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  Bottle Rocket 1996

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 30 Apr 2021 12

  "He's out. And you're out, too.  And I don't think I'm in, either."

  I don't know about you, but I always find it exceptionally hard to post reviews for movies that are truly special to me.  I never know where to start, and when I'm done I'm never satisfied with what I've written.  My favorite movies are my favorite movies because they're my favorite movies, you know?  Maybe I could use a clumsy analogy and say movies are like people. …

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  Scarface 1983

  ★★★ Watched 22 Feb 2025 10

  I know he directed the original Scarface, but since I tend to associate Howard Hawks more with two of the most famous screwball comedies ever, I had to laugh when the movie ended by dedicating itself to him.

  I wonder what ol' Howard would have thought of that wild ass final act. Maybe he would have loved it. I sure thought it was something. It did seem weird that a movie with some solid character work that took a few…

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  Scream of the Wolf 1974

  ★★★ Watched 18 Feb 2025 14

  I guess Dan Curtis is back in my good graces.

  This was made for television, but within the limits of that medium it's about as close as you can get to '70s drive-in fare. It's certainly got the look now -- the print on Tubi is delightfully scuffed and speckled and there are some melty-looking blotches where it looks like someone waved a cigarette a little too close to the reel. It has heavily saturated colors that pop through the…

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  Freaky Friday 1976

  ★★★ Watched 18 Jun 2021 1

  The excited look on John Astin's face when Barbara Harris calls him "daddy" is the apex moment of '70s Disney kinkiness.

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  Flashdance 1983

  ★★★½ Watched 22 Jun 2021 6

  I mean...it's basically a 90-minute music video about going after what you want in life. That's what it's about. That and tight glistening buttocks.

  At some point during this I became obsessed with how much Jennifer Beals' character must eat in the course of any given day. Can you imagine how many calories this chick must be burning? Welding, flashdancing, fucking, and riding that bike all over Pittsburgh? (And you know she has to walk that dog at some point.) It's exhausting.