proved that with every bit of genius comes a bit of madness as well.
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Hellman’s cult uses Western frontier justice to reflect the political climate of the mid-Sixties.
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King Rat is a terribly honest and brutally realistic film about WWII P.O.W.s — a perfect counter to its story of terribly dishonest people living in brutal times.
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If one were to graph Mickey Rourke’s career, one would find the peak way back in the mid-Eighties, back when Rourke was an A-list actor who actually starred in films rather than randomly popped up, as he does these days, as a weathered cameo player swallowing his bit parts whole. Somewhere on the summit of that peak sits Angel Heart.
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Bossa nova and an wonderful spin on a timeless Greek tragedy make Black Orpheus a keeper.
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Based on an Elmore Leonard story, this 1957 Western is a compelling mix of conflicting principles between two men, a farmer and a murderer, who hold each other captive while waiting for the 3:10 train to Yuma.
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History Repeats
A writer and his artist aunt explore cave paintings and see more than just writing on the wall
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My Cousin Vinny combines a good dose of Northeastern pomposity and Southern ignorance to produce a great comedy.