Reviews
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Movie Review: Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
The Sweet Smell of Success. is a masterpiece, that tells the story of two of the most unsavory, but radically different characters to even appear on screen. I am always impressed with the depth of character development in movies from this era, a facet, that most modern movie makers seem to ignore. Burt Lancaster plays Read more
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Movie Review:The Glass Onion A Knives out Mystery (2022)
The Glass Onion, A Knives Out Mystery, is the second in the Knives Out series, with Daniel Craig reprising his role as Detective Benoit Blanc. The movie includes an ensemble cast of Craig, Kate Hudson, Ed Norton, Madelyn Cline, Dave Bautista of WWE fame, Jessica Henwick, Ethan Hawke, Leslie Odon Jr and veteran thespian Angela Read more
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Movie Review: The Girl Hunters(1963)
The Girl Hunters is a Film Noir, featuring the hard boiled private eye, Michael Hammer. It is based on a pulp novel of the same name, written by Mickey Spillane. The part of Hammer is played by the man himself, Mickey Spillane. The plot begins with two cops finding a drunk and passed-out Hammer ,on Read more
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Movie Review: Pickings
Pickings, a creation of Usher Morgan is a interesting hybrid of Neo Noir, Drama and Western genres. Shot around New York State on a modest budget of 350,000 dollars, with a predictable, yet fast moving plot , this movie stands out with a well edited screen play, dazzling photography and some over the top characters.The Read more
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Podcast Review: The Dropout: Season 1
Host: Rebecca Jarvis(ABC News chief business, technology and economics correspondent), Producers: Taylor Dunn, Victoria Thompson Dropout is the story of the rise and fall of Theranos founder and Stanford dropout, Elizabeth Holmes. Young 19 year old Elizabeth had dreams of being the next Steve Jobs, and even tried to emulate him, by sporting black turtle Read more
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Podcast Review: Bone Valley
Bone valley is one of the most poular podcasts of 2022, appearing on the list of many critics for top 2022 podcasts. The plot is almost cliche. An innocent man is serving in prison for a murder he did not commit. An intrepid reporter who believes in the young man is on the case. However, Read more
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