Oscar-winning (Best Original Screenplay) Breaking Away (1979) is one of those movies that has always stuck with me over the years, and you rarely hear…
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Sisu is a Finnish term for an indomitable, stoic determination, grit, and resilience in the face of extreme adversity, often translated as “guts”. It signifies persevering when…
Comments closedImagine being a peasant at the end of the Shogunate era. Your parents were peasants – farmers, craftsmen, all in the service of the feudal…
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13 Assassins (2010) is a gripping samurai epic by Takashi Miike set in the fading days of Japan’s Edo period. It follows thirteen warriors on a…
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I can’t be the first person to make this connection. Watching the full Apocalypse Now Redux for the first time last night, I couldn’t help…
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I was a senior in high school in a small rural town with not much to do except go to the movies, a 30-minute drive…
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Buying 4K UHD Blu-ray movies can get expensive. If you are trying to build up a nice library of movies it can tax the wallet.…
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Looks like we’re shy one horse! Set in the dying days of the Old West, a struggle to control water in a dusty desert town…
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Two of the all-time greatest films were released in 1954 in Japan. One was the start of a 38+ film series and the other was…
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Big Kahuna Burger, the fictional fast-food chain, is a recurring Easter egg in Quentin Tarantino’s films as well as in films of some of his…
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