James Crowley

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Favorite films

  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • Once Upon a Time in the West
  • The Wild Bunch
  • Miller's Crossing

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  • Late Afternoon

  • Boogaloo and Graham

  • The Shore

  • The Crush

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  • The Fog

    The Fog

    I have lived my entire life on a small island which has buried more dead than I wish to imagine; I have always been within easy walking distance of the shore. Granted, it gets a little crowded and noisy—1.6 million residents will do that—but sometimes, for example in the financial district over the weekend, when the markets are closed, it can almost approximate something quiet. I’m thinking of a time like that now, although it’s more than three decades past.…

  • Magnolia

    Magnolia

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  • The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

    The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • The Birds II: Land's End

    The Birds II: Land's End

    You know, I don’t consider myself a bad-movie buff, but occasionally I’ll realize that it’s pushing six in the morning on a Tuesday, and that I’ve just finished watching the German DVD I imported of a universally panned made-for-cable movie credited to Alan Smithee from nearly a quarter century ago, and I’ll think: normal people don’t do this, do they?

    As unnecessary sequels to iconic horror properties directed by Rick Rosenthal go, this ain’t Halloween II. Hell, it ain’t even…