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The 50 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time

Welcome to our epic list of the best romantic comedies of all time… 50 of them. 50. Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Most of Wes Anderson’s films could be described as romantic comedies, but his 2012 effort stands out, as its central story focuses on young love and the need to find acceptance. In Anderson’s world, while …

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New on Video: ‘Five Easy Pieces’ is a fine entry to the Criterion collection

One of the defining features of these character-driven studies is that character development isn’t always a given. These are vibrant and multifaceted characters, but they aren’t necessary going to grow or evolve as human beings.

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Stop in the Name of Love: Top Ten Forbidden Romances in the Movies

Human beings and their affectionate vibes are something special. After all, we as individuals are going to love who we feel are worth loving. However, society demands that the protocol of loving should be straight-forward and “natural”. The rule of thumb: stick to your own kind! Whether it is being loyal to your own kind …

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Maybe It’s Not Just Me; Maybe They Really Did Make Them Better In The Old Days

So I’d gone over to my cousin’s house to see his new puppy and, as he and I are often wont to do, we got to talking about movies and TV and the like. The conversation drifted around to movies we liked but our kids didn’t. “I have Blazing Saddles (1974),” he said, nodding at …

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‘The Godfather’ kicks off another Cinemark Classics Series tonight

Consider this an offer you shouldn’t refuse. The nationwide Cinemark movie theater chain is kicking off another Classics Series tonight, April 10, with one of the all-time classics, a film whose iconography is endless: 1972’s The Godfather. Cinemark will also be showing such films as Alien, Blazing Saddles, and The Graduate over the next five …

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Worth Remembering:  Anne Bancroft (1931 – 2005) – “The Consumate Everything” 

Before we called them MILFs or cougars – long before – there was only Mrs. Robinson.  She was a mid-1960s adolescent fantasy come true; the sexy, available older woman/housewife next door with an appetite for young not-quite-men/not-quite-boys.  She became so indelibly, boldly etched in the public consciousness that the name became a noun – and, …

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The Graduate soundtrack

The first time I watched The Graduate, it did not take long for me to realize that the movie would prove to be a lot different from what I had expected. All this revelation took was hearing the opening of The Sound of Silence and feeling its solemn mood. The music choice shows how multi-dimensional …

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